wildlife trips and day trips.

Zo said:

this day trip was the shortest iv ever had. it was meant to be a long one.  it was at a nature reserve that has a bird hide. we were on our way to the bird hide. it  was last Thursday I went there.  we went and cause of the weather it was really muddy but it was too muddy where the person with me was falling over so we ended up haveing to go back but i managed to get a few photos 

Well done for getting those photos in difficult circumstances Zo.

I hope that the person with you didn't injure themselves - if it had been me with you, I'd have been falling over too.  It's one of the things I'm best at.

thanks. I didnt want the trip to be a waste even though we were there for less than 15 minutes

I was mainly just walking ahead cause i was intent on getting into the bird hide which was down the canal there.

but i had to wait and look back to see how she is doing and if she is ok. cause she was slower than me.

before it got to the point of being so muddy that we may need to turn back I took a few photos then but it was still very muddy

it was also wet cause the ice had melted on the path. the water in the canal was frozen whem we got to a certain point. I stopped taking pictures though then after that 

she kept saying its only going to be even worse, we cant keep walking like this its getting worse eventualy she started falling over so I decided ok we,l turn back rather than her keep going ahead when she almost fell over she started struggling to walk cause it got too bad. she didnt actualy fall over and didnf get injured but she almost fell over at one point cause her feet got stuck in the mud 

 we didnt bring wellys cause we didnt know it might be as muddy as it was cause of the weather.  i had better shoes than she did cause I have trainers or shoes that are designed for things like  walking and running or climbing. hers was for indoors or for casual and general walks 

it took a long time to get there and I hadnt been there before so I wasnt  going to visit the reserve without any pictures so if i went all the way there and exspecialy since there was a high possibility we may turn back at any time i may aswell. this is the kind of situation where you cant let the weather get in the way.  it felt like a waste otherwise if I didnt take any 

im hoping to visit again this week simce we had to turn back cause of how it was cause of the weather. we didnt realise we had the wrong foot wear until we realised how muddy i was so we know to bring wellys next time. but iv been told it also depends on the weather so I got a back up just in case we cant go but im hopeing we can 

edit: its just rained so it is unlikely but Iv got a back up so I have another day trip option 

thanks. I didnt want the trip to be a waste even though we were there for less than 15 minutes

I was mainly just walking ahead cause i was intent on getting into the bird hide which was down the canal there.

but i had to wait and look back to see how she is doing and if she is ok. cause she was slower than me.

before it got to the point of being so muddy that we may need to turn back I took a few photos then but it was still very muddy

it was also wet cause the ice had melted on the path. the water in the canal was frozen whem we got to a certain point. I stopped taking pictures though then after that 

she kept saying its only going to be even worse, we cant keep walking like this its getting worse eventualy she started falling over so I decided ok we,l turn back rather than her keep going ahead when she almost fell over she started struggling to walk cause it got too bad. she didnt actualy fall over and didnf get injured but she almost fell over at one point cause her feet got stuck in the mud 

 we didnt bring wellys cause we didnt know it might be as muddy as it was cause of the weather.  i had better shoes than she did cause I have trainers or shoes that are designed for things like  walking and running or climbing. hers was for indoors or for casual and general walks 

it took a long time to get there and I hadnt been there before so I wasnt  going to visit the reserve without any pictures so if i went all the way there and exspecialy since there was a high possibility we may turn back at any time i may aswell. this is the kind of situation where you cant let the weather get in the way.  it felt like a waste otherwise if I didnt take any 

im hoping to visit again this week simce we had to turn back cause of how it was cause of the weather. we didnt realise we had the wrong foot wear until we realised how muddy i was so we know to bring wellys next time. but iv been told it also depends on the weather so I got a back up just in case we cant go but im hopeing we can 

edit: its just rained so it is unlikely but Iv got a back up so I have another day trip option