In the Vineyards

It's taken several goes to get these photos up.

I'm not sure whether the computer or Blogger was at fault.

In the end I haven't included all the ones I had chosen.

Never mind.

I thought you might like an update on how the vineyards are looking.

As you can see they are in full leaf now.

I enjoy walking amongst them.

I've been doing a lot of that this last week

with the hounds

while Mike has been away.

I've noticed quite a few workers in the vineyards.

I think many of them come from other countries,

Poland and other East European countries.

By the time I reached these workers

they were having a breather on the track

before continuing down the next row.

They parted to let me and the hounds through.

I suppose we were an unexpected sight,

four greyhounds being walked amongst the vineyards.

I'm not sure what the workers were doing,

probably tying the vines in.

They have grown quite rapidly

while I've been away.

Here are the beginnings of a bunch of grapes.

The area I tend to favour for walking the hounds is rich in wildlife.

Can you see the deer in this last photo?

It's got it's back to us

but has turned it's head around,

most likely to keep an eye on the hounds.

Click on the photo for a larger view.

It's in the centre.

I wish I had had the camera with me the other morning.

But walking with 4 greyhounds

and a camera isn't always that easy.

Especially when Jewel frightens any wildlife away

before I can get the camera focused.

Fortunately she didn't see the hare

hopping past us in the field,

to our left,

or the deer in the courgette field

to our right,

bounding away.

In fact none of the hounds saw them

I think they were hidden from view

with wild rose bushes and grasses.

But it was the best view I've had so far of a hare,

so close.

I haven't forgotten,

I'll be back to report on my UK trip soon.

But before that,

tomorrow in fact,

I'll have something different.