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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gill Osborne" data-source="post: 1504026" data-attributes="member: 143965">Nei and I have spent the last three days in the Lake District - staying at our friend's house :t:      The weather has been absolutely glorious and VERY sunny and hot!  We climbed up to the osprey viewpoint yesterday in baking hot sun and poor Neil questioned WHY he'd married a mad birdwatcher instead of some bimbo who prefered to just lie on a beach :-O   Once we got to the top though it was worth it with fantastic views of the female feeding the three young :t:  Neil is already talking about doing it again the next time we are in the area (possibly next week!) so he can't have hated it THAT much and THIS time I'll remember to bring the camera as the views of the fells and Bassenthwaite Lake were awesome!    I was also very chuffed to see a jay very close up as one flew past at a range of only ten feet or so - such colourful birds :king:    Back in Northumberland now and it's been sunny and hot but is now slightly clouding over.</blockquote>