Went Away on Holiday

**topper** · 24-02-2008

Just for a few days to Cornwall, did lots of walking and eating

and no drinking, oooh detox heaven.
Anyhow we went twice to a little fishing village called Fowey that has a quaint feel about it lots of narrow streets and odd shaped buildings. Got friendly with one of the locals, but 18 inches was about as close as I dared to go.

**Chocky** · 24-02-2008

Very nice. Sounds and looks like you had a good time .
Well done for not drinking

**rolf** · 24-02-2008

Looks like a lovely place Topper, always liked Cornwall.

Love the sunset picture.

**andy b** · 24-02-2008

nice pics topper, it's a lovely part of the world is'nt it. rolf right, the sunset is a good photo. your right, 18 inches is close enough to get to a herring gull..... especially on a first date!!!!

**topper** · 24-02-2008

They can be a little aggressive at times, I can recall about 20 years ago my niece and her mum were visiting from the middle east and we took them to Blackpool and we shared a bag of chips on the pier needless to say we were suddenly attacked by herring gulls who were stealing the chips and one of them grabbed my forefinger thinking it was a chip, ouch that hurt.

**andy b** · 24-02-2008

they are big birds up close are'nt they!!
from the middle east to blackpool... bit of a come down...hee hee!!.. the donkeys dont have humps there

**topper** · 24-02-2008

It is probably a good job as well! Also on the same trip last weekend in Cornwall went to the Eden project and in one of the domes there was a family of robins and they had red breasts and what is puzzling me is I did not think they were songbirds and yet I recorded on of then up in the top of the dome

Oh sugar it is above the upload limits, Ill have to see if I can snip it and post it later

**rolf** · 24-02-2008

If it is an MP3, put it up on sat-newbie and I'l load it to this site Topper.

Robins are one of the most prolific songbirds.

http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/s...ead.php?t=1942

**topper** · 24-02-2008

I just ran it through windows media editor without cropping it and it has reduced the file by 6 MB

Sorry I did think of that but had already processed this

But I will ftp as well it as it is neater

Launch in external player

**andy b** · 24-02-2008

as rolf says, topper, robins are prolific songbirds. what may surprise you even more, is that, many robins can be heard singing during the hours of darkness. manmade street lighting, often fools the robins, into thinking that it is daylight and so start singing away.