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Day Out To WWT Martin Mere : 26th July 2011

Day Out To WWT Martin Mere : 26th July 2011

We went up to Martin Mere mainly because I wanted to get a part exchange price on my 4 year old Opticron scope from the “In Focus” store there. I spoke to Andy Bunting who works in the shop there and who we have talked to on previous occasions. In fact if memory serves me well he sold me the Opticron originally. I wanted to upgrade to a Swarovski  ATM80HD and was looking for a chance to offset some of the cost. We came to a mutually satisfactory agreement and I placed my order for the scope with stay on case and 20 – 60x eyepiece. Having taken the plunge we did the rounds of the hides and found some other pleasant surprises. Continue reading