The excursion in Skagen was interesting for being full of the unexpected. The first visit was to a falconry display. It was partly performed on horseback, which neither TSH or Diva had witnessed before. To the consternation of the falconers, the golden eagle dived into the thick vegetation surrounding the pond. Knowing that it would not be able to take off from such a position, all of the falconers raced to the spot. One of them eventually emerged holding the bird, which appeared slightly less drenched than he did himself.
The next part of the unexpected was caused by Diva speed reading the excursion description. It was advertised as the Råbjerg Mile, and she picked out words like 'birds', 'dune' and 'migratory'. So she was all ready for a mile of sand dunes named after someone called Råbjerg and full of migrating birds. Turns out 'Råbjerg Mile' is Danish for 'migrating sand dune', it is the sand dune itself which is changing position because of the wind and there are no migrating birds at this time of year. TSH climbed the dune to see more sand.
TSH, the retired super-accountant, caused great consternation for the laundry master by putting one number of shirts in the bag and another number on the paperwork. Creative accountancy habits die hard! His excuse is that he is very busy booking excursions for the cruise in September. And somebody in India emails him most days to try to get him to buy a steam engine!!
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