My blog year in review: Part 2

Time to finish off what I started in Part 1 with the second part of the year from July to December 2011:


July


This was the month I spent an awful lot of time getting my benefits re-instated after they were incorrectly removed! I made good use of my MP Tim Farron to get a resolution - eventually... In contrast to this my children had some ideas for a future new husband for me. I also got a chance to showcase my grandparents in The Gallery.


This was the month of the first Cumbria Twitnic and I hope to repeat it again. There was a brief foray into a Saturday Recipe Swap and I ought to try that again. I also joined in the Love a Read Book Group a few times over the year. 

View from Loughrigg

Otters in the River Kent

On Wednesday I heard through my Blipfoto friends that there had been otter sightings in the River Kent at Kendal. A gauntlet was laid down by another local Gladders to be the first one to capture one as our daily blip.


Yesterday I espied a lady on the banks of the river taking photographs as I headed home at lunch time. Being an inquisitive person I glanced over and realised she was photographing an otter! What a result after less than 24 hours of the challenge so I whipped out my trusty iPhone and spent at least 10 minutes trying to capture it for myself.... turns out photographing otters isn't easy.


Luckily the otter seemed to enjoy the attention and kept popping up, looking at us then diving down again. There was a cheeky little grin at times as he looked at us looking at him. I could quite happily have stayed there all afternoon watching him and taking photos. Here is a taste of what I took:

First peek

Diving down

Cropped close up of the cheeky grin

This was the first time I had even seen an otter in the wild and I was enchanted. Great news on the health of our local river that it is seeing more and more of these lovely animals. I'll be back for more...