The first mooring spot turned out to be directly in the swan flight path, they're big buggers and after a few near misses when we thought they were going to land on the back deck we moved a few feet along and out of their way.
The council workforce try hard to keep the park and surrounding areas litter free but it's an uphill battle. I picked up any glass I found, I think the locals thought I was an alcoholic, wandering around clutching empty bottles of rum and vodka.
There was also a lot of KFC wrappings around, I have to watch Beano as he's rather partial to KFC. Someone had obviously had a hot date on one of the park benches. There was an empty KFC bucket, an empty vodka bottle and a used condom. Obviously pushing the boat out with KFC and vodka had proved successful!
The swans were courting, they look so beautiful dipping and weaving their necks and bobbing into the water. The pigeons have very little subtlety, they stomp around with their chests puffed out. I'm sure they are saying "Look at me I've got a big willy". The ducks are very pushy and aggressive, I've seen more than one female duck drowned by the attentions of four or five drakes all trying to mount her at once.
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KFC and vodka on a park bench - and they say that romance is dead!
Swans are scarily big when they are close up. I'm glad that you're out of the way.
Nature is cruel sometimes. That must have been hard to witness the duck in distress.
I think there is a population explosion of Drakes, once you saw happy couples sauntering down the Canals, but now it’s two or three males escorting one female,not for them the monogamous relationship of old, but they do say the male population outstrips the humans too, which may mean in years to come you will see two or three men trailing the woman with a trolley in Tesco’s with bored expressions !
How romantic NOT! Hope you are able to move to more pleasant surroundings soon.
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