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Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page

Another pictures taken at Copped Hall – Mansion destroyed internally by fire in 1917 but since 1990 been taken over by a Trust to restore it to how it was before the fire….a long job but an amazing transformation even in the short time since 1995 when they started work….Jill

Male statues on summerhouse (telemons)Jill.

25-cup egg poacher. Jill.

This the Birthday Card that my Granddaughter sent me. Elsie.

More fungi for Jordan from Elsie.

Photos I took this on the 27th Sept. Rose W’canton.

Part of an email I received from the Virgin Islands. It is going on a bit. Lets hope that it will be worth it.

Sorry I have been so out of touch but this has been a very busy hurricane and remodeling season for me.
As for a status update…
Everything is a go, just taking more time than I would have ever guessed.
We have the necessary approvals and the underwater security holder has been
constructed, the solar power set up and gel battery are the only hold ups.
Waiting on the panel I am told as well as the gel style battery since it
will be in a marine environment and we don’t want to risk contaminating the
water with an acid spill. Worst case scenario is the cam will be up and
running in December. I am truly hoping for November. With regards, Michael.

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page

Male statues on summerhouse (telemons)Jill.

25-cup egg poacher. Jill.

This the Birthday Card that my Granddaughter sent me. Elsie.

More fungi for Jordan from Elsie.

Photos I took this on the 27th Sept. Rose W’canton.

Part of an email I received from the Virgin Islands. It is going on a bit. Lets hope that it will be worth it.

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

I am sure you will like this one. Elsie

This will wind the ladies up. Elsie

The ladies will certainly not like this one.
Elsie

Three photos I took on the 27th Sept. Rose W’canton.

We have finished electrifying around the Lake to stop the Otter from getting any of our Fish. We had hoped to start on the Pond that is next to the Lake but our contractor who will need to top the area has hurt his foot and cant drive his tractor. It is not goods news as one of this weeks Holiday Guests who is on a Fishing Holiday has seen a very large Carp in the Pond. There are a lot of fish in the Pond. It was never our intention to stock the Pond but the fry have gone through the Lakes overflow pipes that goes into the Pond. Now that we know that the Pond is well stocked we will get it ready so that it will be able to be fished next year. It is going to be a major job preparing it as a some years back we stocked it with a number of different varieties of Bullrushes. Not one of my better ideas as now it is three fifths full of the things. Around the Pond is also well overgrown as we left it to encourage wildlife, all it has managed to encourage is very thick bramble. So before we can make a start it will need to be topped.

It was Branston that spooked the Badgers tonight. Some how he had managed to knock a gate down that separates where he wanders about and the Badger Field. Rattling a bucket of feed soon got him out of the Field. We did notice one of the Badgers was lame on its offside rear leg.

The photograph of the Mushroom Rose sent in is a variety that we use to get in our Fields when we had Cattle. We also use to get one the same but opposite colouring. When we stopped having Cattle the Mushrooms disappeared. They were the best Mushrooms we have ever tasted.

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page sent in by Lynne.

TURN NEXT ! SPARROWS BATHING IN OUR WATERFALL LYNNE

COLLARED DOVE LYNNE

SPARROW IN THE WATERFALL LYNNE

LONG TAILED TIT LYNNE

FEMALE CHAFFINCH LYNNE

Today we are soaked through tired and a few choice words to go with it, and all because of what I consider being the nastiest evil animal that I have ever encountered, the Otter. The Otter in the Valley was the first we have seen for a very long time. And it was big, the size that would have no problem in killing Geese. So I am now convinced that it was the Otter that killed the Geese on the Lake this year and probably in past years. We have needed to waste all of today and it will be most of tomorrow electrifying around the Lake to stop the Otter from taking any more of our Fish, for sure it has been.

We had not seen any signs of the Otter for a very long time. In saying that it is because we have allowed areas around the Lake top become wild so to encourage wildlife, no doubt this has hid the signs that we would normally see when Otters are about. In the Stream by the side of the Lake the were two mutilated dead Rabbits probably other victims of last night Otter.

