A Heartwarming tale

Between my village and a nearby township there is a manmade lake used by the community for many leisure activities. The lake is split by the main road to the local shopping centre.

The lake is populated by Ducks and a significant number of Swans, that reappear each year and breed.
The Swans/Ducks are fed regularly by the many families who walk over the lake footway. Cars park and watch the bird activity

In these times of Road-rage, hell for leather rushing about and general aggression it is interesting to watch a family of Swans negotiate the journey from one side of the road to the other.

The lead Swan sets off at a sedate waddle, followed in single file by the rest of the brood - ignoring any and all traffic. The cars have to stop and wait patiently for the troop to complete their journey.

Unlike the queues seen at the many roundabouts/junctions etc., it is heartwarming to see ther car occupants sitting with smiles on their faces, pointing and commenting on the Swans progress.
No-one in the queues in both directions honk their horns and there is 5 minutes+ of harmony amongst roadusers.
Pedestrians also stand and wait for them, not wanting to cause distress/alarm

Once the Swan family have completed their meander, the cars move on and rejoin the road war.

You can almost feel the warmth for those few minutes

 

Love the tale gcc. That happens quite a bit here on the island too.

 

Nice one, had exactly that happen to me on the levels last week, oncoming driver even flashed me to slow down before I went round the corner. Took their time to cross the road & the babies just stopped, even though mum & dad had got off the road.

This morning we had to stop for a flock of Moo Moos, I said to my boy, "Thats the lot that had my wing mirrors last week" and, true to character, they flattened the wing mirrors on a Volvo before going into the field.

 

Ziggy did anyone get your last song quote?

 

H did

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Struggling with his new one though