Occasionally I find myself pondering that question.\u00a0 On Wednesday I left home early to drive to Seahouses\u00a0and collect Carolyn and Brian, two clients who we first met last year.\u00a0 As we headed up the coast through Bamburgh and towards\u00a0the Lindisfarne NNR\u00a0for a day of birdwatching, we stopped at each promising area.\u00a0 Before we reached\u00a0Holy Island\u00a0itself we’d already had excellent views of 4 Harbour Porpoises, good views of three Whimbrel (alongside a Curlew for comparison) and a Brown Hare as well as the growing numbers of House Martins and Swifts.\u00a0 A Sedge Warbler perched helpfully on top of a stunted Hawthorn as he belted out his song, a Whitethroat was elusive before eventually showing off the bright white throat feathers that give it it’s name and a Wheatear hopped along a drystone wall.\u00a0 On\u00a0the island\u00a0we watched a Heron as it preened whilst hidden in a reed bed, listened to another Sedge Warbler and tried to locate a calling Water Rail.\u00a0 Skylarks and pipits were unobtrusive in a sheep field that\u00a0also contained\u00a0at least 6 Wheatears and, once we’d left the island we watched over 1000 Grey Seals as they relaxed in the bright sunshine.<\/p>\n
After dropping Carolyn and Brian back in Seahouses, I headed home, packed my bag and drove down the A1, out of Northumberland,\u00a0to my sister’s house.\u00a0\u00a004:30 Thursday morning\u00a0and I was on the road again, this time travelling to King’s Lynn.\u00a0 Two days of being a student were relaxing and enjoyable, studying the acoustic signals used by cetaceans being my own personal highlight, before the north beckoned.\u00a0 Finally, just before 10pm yesterday, I arrived back at home, headed to the ‘beer fridge’, sat down to a delicious Chinese meal with Sarah and then collapsed into bed.\u00a0 With tomorrows “Beginners Birdwatching; Songs and Calls” being close to home we don’t\u00a0have a really early start so this afternoon is a chance (something that’s going to\u00a0happen less and less over the next few months) to catch up with e-mails, ‘phone calls and product planning\/development.\u00a0 It’s the great paradox of running your own business; many people choose that option in order to have more free time…but if your business is successful there’s a period, certainly during rapid growth\/expansion, when 9 to 5 doesn’t look so bad after all.\u00a0 Would I go back to that? What do you think? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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