On Friday we rescued the most beautiful little Guillemot. Here is a short video of this little creature at our home, just before we drove him/her over to the only rescue centre that would help - Ash Rescue Centre, Dartmouth. Ash Rescue Centre . Before you look at the video, I want to share with you more about how we came to be able to rescue him/her as this is really the point of this post.
We we out for lunch near Rame Head. After lunch instead of driving straight home we decided to drive around the coastal road near to the fort where we got married. We decided to stop near the fort having turned the car around, driving back to stop in a small carpark. Then we decided to take an impromptu walk down the fairly steep and narrow track which eventually led to a tiny beach we'd never been on or knew existed. Once on the beach we wandered around the shoreline looking for shells and I said we should walk in the opposite direction too instead of immediately walking back up the track. It was here that we came straight up to the little guillemot, sat on the beach, all alone and unable to move. We literally walked right up to him/her. After walking straight up to him/her we walked away for a bit and then came back to see if there had been any change, but no. So, we did the only thing we could do. I took off my scarf and John caught him/her up wrapping them in my scarf and we walked back to the car. The next few hours were spent desperately trying to find a rescue centre that would take in the bird. Late in the evening I tried Ash Rescue Centre and thankfully they stepped in to help.
Take a moment and think about this....Think of all the choices that we made in order to take us directly to this little bird. All of those choices were guided, all we had to do was to not get in the way. To not have our rational mind talk us out of doing what we did. That's all. The rest was taken care of.
When I was sat in the car holding the Guillemot, it was made very clear to me that this gu