Published on 12, July, 2020
Iv decided to do a forum on my wildlife holidays where I can tell you about my holiday rather than just sending pictures
cause iv been on lots of them this year rather than only sending photos. also proper trips il tell you about and add photos to go with it on this post aswell. cause it will be easyer and better for me but is also for holidays cause im going on lots of holidays this year and it deserves its own thread in this sense.
my first holiday I went on this year was Wales. I went to Snowdonia near the national park
we saw a lamma and a pony
with the view we got from the cottage we stayed in was of the sea
Jackdaws perched on the buildings when we watched tv we went for a walk and I got great pictures of the moutains
you could see them on the beach outline at the beach the waves I saw a literally called gray heron fly past
the waves crashed against the rocks and became fully submerged until they broke and forced its way over. my long lens saved my life by getting me up close enough to photograph the waders and I saw Great crested grebes.
back at the cottage herring gulls at Jackdaws
the next day we went to the waterfalls I saw yellow gorse.
the water level was high but not flooded. it was a adventure and the gorse made it look colourful
it was massive then we went down the mountain the next day we went to the sea again and I saw a cormerent. there was lots of bladder wrack which is a type of seaweed.
seaweed are actualy a type of algae. some can surve out the water for a certain period of time. others dont survive as well it depends on the type cause theres different types of seaweed.
this one is normaly mistake for seaweed but is actualy a type of animal instead
in July
im very used to wildlife watching in the uk and while I have been to menorca I havnt wildlife watched there cause I didnt have an interest in Wildlife then so this was my first time wildlife watching in a different country.
I allways have to wear ear defenders when i go to the air port but they had disability asistance. I had to improvise cause the person that supports me that went with me hasnt gone on holiday with me before and didnt know what to say or do with my sensory challanges at the airport. the person that was with me said she thinks il be fine but I knew cause of my autism cant deal with crowds so I said I have autism and I dont like crowds so would it be ok to go where its less busy or quiter and so she took me through. there was a point where we wernt sure if I had to take my ear defenders off at the part where you have to walk through and them see if you got metal on you so I asked the lady there if I could keep them on and she went off to ask the person behind the thing you have to walk through. I was very anxious at this point. it was time to put our items on the coveyerbelt and walk through the metal thing. The person with me for the holiday and me still didnt know so I was panicing inside and i was told to take them off by the person taking me which i was reluctant to do but the plaine lady came over and thumbed up us saying not to take them off and that i can keep them on and we went through. the flight was delayed by an hour. but it was no ones fault cause they had to help somone who couldnt walk onto the plane. so we walked and stopped every 5 minutes so people were joking about that and inpatient at the same time. eventually we got on though at last. I filmed the take off and we went over the bay of biscay on the way to Tenerife
when landing I saw mount tede from above the clouds.
the next day I saw a canarian chiffchaff
and I saw a Spanish sparrow for the first time. they were breeding at the hotel.
but one of my biggest highlights was snorkeling for the very first time
and the dolphins which i got to see for the very first time
and mount tede a active volcano with many species only found on that mountain I saw crystal on a rock
that was the last day. the next day we went on a trip but when it came to packing bags for the trip. I put my bag with the plastic bag on it ontop of my suitcase then gave it to her with the plastic bag on it but took it off and thought that she was going to put the bag in cause it didnt only have my stuff in the bag and as far as I knew the plastic bag was in the boot but at some point in the journey I wondered where the bag was and thought it might be in the boot cause i couldnt see it in the back. we checked the boot and it wasnt there.
my ear defenders got left behind which was problomatic cause the person with me wasnt willing to go back and get the ear defenders and soon we had to go to the air port. I was highly anxious and I found it diffucult getting her to understand the why it is important enough that we do have to go back anf get them we bought some silenceing headphones as an emergancy cause otherwise I wouldnt of been able to get on the plane. we went through disability asisstance. the plane was delayed by a couple of hours and we wernt able to get on until midnight. a teenager had a go in a wheelchair and a little boy was going up and down a slope behind me which i found acted as visual stimulation and made my anxiety worse. it isnt thetre fault its just cause im autistic but thanfuly things did cam down and at 12 o'clock we lined up and got on the plane and came back to the uk by 4 or 5 oclock in the morning.
iv just had some thought il be going on holiday again in two weeks so hopefully I should be able to make up for the mistake. this thread is still going to be a holiday thread and the day trip thread is still going to be day trips and the non day trips thread not day drips cause its less comfusing whats what that way. if anyone wants to talk about the day trip iv sent then we can talk about it here if thats ok with you. for referance its meant to just say days trips rather than saying other trips aswell but I couldnt edit the title but its for day trips if anyone would like to talk about the day trip i went on today. I came back around 2 then made the post for the day trip which took a long time
https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/38657/wildlife-trips-and-day-trips
Can we know where you are going in two weeks?
thats a diffucult one cause its a public forum. I would do but for safety reasons particularly since I have disabilitys like others here but on top of that Im transgender and identify as male could put me even more at risk ontop of that im also still new and for me it takes time to get to know people and even though im easy to get to know and get along with for most people it can still take time for others to get to know me properly aswell. I prefer not to rush the process and give things time. cause even though people here are friendly and have disabilitys like autism maybe even also transgender too like me it is still the internet so would be safer for many reasons not to reveal (where im about to go) this is why i dont usualy say where im going to go but share where iv been. to me it also keeps the element of surprise aswell. of course there is allways pm so that im not revealing where im (going to) go to a wide audiance but it might be a good idea for me to get to know people first before doing that too unless it is important.
thanks. I can understand why you were curious. its just that even though there is more aceptance around things like Autism and gender identity not everyone nesacerily knows or understands much about it it can people who know me very well are still learning about it and what it means aswell as what it means for me and my own exsperiance ever since I came out even my own family. both being Autistic along with haveing other disabilitys aswell as being transgender too at the same time has its own unique challenges and its own ups and downs aswell which is something I learned after I came out a few years ago and both Autistic people and transgender people are considered part of the vulnerable group by both the public and society. so if i were to reveal where i was going to go to a wide audiance ahead of time like in two weeks time for instance that wouldnt be very wise even if I wenrt part of the vulnerable group aswell. so online safety is important and thats why its not that Im being judgemental cause im not a jusdgemental person and its not that I think your bad people or that you could look for me or find me or do something its just online safety in general thats all. I im very open about autism and gender identity and like shareing my knoledge and exsperiance with others but I dont reveal where im going to go cause giveing away where im going to go online is another thing entirely and not very wise so I dont do that but you know that now and thanks for being understanding about it. also sometimes I like to keep a surprise for people cause that makes it more exiting. if people knew where i was going to go it wouldmt be much of a surprise but if they didnt know it would be and can make things more interesting for people aswell due to not knowing where im going to go. another thing if i revealed where i was going to go you could look up what wildlife i might find or what sort of things i might do and that would makes things less interesting so I find its more exiting and interesting to keep where im going as a surprise then come back and reveal where iv been and what iv done and theres nothing to spoil the surprise then either.