It is all rather non-stop at the moment, I am living my best life. My diary between now and Christmas is quite absurd but I think I am up to the challenge. I've not been at home much, work and travel, and also work travel (a rare event) have seen me all over the place. November continues to look rather full and as for December, well good grief, but there are some fun things in there. And lots of social events as well which is nice, too many perhaps, and mostly wine related. I will be exhausted by the time the holidays actually arrive. And there is scope for another emergency trip to the US in there as well although currently this is far from certain.
Despite being all over the place I've suprised myself with a pretty decent Wanstead patch list for 2024. This now stands at 117, the latest being a Red-crested Pochard on Heronry. Classic timing arriving in a cold snap, and also classic timing arriving just as I departed for Germany. But it was a short trip and was still there when I got back so I nipped to see it before heading off to the Peak District. 117 is my fourth highest total ever recorded, and just one more will equal the third highest, so it is all still to play for with just over a month remaining.
The biggest impediment is simply not being here very much between now and the end of the year. As ever I have slightly over-extended myself, and what seemed like good ideas at the time are now things all else being equal I'd rather not do. But do them I will, I signed up and need to go through with it as originally envisaged. And just like twitching, whilst it seems like a massive drag at the time a couple of days later the stress and hassle is all forgotten and you are glad you've done it. And this will no doubt be the case here as well.
Fife, looking east down the Forth.
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