News about bird guests arriving to Lake Balaton spread around fast among birdwatchers. I didn’t want to miss the occasion.

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Ornithology | | | 6 Comments
18 Images | Balaton, Balaton lake, birds

After having spent 9 months in beautiful Romania I finally arrived home a month ago to start in a new position with my old company. The original plan was I would stay a year but there were some changes and I was offered this new position and asked to come home earlier. No matter how much I loved Romania and Bucharest I was happy to return to my family and the doggy friends!!!

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Family, Walking | | 4 Comments
9 Images | birds, dogs

Despite the wonderful autumn sunshine it was easy to tell that the weather has consisted of pretty much endless rain for the past several months - the cracks of the main wall of Trowbarrow Quarry were running with water!

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Rock Climbing | | | No Comments
6 Images | birds, coot, mushrooms, RSPB

As long as nice summer weather lasts I’m not wasting my time during the weekends. During my drive home from my previous weekend trip I noticed an interesting looking gorge and I decided to come back here to check it out. Then I found out that the area has several Orthodox monasteries worth visiting, one of them even part of the UNESCO World Heritage.

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Travel | | | 6 Comments
13 Images | birds, cats, monasteries

Thanks to the extra holiday the four day jubilee weekend made for a perfect opportunity to head a little further afield than a normal bank holiday weekend allows.

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Camping, Rock Climbing | | | 6 Comments
19 Images | bbq, birds, CC, club, flowers, gairloch, jubilee, meet, orchid, stonechat, torridon

Last weekend saw me exploring the Carpathian Mountains again. This time I went to Bucsecs, a mountain area just 2 hours drive from Bucharest, just at the border of Transylvania. This area is characteristic of its enormous rock faces but I saw some other friendly faces as well!

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Travel | | | 4 Comments
8 Images | birds, cats, donkeys, faces

My very good friend and climbing partner Istvan went out on the “hunt” again! As he hasn’t worked much on his English since his last post, he asked me to post for him again which I happily did because I think that his photos are just as wonderful as his winged models. Enjoy!

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Ornithology | | | 9 Comments
16 Images | birds, camouflage

Long time ago, back in April, Istvan and Dalma planned a trip to England to visit friends and relatives and sample some superb English rock...

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Rock Climbing | | 7 Comments
9 Images | birds, cats