Bird watching DUH!

You can usually adjust the eye pieces of binoculars so that they can be used with glasses or without, tanith. Try twisting the rubber on the eye pieces. If they're turned to "in" or low, you can use the binocs with glasses. If they're in the out or high position, that's better for people without glasses.

Glad you solved the frustration anyway ?

Thankyou Baggs I didn’t know that either I’ll try that too.

for many people, using binoculars is a 'skill' that needs many hours of practice. Took me quite a while, but now I always have them with me- here, there and anywhere. Great to see detail when visiting a Castle or a Cathedral too. Mine a my prize possession.

I thought you were going to say you had left the lens caps on! (Well done on finding the binoculars. Takes us ages to remember where ours are. Nothing posh, they came free with a wok donkeys years ago. Never did work out the relevance!)

Initially thought you said ‘free with a donkey !! ‘ ?

Ha, ha grannylyn65. Which bit would you look though?

I'd be lost without my binocs. They're a family heirloom and belonged to pa-in-law, but they're so heavy. He used them at sea and they've been fantastic for watching the " Queen " ships on the Mersey and the Beluga plane that flew over at the backend of summer.

I'm sure Trumps plane flew over here the other night as he was flying from Dublin. It was a heavy sounding plane, unlike the Easyjet sound and I'm sorry I hadn't darted out to see.

If you’re not used to binoculars, Tanith, start by closing your left eye, and focus what you see with your right eye (if that is your dominant eye) by turning the eyepiece focus wheel until you get the clearest image. Then when you look with both eyes you should only have to use the centre focus wheel to get a good image. If you are a spectacle wearer, and your binoculars have soft rubber eye pieces you may be able to adjust them to accommodate your specs. Happy bird watching!

Apologies to Baggs who has already given you the specs info!

I had a good laugh at free with a wok donkey

...remember I have poor eyesight