The build their nest at the village pond every year. The villagers are very protective of them.
what a lovely sight I'm sure though
Forgot to mention, when youngest son visited on Wednesday, he got held up in the village - as the swans from the pond had decided to take their signets for a stroll along the road. They do this most years and hold up all the traffic.
It is funny to see them, and none of the drivers will pass them in case they accidentally knock them down, so the swans and cygnets have a queue of traffic following them.
lol I misspelt cygnets in my first post.
I was up the park one morning a few years ago when a swan followed by several cygnets and another swan walked in front of me like I wasn't there
How dare they, the cheeky swans!
what a lovely sight I'm sure though
Forgot to mention, when youngest son visited on Wednesday, he got held up in the village - as the swans from the pond had decided to take their signets for a stroll along the road. They do this most years and hold up all the traffic.
It is funny to see them, and none of the drivers will pass them in case they accidentally knock them down, so the swans and cygnets have a queue of traffic following them.
lol I misspelt cygnets in my first post.
I was up the park one morning a few years ago when a swan followed by several cygnets and another swan walked in front of me like I wasn't there
How dare they, the cheeky swans!
They just walked up a bank from the big pool too the little one where they had their nest
One year, some nasty *****(inset bad word)
killed one of the swans and the babies. As swans tend to mate for life, we though that was the end of our swans. But the following year he 'remarried' and we have a pair nesting and breeding again.
Night night and sweet dreams. I won't last much longer either, I'm wilting.
what a lovely sight I'm sure though
Forgot to mention, when youngest son visited on Wednesday, he got held up in the village - as the swans from the pond had decided to take their signets for a stroll along the road. They do this most years and hold up all the traffic.
It is funny to see them, and none of the drivers will pass them in case they accidentally knock them down, so the swans and cygnets have a queue of traffic following them.
lol I misspelt cygnets in my first post.
I was up the park one morning a few years ago when a swan followed by several cygnets and another swan walked in front of me like I wasn't there
How dare they, the cheeky swans!
They just walked up a bank from the big pool too the little one where they had their nest
Maybe having royal protection gives them an air of superiority.
One year, some nasty *****(inset bad word) killed one of the swans and the babies. As swans tend to mate for life, we though that was the end of our swans. But the following year he 'remarried' and we have a pair nesting and breeding again.
Awwwwwwwwww how can people be so cruel? 
what a lovely sight I'm sure though
Forgot to mention, when youngest son visited on Wednesday, he got held up in the village - as the swans from the pond had decided to take their signets for a stroll along the road. They do this most years and hold up all the traffic.
It is funny to see them, and none of the drivers will pass them in case they accidentally knock them down, so the swans and cygnets have a queue of traffic following them.
lol I misspelt cygnets in my first post.
I was up the park one morning a few years ago when a swan followed by several cygnets and another swan walked in front of me like I wasn't there
How dare they, the cheeky swans!
They just walked up a bank from the big pool too the little one where they had their nest
Maybe having royal protection gives them an air of superiority.
Possibly 
what a lovely sight I'm sure though
Forgot to mention, when youngest son visited on Wednesday, he got held up in the village - as the swans from the pond had decided to take their signets for a stroll along the road. They do this most years and hold up all the traffic.
It is funny to see them, and none of the drivers will pass them in case they accidentally knock them down, so the swans and cygnets have a queue of traffic following them.
lol I misspelt cygnets in my first post.
I was up the park one morning a few years ago when a swan followed by several cygnets and another swan walked in front of me like I wasn't there
How dare they, the cheeky swans!
They just walked up a bank from the big pool too the little one where they had their nest
Maybe having royal protection gives them an air of superiority.
Possibly
Sorry Moonie, still suffering from the PB effect and am about to nod off. Goodnight and sweet dreams.
Hug for Fremsley if he is night owling.
what a lovely sight I'm sure though
Forgot to mention, when youngest son visited on Wednesday, he got held up in the village - as the swans from the pond had decided to take their signets for a stroll along the road. They do this most years and hold up all the traffic.
