Garth Peacock
Have I finally become a twitcher?

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Fed up with Twiddling my fingers

Friday 19th December 2025

North West Norfolk

Monday 15th December 2025

A Red Kite Fest!!!

Friday 12th December 2025

Leighton Moss RSPB - My first visit

Monday 1st December 2025

Never visited here before

Monday 24th November 2025

Welney WWT Again - Goose and Duckfest

Thursday 20th November 2025

Welney WWT 28th October 2025

Friday 31st October 2025

A week that was entirely forgettable.

Tuesday 21st October 2025

Welney WWT Norfolk

Monday 6th October 2025

A week of varying fortunes

Monday 29th September 2025

Norfolk yet again

Thursday 25th September 2025

Lemsford Springs Hertfordshire

Monday 8th September 2025

A Day in West Norfolk

Friday 5th September 2025

Kingfishers and Hares

Thursday 21st August 2025

The last few days of July

Sunday 3rd August 2025

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Friday 9th August 2013

What a frustrating time of late.

A couple of weeks ago, I sold my Canon 500 f4 lense and bought the Mk2 version. I have had some problems recently with a damaged left shoulder, the one I carry my lense over (some coincidence there perhaps), and the lighter weight should help.

With the whole of this week being non-birding due to family commitments, I took my gear into Canon Repair Centre at Elstree last Friday 2nd August. The 7D requires servicing and I want the new 500 and the 70-200 f2.8 and converters to be matched to it.

Being a member of Canon Professional, (albeit just a Siver member), there should have been a 5 day turn-around so I had expected to collect it all either today or next Monday. However, with the call-in of the new 1DX cameras under warranty, the repair centre was inundated so I have been advised that I should be able to collect it all mid to the end of next week.So nearly three weeks of no photography.

Not being a twitcher as I rarely attend twitches, I am beginning to twitch with lack of action so perhaps I have become a twitcher at last.