A lovely day

Finally, a very pleasant day where it was too warm to wear my coat on my dog walk. Gavin was on the golf course by 7.30am - Luke had come down from London to play with him so he had an even earlier start to his day than his dad. I had a lovely walk in the woods with Xena, the only annoying thing was when a very muddy Staffie thought it would be fun to jump all over my clean trousers. An elderly woman walking her dog fell over when her Labrador, who was on a lead, got excited to see Xena and ran around tying the lady up in the lead and she lost her balance and fell. I helped her up and thankfully she was fine. 

After Gavin got back from golf - he was home by 11.30am - he washed the car and then we went to a local pub for lunch. As today was 19C it was pleasant sitting outside, it makes a difference not to be freezing when eating outdoors.

I looked at the security camera recording to see if I could determine what killed that pigeon yesterday. The only reason I thought it was a magpie is because I have previously witnessed a magpie kill a pigeon - but as many suggested it could have been a fox and we do get many foxes in our garden. I have never seen a sparrowhawk around here but that does not rule out that possibility. The camera recording did not cover that incident to clear up the mystery.