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I had a visit from a little robin red breast whilst having a cigar.
Happy Christmas!
Happy Christmas!
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Alan, who is talking on the clip, is a great guy: former astronaut, polar explorer and deep sea diver but he knows nothing about birds... robins don't hibernate! -
Sounds like fun! Where was that filmed?Comment
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It's at Dunhill's in London.
They have an oil painting of a robin in the window and have used it all over their Christmas marketing. They are normally such shy birds and it felt really special for it to land on me. It actually sat there for quite a while before we filmed it.
We were smoking some lovely vintage cigars and I think it wanted a closer whiff.Comment
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What an event. I thought we were lucky to have a peregrine falcon in our garden yesterday, but a robin resting on your foot is something remarkably special - especially on Christmas Eve.
Great little vid, and they really should give Alan a TV or radio show.
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That sounds like Mr Bywaters to me!Comment
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A former astronaut?
What vintage cigars?"In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock!"Comment
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Some early 1970s H. Uppman Singulares. An interesting smoke: smooth caramel and nutty flavours.Comment
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