Where does time go? I can't believe that it's June already!
Things have been pretty busy at Occombe Farm for the last few weeks now with school groups visiting most days of the week, and weekend work is also becoming more common hence the lack of blogs!
Training for our 10km run is going reasonably well. With 5 weeks left until the race I managed to pass the 10km mark for the first time in training this morning, and that includes some pretty big hills along the way! The terrain around the Cockington route is even more extreme though so more training is definitely required. Vicky reached 8.4km around the same route this morning as well which is her personal best so far, and she is still improving every time too.
I have spent some of my spare time recently in the wildfowl conservation area behind our house where I have been keeping my eye on a group of young cygnets that were born a couple of weeks ago. You can see them growing each day, and in comparison to some ducks I have seen the swans are actually quite good parents. So far all 6 cygnets have survived.
For the last few weeks walking around the area has been especially colourful with wild flowers sprouting up here there and everywhere. There are also loads of nesting birds around, and for those of you watching Springwatch you'll know that many of the chicks have hatched and are on the way to fledging the nest.
We are very close to booking tickets to go to Iceland later on in the year, and this week's news article shows us the perfect way to get us and our luggage to the airport...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-27636476
See you next time!
Things have been pretty busy at Occombe Farm for the last few weeks now with school groups visiting most days of the week, and weekend work is also becoming more common hence the lack of blogs!
Training for our 10km run is going reasonably well. With 5 weeks left until the race I managed to pass the 10km mark for the first time in training this morning, and that includes some pretty big hills along the way! The terrain around the Cockington route is even more extreme though so more training is definitely required. Vicky reached 8.4km around the same route this morning as well which is her personal best so far, and she is still improving every time too.
I have spent some of my spare time recently in the wildfowl conservation area behind our house where I have been keeping my eye on a group of young cygnets that were born a couple of weeks ago. You can see them growing each day, and in comparison to some ducks I have seen the swans are actually quite good parents. So far all 6 cygnets have survived.
You can see 2 tiny little heads poking out from underneath the mother's wing
For the last few weeks walking around the area has been especially colourful with wild flowers sprouting up here there and everywhere. There are also loads of nesting birds around, and for those of you watching Springwatch you'll know that many of the chicks have hatched and are on the way to fledging the nest.
There's a carpet of bluebells in the woodland at Occombe
We are very close to booking tickets to go to Iceland later on in the year, and this week's news article shows us the perfect way to get us and our luggage to the airport...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-27636476
See you next time!
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