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Those Pigeons Again

CherryPie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:15:21 +0000

For the second annual Blogger’s silly week.

After my recent post, ‘Photographing Pigeons in the Park‘, James wanted to know if I had been loitering on the park bench. These photos reveal the awful truth of the matter…

If you look closely you can see it is the pigeons that were loitering. In the second picture I have zoomed in so you can see them plotting on the bench!

It looks like Sean was right to raise concerns about about Andrew (see previous comments section). But it is even worse than we feared because it looks like the pigeons are in collaboration with the squirrels so who knows what can happen next.

There is a post on Andrew’s Blog today, but is it really Andrew?!?!? It seems to be him but…

PS: For those of you who are awaiting a more serious post from me, I think there may be one or two in my head ready to escape

Photographing Pigeons in the Park

CherryPie — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:54:02 +0000

It has come to my notice that the second annual Blogger’s silly week is upon us and I nearly missed it!!

Trying to refocus out of serious mode into silly mode reminded me of some incidents during my recent weekend away in York…

When I was walking in the museum gardens I noticed an unusual coloured pigeon and thought it would make an interesting photograph. The pigeon obviously had other ideas!

Take One – (now you see me now you don’t)

Take Two – (I hope you weren’t expecting me to pose for you!)

The title was inspired by Tom Lehrer – Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

Something tells me that pigeon was one step ahead of the game

York – Day Four

CherryPie — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:55:46 +0000

The weather was still rather inclement but I braved the elements and walked the final part of the Town Walls, which started quite close to the hotel. This stretch finished in just the right place to take in the museum gardens before visiting York Minster. After going round the minster it was time for lunch and I couldn’t visit York without going in Bettys at least once. I was tempted by the afternoon tea plate but I decided to err on the side of caution and elected instead to have one of their Fat Rascals which are served warm with butter. For those who have never had one, they are similar to a scone and rather large but absolutely delicious.

After lunch it was time to make the second attempt to visit the castle museum. I found it rather disappointing compared to the last time I visited. Some of the best exhibits seemed to have gone and part of it was still being refurbished.

After freshening up in the hotel it was time for dinner in The Blue Bicycle and it was easily the best meal of the week (more on that later). I was then dragged into a pub that stated it was one of the oldest and most haunted pubs in York! It was empty, maybe the ghosts had scared everyone away? Pub choice number two was much more lively and friendly and they were serving taster beers on a tray of three, in third of a pint glasses. I have not seen that done before, but it seemed very popular.