Garth Peacock
Have I finally become a twitcher?

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Spring Tide at RSPB Snettisham

Saturday 13th April 2024

Things didn't go to plan

Friday 5th April 2024

Fowlmere RSPB Cambs

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Another trip to Norfolk

Tuesday 12th March 2024

Frampton Marsh (again)

Tuesday 5th March 2024

Snettisham RSPB

Tuesday 20th February 2024

A new destination for me

Monday 5th February 2024

A change of plan

Tuesday 30th January 2024

Three hours at Grafham Water

Monday 22nd January 2024

A strange week overall.

Friday 19th January 2024

Norfolk Coast

Tuesday 16th January 2024

New Year - where to go?

Monday 8th January 2024

Coton Cambridgeshire

Wednesday 20th December 2023

Back to Burwell Fen

Saturday 9th December 2023

Short-eared Owls

Monday 4th December 2023

Back to Grafham Water

Wednesday 22nd November 2023

Grafham Water

Thursday 16th November 2023

Fishers Green Essex

Wednesday 15th November 2023

A day in north Norfolk

Monday 13th November 2023

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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.