Our Big May Day

May has finally arrived and what a month it's going to be for the Quidditch household! After almost 9 years this month will see Dee and I officially tie the knot in Banff Canada.

We fly out to Vancouver for 3 days before catching the Rocky Mountaineer for a 2 day rail trip to Banff, here we'll be married in the open air overlooking the Rocky Mountains. From Banff we set off to Lake Louise for our 4 day honeymoon, before driving up to Calgary for our return flight home!

April has been a more hectic month as you can imagine with both of us celebrating our final days of being single and completing the many tasks required to plan the trip. Dee spent an excellent weekend at a Hotel with friends enjoying food, wine and more wine, plus the usual facilities on offer at a spa hotel.

I on the other hand spent the weekend visiting my life long friend and best man in Holland (not Amsterdam!) enjoying some good food, conversation and plenty of cycling. Dee has made an amazing effort in planning the whole trip and wedding and I watched and listened in admiration as she went through a step by step itinerary yesterday evening.

April has also seen a continuation of my conservation work at Brandon Marsh. The fact that Dee has made things so painlessly easy over the month in the planning of the trip has meant that I was able to spend a considerable amount of time down there, as you may be aware if your a regular reader of my birding blog.

Finally thanks to P & D who'll be boat sitting for us while were away, watch my paintwork and keep an eye on the blog for updates while were in Canada, were very grateful to you both.