Tuesday 24 May 2022

Clarice does Cragside House - part 1 (the start)

Cluck! Cluck! Good afternoon, folks!

I, Clarice Chocolate Noisette, have decided, to try my wing at writing! From now on (unless I get bored) I shall be a roving reporter...I hope to tour many different places, and critique them, via this blog!

So, here is my first post: On Saturday, my humans (Rosella & Brian) decided, it was high time, they visited Cragside House. It is situated in beautiful Nothumberland, amidst wild moorland, and rocky cliffs.

A picnic lunch was packed, waterproofs donned, cameras grabbed (as was I, rather unceremoniously, I might add...) and off we went. I decided, to sit on the dashboard, with a nice big window, from which I could survey the passing landscape.
Erm..I think I'm facing the wrong way...



The journey was not as long as I'd first thought. We passed through a lot of road-works, about which Brian was not very happy, (I saw some funny, large orange and white beak-shaped things, called traffic cones...you humans are really odd, apparently, some of you wear them as hats...I much prefer a bonnet!).
Those are odd beaks, must belong to odd giant birds...

We also went past somewhere called IKEA, which elicited an excited squeak, from Rosella! Apparently, she LOVES the place. I wonder if it sells mealworms???!
Whoa there!!! I don't think I like roundabouts!


Finally, after passing though a fair few villages, and far too many fields full of sheep, we took a left turn, and went along a rather upsy/downsy (are those even words???!) road. At the end of that, after passing a forest, we got a glimpse of Cragside house.
I refuse to look at another field full of sheep!!!

I wonder if there are any bugs in that thatch???!

After parking the car, and having a bite to eat, we headed off to explore.
Where to start?! Decisions! Decisions!

Having lots of fluffy hens( and geese), equals lots of delicious eggs! Which in turn, equals lots of baking!This is great, as I love to bake, and DH loves my baked-goodies ;-)





Hello!

Not posted in a while, life has been hectic. Lots of growth and changes! Suffice to say, we now have chickens and geese! Two lads (both were dumped on our land) and 21 girls.19 are rescues/unwanted 2 are home-grown hens! 




So, a new chapter in our lives! A goose is on eggs, and so is one of our hens. We should be getting some babies, in June! So,watch this space......