If you go down to the woods today...

...you're sure of a big surprise...

Never has that been more true than tonight. 80km on the bike in The Dales this eve. despite busting round the planned route to avoid getting caught out by the fading light, I was able to snap what is probably the cutest creche in the world.

That's all very well: very cute and all that, but "what was the surprise?" I hear you ask. Well, climbing out of the woods to head up over Embsay Moor, I was buzzed by a pair of HUGE owls. They spent the next 5 minutes wheeling around, apparently doing battle, no more than 10-15 metres away. Suffice to say it made the climb much more bearable. Didn't want to miss a minute so no blip of the feathery phenomena. AWESOME!

Tired now. Early night, me thinks.

:-)