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met not that that matters because when you read a jane austen novel you quickly become her friend you re right there negotiating the social niceties of early 19th century england with both her and her bright observant witty heroines you re surrounded by chatter and drama and biting commentary you re meeting new alarming or eccentric characters creating strong friendship bonds with kindred spirits and after so many false starts and missed connections you re falling in love and today july 18th 2017 marks 200 years since the death of the woman who managed to fit all of that life and entertainment into just 6 timeless novels sense sensibility pride prejudice mansfield park emma northanger abbey and persuasion or 7 books if you count sanditon the unfinished finished by another author novel that some of us are reading as part of our jane austen summertime book club the sanditonalong all from a woman who struggled all her career to be taken seriously and who died at 41 i keep welling up writing this i find her story and talent so inspiring i m also 41 and i m trying to string a together a romantic novel so little wonder i m nearly weeping into my keyboard here just 6 books published over just 6 years a tiny sliver in time for an author who has gone on to be read and loved throughout the world for 200 years 200 years good on you jane good on you a little austen bicentenary reading for you well for a start there s those 6 classics to dive into i will admit i haven t read them all yet i ve got mansfield park and sense sensibility still to go if you re new to austen dig out a copy at a charity shop and give it a whirl the language and style can be a tricky pattern for moder readers to slip into but it s worth it in the end i swear i laugh out loud while reading and not in that fake oh yes look how much i understand this high brow literature way but genuine lols truejaneaustenstory and there s still time to dip into sanditon along with us this month i haven t finished reading it yet and there s still plenty of time to join in if you find one of the editions that s completed by another author it s all kinds of interesting to wonder how austen herself would ve finished the story and how close or otherwise the alternative writer s ending might be to her own plus there s a collection of well known authors discussing their favourite austen novels which featured in last weekend s review supplement in the guardian featuring a lovely illustration by romy blumel but you can find the articles here online it s ok yes i do know that austen didn t use a typewriter i just wanted to sneak this little treasure in in here as i found it for an almost criminal 5 00 in a charity shop this weekend and i thought you d like to see it and finally penguin random house spotted our sanditonalong and have been in touch to bring the signature s essential guide to jane austen to our attention it s a 29 page free to download pdf booklet containing 12 essays on the austen canon you just need to supply an email address to gain access to the download simply follow the link here and don t worry about it being some dry academic paper although to be fair i d probably read some of those too as it contains such entertaining titles such as 10 jane austen quotations for the vehemently single and the one that caught my eye first 6 jane austen novels ranked by their sexiness and while i ll definitely give that piece a fair crack of the whip it ll take quite some powers of persuasion no pun intended to convince me that there s anything sexier than mr knighley in emma although i m willing to admit that might have had something to do with casting jonny lee miller in the 2009 adaptation of emma quick someone fetch me a chaise longue i m feeling a little overcome if there are other jane austen bicentenary related happenings and publications you think i should have thrust under my nose then thrust away in fact feel free to launch into any and all austen themed chatter in the comments or across my social media homes instagram twitter facebook website the more austen themed gossip and stories we share the more richly austenite our commemorations will be but before that how about we raise a glass or a cup of tea in a fine china cup to our good friend jane to jane cheers julie disclosure this is not in any way a sponsored post i have not received payment for mentioning anything here i m sharing the freebie reads with you purely for the love of austen posted by julie kirk at 10 09 3 comments labels janeausten200 austen bicentenary signature s essential guide to jane austen penguin random house email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 17 july 2017 a visit to rspb saltholme nature reserve there s cake involved because there s always cake involved hello hello you ll often find me sharing photos of our trips to art galleries museums or nice little shops y know the kinds of places i can wear a nice skirt and a big necklace and where there s plenty of opportunity to stop for tea and cake but today s post is a little different because we ve actually been outside in nature under the damp british summertime sky where we filled up on birdsong and reed rustling and yes ok obviously there was cake too naturally we re not complete savages disclosure last saturday i was a guest at rspb saltholme where they waived the usual 5 00 per car entry fee in return for a blog post and some social media sharing about my visit i did not receive payment for this post i wasn t asked to mention anything other than how they have family activities running throughout the summer and all views are my own because can you imagine me agreeing to let someone put words in my mouth exactly so now that s out of the way lace up your walking shoes and grab your binoculars we re off on a nature walk location rspb saltholme is a nature reserve in teesside just outside of middlesbrough if you can find our landmark transporter bridge you can find saltholme the bridge is visible from right across the reserve see if you can spot it in the background of my photos and if you can t find the transporter bridge when you re in middlesbrough then just stop someone in the street and they ll point the way or just look up and it ll be there plus it s bright blue so you can t miss it you could even use a visit to saltholme as an excuse to have a trip across the transporter too because as the name suggests it transports vehicles pedestrians across anyway you ve distracted me now by asking about bridges where was i oh yes i was in jeans trainers and a coat although my socks did have fringing on them and i did manage to squeeze in a big necklace under my hoody and i was on a nature reserve under a damp sky trying to be a good blogger while keeping my camera out of the rain last weekend they hosted their annual woolly weekend a celebration of all things sheep ish as the site keeps sheep to graze the grasslands if you follow me on social media you ll have seen more images and video of the day but i ll just show you a few photos of that here because i want to show you what you ll see if you re visiting saltholme during the rest of the year they re open every day except christmas day as for those sheep we watched them being sheared both with traditional clippers and modern electric shears you could actually buy the fleeces from these sessions and while i was tempted i resisted what would i have done with it i suppose i could ve tried my hand at spinning it