Viewpoint News

  • DERRICK’S DORKING BIRD BLOG 08.05.12

    Posted on 9 May 2012 by Derrick Robinson

    DERRICK’S DORKING BIRD BLOG 08.05.12
    Oh when will the weather warm up again? Well it’s still wet and cold but although this has seemedto hold some summer visiting birds up a little,we do now have a fair amount of Swallows around the area.These amazing little birds, like so many of our other summer visitors have
    found their [...]

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  • DERRICK’S DORKING BIRD BLOG 23.04.12

    Posted on 25 April 2012 by Derrick Robinson

    Welcome to a brand new feature on Viewpoint Optic’s website, the Dorking Bird Blog! My intention is to reliably inform you of interesting species of birds seen within 15 minutes driving distance of Dorking – the home of Viewpoint Optics.
    You can spot birds every day, all day by simply looking out
    of your window or better [...]

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  • Caption Competition....

    Posted on 17 August 2011 by neilphillipson

    Guess what this is!
    Okay, okay - I'll tell you - it's our new Viewpoint window display..... Quite bowled over by how it looks (even as it's being constructed) so I thought I would show you.  The picture has come from the workshops of In-House Joinery - our local Surrey-based joiners.
    There is, of course, a greater [...]

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  • Sheepdog Trials come to Dorking!

    Posted on 10 August 2011 by neilphillipson

    That's right - tomorrow, Friday and Saturday we'll be at the English National Sheepdog Trials at Lower Boxhill Farm, Dorking.  We're going to be taking our full range of binoculars and some spotting scopes, tripods and accessories too!
    As usual, we'll be cleaning binoculars for charity donations to the Brigitte Trust, and of course we'll be [...]

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  • A Great Weekend at Warnham

    Posted on 31 July 2011 by neilphillipson

    When Warnham Local Nature Reserve asked us if we'd like to do an Optics Event this year, we jumped at the chance.  Warnham is one of those undiscovered gems as far as nature goes... a beautiful and peaceful lake (known as the 'millpond' owing to its history) and acres of woodland mean a huge variety [...]

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  • 'The Tike' gets a Makeover!

    Posted on 20 July 2011 by neilphillipson

    'The Tike' is our super-economical company vehicle, a Toyota IQ - which we take to shows, nature reserves and all over the place - but until now it has been a boring white... not anymore!
    Some local friends of ours at Bossdog (www.bossdog.co.uk) in Dorking designed and then applied a full-body wrap to it so it [...]

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