It is funny to see them, and none of the drivers will pass them in case they accidentally knock them down, so the swans and cygnets have a queue of traffic following them.
lol I misspelt cygnets in my first post.
I was up the park one morning a few years ago when a swan followed by several cygnets and another swan walked in front of me like I wasn't there
How dare they, the cheeky swans!
They just walked up a bank from the big pool too the little one where they had their nest
Maybe having royal protection gives them an air of superiority.
Possibly
Sorry Moonie, still suffering from the PB effect and am about to nod off. Goodnight and sweet dreams.
Hug for Fremsley if he is night owling.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww but she is soooooooooo worth it Yogi
Nite nite, sleep well and have sweet dreams 
Good morning everyone 
Fair weather here today.
Nice to see Moonie back here
Having a pleasant time with my brother. Squiggle, we've been playing more of The Raven. Chapter 1 was the longest of the 3 chapters, chapter 2 is less than half the length and chapter 3 is longer than chapter 2 but still comparatively short compared to the first one. I won't say any more about it in case you decide to ever get it. It's not a masterpiece but is still worth playing.
what a lovely sight I'm sure though
Forgot to mention, when youngest son visited on Wednesday, he got held up in the village - as the swans from the pond had decided to take their signets for a stroll along the road. They do this most years and hold up all the traffic.
It is funny to see them, and none of the drivers will pass them in case they accidentally knock them down, so the swans and cygnets have a queue of traffic following them.
lol I misspelt cygnets in my first post.
I was up the park one morning a few years ago when a swan followed by several cygnets and another swan walked in front of me like I wasn't there
How dare they, the cheeky swans!
They just walked up a bank from the big pool too the little one where they had their nest
Maybe having royal protection gives them an air of superiority.
Possibly
Sorry Moonie, still suffering from the PB effect and am about to nod off. Goodnight and sweet dreams.
Hug for Fremsley if he is night owling.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww but she is soooooooooo worth it Yogi
Nite nite, sleep well and have sweet dreams
She surely is!
Good morning everyone.
Weather is bright and sunny.
El, I'm pleased you are having a nice time with your brother. Is he returning home today or tomorrow?
No plans for today, except catching up with some ironing.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone, lovely swan stories, it's nice to know that people are so caring about them.
EL it sounds like a good game, as good as Syberia would you say? I loved that game, I needed a walkthrough though I'm not very good but I do enjoy them I just hate getting stuck.
It's really a beautiful morning, I am sure it will be a little chilly when I go out in a bit but nice to see the blue sky.
Enjoy your day everyone
sunny and warm here today, it's like summer has come back We completed that game shortly before I needed to take my brother back to the railway station. It's just as well he checked the train timetable earlier as the scheduled train had been cancelled. So he's catching a slightly earlier train, will change at Bristol and will get home somewhat later than hoped for. Something to do with engineering work over-running between Swindon and Didcot.
When I dropped my brother off at the railway station I noticed that there was a policeman at the entrance, two police cars and a police van waiting outside. I don't know what that's about but someone's in trouble.
Squiggle, The Raven - Legacy of a master thief is a good adventure game and the storyline is satisfying. It doesn't have the quality of Syberia though. It's worth playing. There is a little bug part way through the third chapter if you do things in the wrong order. The character just went walkabouts without getting anywhere. But I quit, restarted at the autosave which was just before the problem, did things in a different order and no problem that time.
Struggling to keep my eyes open, so heading off bed, goodnight and sweet dreams everyone.
Night owl hugs for Fremsley, Summer and Moonie.
same lol hopefully catch up with you tomorrow Good morning everyone.
It has rained overnight, so I'm glad I did most of my bulb planting yesterday afternoon.
Middle son and DiL have returned from their holiday and will be visiting at some point today. So, I need to clean out the fish tank before son arrives 
El, I hope your brother's journey home wasn't too difficult or prolonged, due to the timetable changes.
