Wednesday, August 23, 2023

We got it covered

 We had a jaunt to Lerwick today for Robs MRI scan in the van visiting from the mainland and the cars service - boring but necessary.

We left Bruce and Jim hard at work. Painting, sorting out the  new bathrooms waste pipe ( still clean luckily), more chipping in the porch and last coats of paint on door frames.



The front is all covered now. Yipee. ( apart from the bit round the pipe)

After our appointments we stopped briefly at  lickimin to see if there were any mugrsnr birds about. 4 Willow Warblers and some Siskin but all well hidden. Lots of Wrens, Meadow Pipits and Starlings though. Jill also found the Troll house left by a 6 year old visitor from York.































On the way home we had a quick stop at Sandness and Melby. Lots of Waders still, Oystercatchers and wheatears which have found out are called Stinkles or chaks.



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