Concorde

The outing today was to the Museum of Flight at East Fortune, to see the Lego exhibition, the principal (and the largest) being this, Concorde, displayed neatly beneath the real thing. We were suitably impressed by several other models, including the Great Barrier Reef and Old London Bridge, by far the most complex but enjoyed the Chinese Dragon.

While Mr Flum visited the aeroplane hangars I wandered up to the field, where we had once seen the farmer harvesting cabbages and most entertaining it proved to be. I watched as a hare caught the scent of another, they met (extra 1) and a chase commenced. (Note, these are on full zoom as they were some distance away).

 Overhead I watched a skylark fly, land and take off again a few times, possibly feeding young and then a pair of buzzards comparing notes, having been mobbed by a single crow (extra 2). A pair of goldfinches flew out of a tree nearby but I was too slow with the camera, and, all the while, swallows were circling above the buildings.

The insect world was represented by St Mark's flies in abundance, and tortoiseshell butterflies.

By this time Mr Flum had exhausted the supply of aeroplane exhibits so we left, calling on the nearby farm shop, where we saw an orange tip butterfly.

A stroll around the charity shops in Haddington ended a lovely day in surprisingly summery weather.