Have a good day everyone.
Good morning everyone
Cloudy here, some light rain is forecast.
Summer and Yogi, I rang my brother shortly after 10 last night and he had only been home for a few minutes. The train from Bristol to London took about an hour longer than normal so that, together with the hour lost with the cancelled Gloucester train meant he got back 2 hours later.
He's writing to First Great Western to apply for compensation. If they try to get out of it on the basis that they are not liable on the basis that the Gloucester train was cancelled, he may then contact Passenger Focus. What makes this more conerning is that on arrival at London Paddington, passengers were required to hand over their tickets which would make getting compensation harder. As my brother had got a ticket which also included travelling on to his local railway station he was allowed to keep his ticket (he could have used Oyster but hadn't as he doesn't trust the railway company).
Good morning everyone, drizzling here too but hopefully the prediction is for sunshine all the way after today.
I hope your brother manages to get some compensation EL, journeys like that are exhausting, especially not knowing when you are likely to get home. I am glad you managed to get the bulbs planted in time Yogi and you can look forward to a good display in the Spring.
I hope your day goes well everyone, no matter what the weather does
El, are there rulings on compensation for rail travellers the way there is for air travellers? I hope your brother gets something sorted out.
Squiggle, have you see Aimee's thread about the vile tweets Steven, Ash, Helen and Kim made about Chris? They really are the most vile, disgusting people.
Squiggle, it's drizzling here now as well but it was forecast and the rest of the week seems to be dry.
When I rang my brother he was obviosuly tired so I didn't talk to him long.
Yogi, although there are rules for compensation for rail travellers, each railway company makes its own arrangements.
Squiggle, it's drizzling here now as well but it was forecast and the rest of the week seems to be dry.
When I rang my brother he was obviosuly tired so I didn't talk to him long.
Yogi, although there are rules for compensation for rail travellers, each railway company makes its own arrangements.
I didn't realise that. I hope your brother manages to get some recompense for the delay and disruption.
Yes I have seen it Yogi and it made me ashamed all over again that one of that horrible bunch was the so-called "winner", even though we did everything we could to stop it happening. What a shameful result for what has been a wonderful programme with devoted followers. They (the powers that be - prepubescent idiots it would seem) don't want to listen to the fans any more, they are in love with the TOWIE model sadly.
Yes I have seen it Yogi and it made me ashamed all over again that one of that horrible bunch was the so-called "winner", even though we did everything we could to stop it happening. What a shameful result for what has been a wonderful programme with devoted followers. They (the powers that be - prepubescent idiots it would seem) don't want to listen to the fans any more, they are in love with the TOWIE model sadly.
I agree with everything you said.
Squiggle and Yogi, thanks for your hopes that my brother gets compensation. He has been able to in the past so we are assuming at present that he will this time.
That's promising then, fingers crossed he will also be compensated this time.
Squiggle and Yogi, thanks for your hopes that my brother gets compensation. He has been able to in the past so we are assuming at present that he will this time.
That's promising then, fingers crossed he will also be compensated this time.
I'll let you know what happens.
Afternoon Fremsley.
Quite a pleasant day now.
Grass cut to Wimbledon standards and the dog took me for a good walk.
Pigs ears keep her quiet and they're cheapest out Lidl/Aldi
My son's labrador loves pigs ears. Keira likes them but her digestive system doesn't.
after a dull start, the weather here has brightened up.
We're almost into autumn now Yogi so we'll take all the sun we can get 
My tomatoes could do with a few more weeks of sun - otherwise, I'll be making green tomato chutney.
It's brightened up here as well
That's good, El.
We're almost into autumn now Yogi so we'll take all the sun we can get
My tomatoes could do with a few more weeks of sun - otherwise, I'll be making green tomato chutney.
We get plums and stuff the jam into casseroles
Sounds yummy.
