What a lovely atmosphere and lovely place. After an hour an half journey and walk from the car park I was welcomed by the breakfast stand bacon and black pudding roll and a cup of tea.
I then listened to John Wrights mushroom talk which was very interesting.
After that I joined the book signing queue and met Hugh
Hugh seem a really genuine person.
After returning from River Cottage I came back to an escapee Chicken. Unable to catch her as she kept flying in the tree I thought she may come home at bedtime but no she didnt. This morning I couldn't see her so presumed the fox would have got her but no she was in the field this afternoon. Next door kindly came round with a net but we still couldn't catch her today due to her kept retreating back into the tree. Food hasn't worked either. Hoping she gets hungry and comes back the rest of the flock.
Today managed to get 38lb of apples from one tree and 7lb off another. made blackberry whisky and made progress with the homemade blackberry wine. Fingers crossed Chicken decides to come back to her flock.
Oh dear - I had some friends in Spalding who kept losing two particular chickens and one duck. They'd take it in turns as though the others were keeping an eye out for Martin and Jan appearing. They eventually got them all back in as they became more and more hungry (probably realising the grass isn't so green over the other side).
ReplyDeleteApparently, 2ft internal overhanged fence tops helps. They tend to follow the line of the fence and once they get anywhere near the top, the overhang throws them.