Luckily I wasn’t carried away by the mosquitoes last night- though there were so many between the mesh of my tent and outer layer that I thought we might lift off!
The drive back up to Sale is pretty relaxing, and through some good farming country. I wanted to spend some time I the wetlands here and do some bird watching.
My best experiences were: seeing an azure kingfisher- it was beautiful ! Moved so quick though! Then I noticed a very large nest, high up in the trees and thought- that must be the white bellied sea eagles’… and just then a I spotted the sea eagle coming towards the nest, landing and starting to eat whatever it had caught. A few minute later its partner flew off- perhaps their turn to hunt?
When I was finished at the wetlands I went in to town and the local gallery. There was an exhibition here of Annemieke Mein. It is incredible how she masters fabrics, sowing, water colours, textures etc to create her artwork. She is a local Sale lady- or has been for a long time- and this is thus her gallery so to speak.
The other displays were also fascinating !! Geoffrey Bartlett created the sculptures and the 3D cardboard patterns are the work of Mandy Gunn .
