Cherie's Place » Red Legged Partridge http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Unexpected Visitors http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2021/08/10/unexpected-visitors/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2021/08/10/unexpected-visitors/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:35:40 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=23844 Partridge in my Garden

The alternate dark clouds and sunshine led me to contemplate the feasibility of putting washing out to dry before I went out for a walk. I read a book as I contemplated my decision and was disturbed by an occasional tapping on the window (behind where I was sitting). I eventually turned around to see a sparrow sitting on the window ledge capturing insects with several other sparrows fluttering around the garden. My eye was drawn along our garden path where I noticed two unexpected garden visitors.

Partridge in my Garden

Bridleway Project

The sun came out, perfect weather for the washing line to come out, but I didn’t want to disturb my visitors who seemed to be having a lovely afternoon out. Eventually I set off for an afternoon walk (washing still in the basket). Later whilst sitting on my garden bench as dinner cooked the little one hopped on to my fence from the bridle path beyond. After a few moments he decided he didn’t want to share the garden with me and returned to the bridle path beyond.

PS: sorry for the poor quality of the Partridge photos, they were taken through a window with my iPhone

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2021/08/10/unexpected-visitors/feed/ 6 The Wanderer Returns http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2020/02/05/the-wanderer-returns-9/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2020/02/05/the-wanderer-returns-9/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:36:57 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22573 York Minster from the City Walls

On Monday I returned from a mini break in York, walking the glass trail, the walls and exploring the city beyond.

We returned home to find that we had an electrical problem, part of the electrics were off and the fridge and freezer had defrosted. We reset the trip switch but it tripped several times more that evening leading us to call out an engineer (we are covered by a service contract).

An Unexpected Visitor

An Unexpected Visitor

This meant that on Tuesday I was stuck in the house waiting for an electrician and gas service man. Being house bound led me to seeing this beauty in my garden. I wasn’t quick enough to capture him on the ground before he flew onto the fence.

Our electrical problem is inconclusive. After extensive tests the electrician thought it was the central heating pump causing the problem but when the gas engineer arrived he couldn’t find any faults and no matter what he tried he couldn’t replicate the problem that caused the switch to trip. We are left with an empty freezer that we are reluctant to restock and the niggling suspicion that it is the fridge/freezer that is at fault.

I will be sharing more about my travels soon, I am currently editing my photographs. :-)

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