Albatross! (250/365)

[white_hart]

We drove back from Yorkshire yesterday via the Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve, where we were much too late for the puffins, but saw a large number of gannets, as well as catching a glimpse of their celebrity visitor of the season, a black-browed albatross.

I took lots of photos of the gannets, but the albatross was moving far too quickly for my camera.



The drive back was a lot better than the drive up, mostly because we were on the M1 rather than the A1, but it's still a long way to drive in one day (217 miles from the Tesco in Bridlington where I bought petrol to my house, according to the car) with only one brief stop for lunch. I was shattered by the time I got home and then ended up with my head spinning and my neck and shoulders feeling very peculiar, presumably because of spending such a long time sitting in the same position. (Hunching forward and clutching the steering wheel in a death-grip probably didn't help, but I don't understand how anyone is supposed to be relaxed while steering a large metal box at 70mph surrounded by other, often larger, metal boxes also going at 70mph.)

It was a good holiday, but driving nearly 600 miles in a week, with very few driving-free days, definitely wasn't ideal.

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[mrs_redboots]

Fortunately, my husband adores driving, so I don't have to! I do try to keep in practice, but as he is the world's worst back seat driver, that tends not to happen.

By the way, how do you get photos on to your posts? I realised the other day, when I wished to post one, that I had absolutely no idea how it was done.

[white_hart]

I have a paid account so can upload pictures to DW (I think that's paid accounts only?). But if you have photos uploaded to another hosting service you can just use the insert image option to paste the link for the picture.

[mrs_redboots]

Thanks. Yes, I have a free account. I wonder whether I can insert from Google photos - must try, I think!