but maybe i ll leave that to the professionals and we watched this beautiful breed whose fleece is so dark they looked like dense dark shadows with horns being rounded up by some very willing sheep dogs ahem anyone notice the bright blue iconic bridge anywhere in the scene the environment speaking of dogs saltholme is a dog free zone only assistance dogs are permitted on the reserve i know i joke about my dog phobia because oh my if i didn t but anyone who has a phobia themselves or has seen one of my dead eyed panic attacks or who knows just how many activities i can t bring myself to do because of it will know the absolutely debilitating restrictions it imposes on my life so being able to walk around in nature without having to worry about an off the lead dog bounding up to me is a freedom i m rarely afforded truth be told i did have to get james to tell me that there weren t any dogs there just to hear it to double check but after that i was ok i was free to enjoy being outside without anxiety something i guess many other people take for granted i don t know i can hardly conceive that some people aren t constantly vigilant and hyper aware while they re out and about it s like when you think about how the internet works you know it s true but you still don t get it and saltholme is an oasis in more ways than one it allows me to enjoy the great outdoors it provides food and habitat for a huge variety of birds and wildlife and like many places on the industrial side of teesside it nestles itself amongst major works sites making it a complete natural haven in the heart of man made industry and it s the land itself the combination of wet grassland reed beds and meadows that contributes so much to its eco system what your visit might look like if like us you have a general rather than comprehensive knowledge of birds then don t be put off there are plenty of guide books signs wall displays and real life guides to help you work out what you might be looking at and currently in the visitor centre there s even a chance to catch up on what the nearby seals are doing on their seal cam live from the visitor centre you can take one of two exits to explore the reserve we headed out towards the transporter side where we headed past the various gardens and play areas along part of the lake walk and down to the hide at paddy s pool from here you can pull up a chair wind down a window and get a closer look at some of the birdy happenings can you tell i m not an official twitcher what gave it away from here you can take a number of routes across the reserve we opted for a wander through the wildflower meadow it was extremely peaceful and there were plenty of photo opportunities btw this was a pathway cut into the grass but the majority of paths on the reserve are suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs from here we dipped into the wildlife watchpoint another cosy spot to pause and take in the scenery here we watched clumsy moorhen chicks trying to get their long ungainly legs to cooperate with the rest of their bodies and we re pretty sure we spotted a water vole bumbling under the surface at the water s edge the combination of lackadaisical ducks and swans gliding over the water the background noise of rustling reeds and all that fresh air very nearly sent me to sleep next time i can t nod off i ll know where to come and if birds aren t your thing you could stop off for some mouse spotting this little mouse house linked up to a woodpile outside so if you re lucky you might catch yourself some mouse action not a sentence i ve ever envisaged writing back on the lake walk we stopped for a closer look at the reed beds if you ve been visiting me here for a while now you might remember that i ve visited saltholme in winter on several occasions when they host their annual soup and starlings events there we get to watch tens of thousands of starlings swoop and swirl in their murmurations the en masse air ballet they perform before dipping down to spend the night among the reed beds you can see some of my photos from those events in these older blog posts so it made a change seeing this habitat in summer and not on freezing i m wearing 30 items of clothing and my eyes are the only visible part of my body afternoons in december and january and it was here that i saw something my parents really would ve found really useful when i was little there are at least three occasions in my childhood where they could have deployed a lifehook at least three where you can take a break and after all that walking watching ducking out of the rain and feeling the sun wind and rain on our faces all in the space of 4 hours as a british summertime will regularly offer we were ready for lunch and when i say ready i mean the give me the homemade beef chilli and rice and a slice of lemon cake right now thanks ok great kind of ready i know you know that kind of ready fortunately the saltholme visitor centre has a lovely cafe upstairs so there s no need leave the site to find sustenance and once you ve finished your cake and had a glance around the gift shop you re either good to go back out for another wander or head home feeling smug about all the wholesome activity you ve enjoyed oh and tired you ll be feeling tired too that proper healthy fresh air kind of tired so it s bye for now saltholme see you again sometime i m just off for a nap further information to find out more and keep up to date on their special events visit the rspb saltholme and north east facebook page and their official web page right you can kick off your walking shoes now i want to hear from you have you been to saltholme already what did you see did you have cake maybe you ve visited your own local rspb reserve american friends maybe the american bird conservancy organisation is your equivalent what kinds of things do you do there maybe you too are looking for dog free spaces to enjoy the great outdoors if so i hear you ask at your local reserve to check the dog situation there also i ve been told recently that i appear to do weekends well plus there seems to be lots of exciting things happening near where i live if either of those things are true it s only down to putting in a little bit of extra effort when all i often want to do on saturdays is sit still and maybe at a push throw an m s meal deal in the oven following all my favourite local ish galleries museums etc on social media to be in with a chance of spotting their new exhibitions events etc using the planner app on my phone with reminders to keep track of key dates and honestly there really isn t anything unique about where we live if anything there s a distinct lack of cultural activities to be had in the immediate area but we re willing to regularly travel anything up to around an hour or so away from home to see the interesting stuff and perhaps where we are particularly fortunate it s in living somewhere that sits happily within a comfortable half hour to an hour s drive away from a wide variety of town country and coastal locations to choose from for a visit turns out it s not all grim oop north you know at this rate my next gig should be with teesside tourist board don t forget to check out rspb saltholme if you re in the area or even if you re an hour away and if you re further afield then i hope you enjoyed walking alongside me on our virtual visit julie posted by julie kirk at 12 51 0 comments labels rspb saltholme nature reserve 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