With my ride round the Moors to Sea Cycleway stretching into an unplanned third day the only down side was that I missed my normal volunteer day at RSPB Saltholm. Being a volunteer, I can hardly be sacked but I feel a bit uncomfortable as although I have a new mobile phone, I did not have Toby Collette's number in it, and so could give him no warning of my non-appearance. So when I got home on Thursday, I emailed an apology to Toby and volunteered to come in on Friday by way of reparation. My day consisted of the early morning round opening up the hides and checking the security of fences and livestock, the neighbouring farmer's cattle have been getting into the reserve, not welcome, but today all was well on that front. This process of "opening up" takes about two hours and involves a two mile walk round the reserve with lots of opportunities to watch the birds from the three hides. On a good day this is not work so much as a delight. Later I cut the grass in the overflow car park a task which takes a couple of hours it's almost as large as a football field, but looks a lot better for it. I clocked out as usual at 4pm which with my 8am start and a ten mile bike ride there and back again keeps me going and I always sleep well following a day at Saltholm.
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