tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196574186331367683.post2873510352453994186..comments2022-09-06T12:22:16.734+01:00Comments on WHERE GREEN ROADS MEET: Wakey, wakey Jasper!Dickie Strakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05175471594706360219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196574186331367683.post-65334947956196286902015-02-26T22:56:00.092+00:002015-02-26T22:56:00.092+00:00I do love a hornet Champ and certainly don't u...I do love a hornet Champ and certainly don't use unsavoury language with them as I do a Jasper!! A few seasons ago I sat under a hornet tree pn the Avon, it was amazing, they weren't bothered by me at all and the flight path was fascinating - missed a few bites too. Trod on a hornets nest a couple of years ago on the middle Stour whilst getting out of the river, with chest waders! Talk about Ministry of Funny Walks.... I ran. TTFN DickieDickie Strakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05175471594706360219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196574186331367683.post-59483173483576268252015-02-26T08:56:30.796+00:002015-02-26T08:56:30.796+00:00We used to call them Jaspers too Dickie.There seem...We used to call them Jaspers too Dickie.There seem to have be more of their large friends the Hornets around for the last few years.I had the pleasure of regular visits to my swim on a pond i was fishing last year.I was unknowingly sitting at their drinking spot.They flew in a few feet past me and landed on vegetation just in the water.Quite ungainly creatures,its a wonder how they can fly at all!. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976675361912238054noreply@blogger.com