Day 4 – Monday 28 March The day before race day. Beginning to put on our game faces. One of the really lovely elements of the Champions of the Flyways events is its friendliness. Teams are encouraged to share information and expertise – and most did through WhatsApp. We both benefitted from this and contributed…
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Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 3
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Day 3 – Sunday 27 March I’ve long wanted to visit Eilat in migration time and here I am! Eilat is a holiday resort on the Red Sea – most people are here to relax and soak up the sun. A couple of hundred of us are here to take part in a Bird Race. …
Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 2
Day 2 – Saturday 26 March Wake up early and realise I am in Israel: Wednesday, home; Thursday, Devon; Friday, Luton; Saturday, Tel-Aviv. Tomorrow I’ll wake up in Eilat, one of the migration hotspots of the world where birds pour through from African wintering grounds to Europe and Asia. Can’t wait! Today we start fairly…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 1
Although it’s all over (all over bar the fundraising actually!), over the next few days I will be blogging ‘as-live’ on the Champions of the Flyway event I attended in Eilat Israel. ‘As live’ means I will write about each day as though it has just happened and without telling you anything about the events…