I really cant get excited about the Otter and I can well understand why the were hunted to the verge of extinction in this country. On saying that I am pleased that some of you were able to see an live Otter and not just on film.

Fritillary butterfly on Sedum at the Edon Project,Cornwall.Lindsay.

These plants were interesting,they were all Fly Traps! Eden Project,Cornwall.Lindsay.

few pictures taken at Copped Hall – Mansion destroyed internally by fire in 1917 but since 1990 been taken over by a Trust to restore it to how it was before the fire….a long job but an amazing transformation even in the short time since 1995 when they started work…. Jill.

Copped Hall front elevation. Jill.

Female statues on summerhouse (carytids) Jill.

The Female Reindeer is still missing. Again she has been seen on the boundary of the Reindeer Field. I thought that I had got away with the radio interview this morning. The arrangement was that I would get a phone call at about 7.45am to go through what the procedure would be. Nearly ten minutes later I had still not got the call so I decided to feed the Reindeer. Just as I had opened the door to leave the phone rang. I nearly didn’t answer it but they have put out info about the lost Female, so I really had to.

At about 11.30pm last night there were deer in the Valley, The first that I have seen for months. There were two Doe and a Kid Roe Deer. I think that it may have been Doe and Kid from last year and this years Kid. The Kid was running and playing. I must admit I was pleased to see them. I should think that there have been more in the Valley over the past months, although we have not seen any of their tracks near were we normally see them. The Cattle that we have had in the Valley have made a lot of muddy areas on the paths so any Deer footprints would have stood out.

ing from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page from Judy.

A few more photos for the Gallery Mr Farmer,

Thieves Wood Nottinghamshire.

Pretty Chrysanthemum in my garden

Looks like this Pig at the Piggery had been having a lovely wallow in the mud

Butterfly I saw on my walk in Thieves Wood (Needs a name if anyone knows it)

Some more Funghi for Jordan. From Judy.

Sorry I forgot to put the new photographs on the Photo page last night.

The original Female Reindeer that went missing is still not back. She is still about, close to the Reindeer Field. She has been seen and we have seen her droppings along our drive. We are spending a lot of time looking about for her and our local radio station are still reporting that she is missing. The radio station have asked me to do a short interview about the missing Reindeer tomorrow morning. The thought of it frightens the life out of me. I couldn’t really refuse although, but I have tried to talk others into doing it for me. I have got a reputation of cussing so I have got to watch my mouth or there will be a complaint or two.

We need to make the fencing in the Reindeer Field a lot better. When the Females were delivered here a few weeks back, by the people who we got them from, we asked to make sure that the Field was secure for the Reindeer. We were told that it was. That has proved to be wrong, but we have only ourselves to blame. The far end of the Field is where we have the biggest problem and we will start to secure that tomorrow.

I have been trying to find the time to put a camera in the Reindeer Field but we have so much to do at the moment it is proving difficult. It doesn’t help that Paddy is in his rutting mood. He hasn’t been as bad as I was led to believe that he would be, but he did half heatedly attacked the front of the Quad Bike a few days back, so the is always a chance that he may not like us being in his Field installing the camera. With putting in a post, running the wires and fixing the camera it not a quick job.

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page

CATERPILLAR. LYNNE.

SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS. LYNNE.

2 BABY STARLINGS. LYNNE.

Photograph from the Northern Echo that goes with the Ewe article sent in by Elsie.

This delightful photograph, was taken on a mobile phone sent to my sister, who sent it to me, I then sent it to Tina who downloaded it of her phone, and emailed it to me, then I emailed it to Mr. Farmer, isn’t technology just fabulous!. Karen Stoke.

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page

A news item from yesterdays Nnorthern Echo sent in by Elsie.

