The girls decided we should go to the Nurseries at Yarnton to look for I dunno what, but I was promised a pub lunch, with some reluctance I was persuaded to go along with this, so here I am as usual waiting for them. They can take as long as they like I am sitting at a comfortable table the sun is peeping through the sun shades a cool breeze is finding my hotspots the coffee is passable,as Genny would say all is okay.
Shopping done we go all the way over to the Riverside Pub at Lechlade (the girls like the beer) a comfortable table by the river in the sun was found and a good lunch consumed no booze for me I was volunteered to drive.
The Swans,Ducks,Moorhens and other waterway type birds were very active, people were busy chucking lumps of bread to them, I don't understand this, bread can't be that good for them but they always seem to go for it wherever folks feed birds. It was lovely to see the cygnets growing up so fast, swans appear to thrive here, there are countless couples nesting along the banks some days the surrounding fields are white with them. Another delightful sight was a moorhen bringing her chicks through the mayhem, they were oblivious to all the fuss and noise around them eventually making their way to the safety of the earthen banks just upstream from our position. The young where so small and vulnerable I was surprised they didn't seem phased being bullied by the ducks and a couple of black headed gulls who kept pecking away and dive bombing them (well that's what it looked like to me)the parents gave vocal support and encouragement the babies (bravely I think) kept on paddling to safety.
All to soon lunch is over and we are on our way home.
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