90 miles. I stayed overnight. Evening in Fort William where we visited a nice pub with good beer and then migrated to a fish and chips “caff”.Spean Bridge is quite a distance from where you live, isn't it?
Jack
90 miles. I stayed overnight. Evening in Fort William where we visited a nice pub with good beer and then migrated to a fish and chips “caff”.Spean Bridge is quite a distance from where you live, isn't it?
Yes, the Nevis range was shrouded in cloud most of the time; certainly verdant - but when you have so much rain..... Only managed to get 5 ticsDavid M wrote:Delightful images, Nick. This is one of my favourite butterflies and although it's a long way to go and see it in the UK, the scenery and habitat are wonderful and well worth the trip.
Yes - the bar in Spean Bridge had no beer - only gnat's p**s Tennants. Even the beer was the colour of lager, presumably so it is accepted by the locals....Jack Harrison wrote:90 miles. I stayed overnight. Evening in Fort William where we visited a nice pub with good beer and then migrated to a fish and chips “caff”.Spean Bridge is quite a distance from where you live, isn't it?
Jack
This might be helpful Nick: it could save you that 800 mile round trip. Pale circle is 100 kms around Peterborough, distances from Hull.I can reveal that the [CS introduction] location is within 100 kilometres of Peterborough.
irreverenceBeen a while since I saw JackH, so nice to see he has lost none of his irreverence
Thanks, Jack! I think I would have more luck in seeing one by doing the 400 miles to Scotland! Not that I don't applaud the efforts of BC, it is just that the climate in Northamptonshire (whoops!) is now probably too dry for CS.... And the history of most reintroductions shows that few last more than 5-10 years before dying outJack Harrison wrote:I said in another thread that:This might be helpful Nick; it could save you that 800 mile round trip. circle is 100 kms around Peterborough, distances from Hull.I can reveal that the [CS introduction] location is within 100 kilometres of Peterborough.
Let us know how you get on![]()
Jack
Glad you noticed the BC bit. It was quite deliberatePope Dick II 967 to 942BC ? He must have been some prophet to have pre-dated Christianity by nearly 1000 years....
Lovely, Jack. We don't see much from the northern half of Scotland so habitat images are of particular interest.Jack Harrison wrote:...Location, habitat and the best individual I found.