THESE randy rams were left feeling rather blue after their sheepish passions boiled over.

For they began fighting as frustrations mounted

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page

These are all very small Snails, they have pooped all over the box. I think this is what helps to make soil, snail poop. Jordan Age 6 Stoke

These are the Baby snails I collected they are having a race. Jordan Age 6 Stoke

This is a picture of a Sunset I took on Monday night. Jordan, Age 6 Stoke

This is my Sunflower it has 3 heads. I am very proud of it. I have got to measure it yet so i will tell you how tall it grew. Jordan Age 6 Stoke

But this is how tall it looks taken from Karen`s front window. Jordan Age 6 Stoke

The Female Reindeer that I was most concerned about returning came running out of one of the shelters when I went to feed them this morning. As I had not seen her for all of yesterday I was beginning to think the worse. She looked none the worse for her day away.

We have not seen anything today of the other more timid Female but after the other one returning I am not over concerned. The one thing that does concern me a bit is that they may get caught up in brambles or a dense hedgerow. Because of encouraging wildlife we do leave a number of dense foliage areas that will have a lot of bramble and we do have a lot of old hedgerows at Denbury. When we caught sight of her yesterday we tried to push her into the direction of the Reindeer Field but she got on her toes and disappeared. I wont be trying that again unless there are more people to help. We will look for her again in the morning.

We have got our local radio station to put out that we have a Reindeer missing. All calls are being directed to them as we have only told of the location, not our Farm, or we will have be inundated with unwanted visitors. We have also needed to let all of the Farmers in our area know or she could well be on someones dinner plate. With the large orange collar around her neck I wouldn’t be best pleased if she was shot.

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page

This for young Jordan who is so interested in Fungi. Elsie

A few pics taken of the walled garden and long shrubbery at Copped hall – totally overgrown a few years ago! Jill.

Walled Garden
Long shrubbery (2 pics)
set of steps uncovered by archaeologists of an earlier mansion. Jill.

We now have two Reindeer missing. Yesterday morning we found the timid Female. After well over two hours we managed to get her back into the Reindeer Field. When I went back to check on them twenty minutes later two were missing. They had got out of a bad bit of fencing that is out of view behind one of the two shelters in the Field. The area had netting around it that the Reindeer had pulled away. By all accounts two the Reindeer have been in and out of someones garden at the end of our driveway, they did not have the common sense to let us know. Her excuse for not telling us was over past history. Believe me there has been past history when the person as well as other incident has also interfered with our animals. She didn’t mind the Reindeer in her garden as they did not do any damage like other Farm animals.

We have seen the timid female a few times over yesterday and today. The other one there has been no sightings at all. I would have expected for the two Reindeer to have been together, and that is what is worrying. We will have to see what happens tomorrow and if there will be any sighting of the other Reindeer.

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page from Lynne.

POPPY LYNNE

SUNSET LYNNE

EIFFEL TOWER IN MIST LYNNE

PEAK DISTRICT LYNNE

One of the Female Reindeer is missing. We found two on our driveway this afternoon making their way to the Farm Yard area turning into a small paddock before they reached the Yard. We managed to get one of the two back into the Reindeer Field after she decided that she get through a hedge instead of being coaxed back. The other one is a little bit timid and as we tried to coax her she ran through a gap and around the Lake towards the road. We didn’t see her go into the road but for after looking for her for over two hours we could find no sign of her.

After speaking to the people that we got the Reindeer from, they seem to think that by their past experiences she will turn up within a day or two. If it had been any of the other Reindeer I would have said that it was a possibility, but I am not to sure with the one that is missing. She tend to hang back and doe not get very close to humans after than when I feed the Reindeer.

I must admit that keeping Reindeer is more of a challenge than I had expected. I thought that I had secured the fencing, especially as we had found none out of their Field for a good few days until today. We will need to decide if we are able to keep Reindeer without spending more than we would want to on additional fencing. I am not to sure that we will want to.

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