Kador's Castle

 Saw a heron on the way up, coming through the old bullock field. It came down to land on a treetop, which I've never seen and I got quite a good look at it before it flew off.

Then coming along the bank near the elder tree, I spotted a fox. Must be the same one I saw the other day. It  was a fair way off, so I stood still and watched through my binos. It carried on towards me for a while, until it finally turned off and down the bank into the field. I'm guessing it has a lair under that tree. That's the best sighting of a fox I've ever had.

Two days ago I saw the kingfisher again, and then up in the fields, two hares bounding long the path. But the footpath along the field edge turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. I found it easily enough, but it was full of nettles and thistles, impassible in shorts. No one's been that way for years, I'd say. With the wheat all cut you might do it, walking in the edge of the field itself, but not otherwise.

 Watched a Danish Netflix Original post-apoc show called The Rain yesterday. not the best example of the genre I've ever seen, but i enjoyed it, and the unfamiliar setting made a change from the usual. No one on Reddit seemed to like it, though :-(

Some of the criticisms I read I sort of agree with - there were plot-holes that could have been filled in better, and some things were glossed over (like, if the Rain is deadly, where's your drinking water coming from after six years, and how did anybody wash? Okay, the latter, could be: they didn't, but no one looked irredeemably filthy).  The characters sometimes did stupid things or failed to do sensible things (like bringing medical supplies from the bunkers with them - Simone and Rasmus had eaten all the food in theirs, but they couldn't have needed all the medical supplies, and the other bunkers should have had some). But that could be handwaved/explained to some extent. I didn't find it especially predictable,except in the way most stories of this type are. Whether or not it will get another series is anybody's guess, but I hope so.

 Watched the first series of a newish Netflic sci fi/fantasy drama yesterday. It's called Beyond. Kid wakes up from a 12-year coma with strange abilities and starts experiencing flashbacks to a mysterious 'Realm'. As American shows of this type go, it'd quite good, with a likeable cast. Never heard of most of them, though the hero's dad is played by the bloke who played Sal in Southland. The Realm is a sort of mindcape which appears to lead to the afterlife, and the bad guy wants Our Hero to open the bridge to Heaven so he can be reunited with his dead wife. But there's a sting in the tail... Isn''t there always? :-)

So far there's one more series. I hope it's as entertaining as the first. Travelers certainly was (and that's coming back for a third run next year). Now all I need is the second series of The OA.

Another interesting possibility drops in May, called The Rain. Some kind of acid rain apocalypse, by the look of the trailer. It's Norwegian, I think, but I've watched Dark, and The 3%, (German and Brazilian respectively). Do need to catch up on The Crown, though.

 I'm over at LJ under another username, and thought I'd set up an outpost here under a different moniker just for the hell of it. Dunno if I intend to keep this journal as an entirely separate entity or not. Probably won't post much, but there may be the odd ramble or icon post from time to time, perhaps even a bit of fic. If such an event should happen to occur, feel free to drop by and say something! :-)