and just in time for halloween, Tom found this poor wee little fellow....
He is a Natterers bat and apparently not very common according to the Waraickshire Bat Group that we reported our find to. The man was very pleased to come and collect it as they don't have a specimen of this type.
A lovely sunny walk in the woods. We have been doing a lot of this recently, but on this day there were some lovely views of the sun through the trees.
So what else have we been doing?
Well, David did a distance swim with the club a few weeks back and he swam 56 lengths in 50 mins!!! 1400m!!! Thats nearly a mile!! I find it quite amazing, seeing as I struggle to do 30 in an hour!
He has also been away on cub camp, except they didn't camp, they went to Bristol and stayed in a youth hostel. He had a lovely time despite initial nerves.
And then the day after he came home, he decided he wanted to give school another try!!!! And in less than 2 hours of the conversation, we were visiting a lovely little village school, with a lovely head mistress who took an instant liking to him and asked him if he would like to stay that afternoon. And so he did!!!
He has settled in well, as he already has lots of friends there from cubs. He is coming out smiling and going in willingly.
We are on day 6 today I think, so I'm not holding my breath. Although I guess it was two and a half years ago that he tried before and that was at the school of inflexibility! We shall see. The honeymoon period is not yet over, so I'll not be changing the sidebar description of us just yet ;-)
8 comments:
Glad to hear initial ventures into school have gone smoothly. It must be a big leap for all of you. At least he knows if he doesn't want to stay he doesn't have to, and I think knowing that will make it easier to stay.
Father Winter looks great!
I think he's very brave, and so are you... it will all work out xxx
Lovely to see your post, and read the news. xx
Rob's Auntie Rose
King winter is fab.
How exciting to find a rare bat.
xx
Thank you xx
King Winter is still waiting for autumn to be packed away, but I'm just not sure I'm ready to let go, just yet!!
And yes. The bat actually did cause great excitement, even if my post didn't sound like it!!!
We measured him and studied him carefully before we could make a positive identification.
Thanks for reading xx
love the bat wish i was there to have seen it and my boys love you all
Granny cornwall xxxxxxxxx
Wow David! What a great time you've been having! Your swimming is amazing!! And we hope you are still enjoying school. :-)))
Finally found King winter. Love him!!! xx How much are you goin to charge?
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