Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Living La Vida Lockdown –Day 93 – Nigel’s Lonely Swan.

Poor Nigel, there doesn’t seem to have been any swan babies born this year along our part of the river.

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By the weir, which is in a terrible mess, filled with logs and branches that have been brought down by the river, plus a flipping fence panel, there is just a single solitary swan, known, Chez Towers, as Nigel’s Lonely Swan.

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Nigel isn’t that sure whether, like salmon, swans return to the place of their birth to find their life long partner and spawn, but Lonely still appears to have a few brown/grey feathers, which leads Nigel to think that he may be one of the surviving swanlings from last year.

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He just conjures up such a sad sight, which has rubbed off a little on the usually effervescent and buoyant Nigel …….

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However, he has been trying to “encourage” Lonely, that he should perhaps think about moving up the river, past the bridge and nearer the rowing club, where there are always hundreds of swans, some female, who would be proud to be seen with him ……. but it might be best not to bring her back to the weir in it’s current state as it might not create the best impression as place to bring up a young family!  What is he like?

4 comments:

Mr.D said...

Nigel always thinks of good ideas, for people and animals.

Mr.D said...

P.S. Did you see this? It is on the BBC website. Darrell will be so excited, and will be on the phone to Hugh.

"Eurovision may have been cancelled this year, but fans can look forward to a new Netflix movie about the song contest.

The Story of Fire Saga stars Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as two small-town singers who chase their dreams and represent Iceland at Eurovision."

Eurovision movie: Rachel McAdams on working with Will Ferrell and Graham Norton

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-53159493/eurovision-movie-rachel-mcadams-on-working-with-will-ferrell-and-graham-norton

Anonymous said...

There's been a lot of comment in the media recently about this movie .... hope it's good. JantheFan x

Anonymous said...

Hope Mr Lonely Swan finds his one true love soon. JantheFan x