Swallows and Amazons

On Monday we kayaked to a small Island to see if it had the potential to make a more attractive nesting site for birds.
On paddling to the beach we found a dead Caspian tern with no signs of a reason for its demise.

Later returning to the car we had to haul the kayak back across the emptied estuary. I pondered on the distance I had dragged this kayak over time and believe its probably more than I have actually paddled it.