It's almost the end of the year and today is bright and sunny and a mild 13C in the afternoon. The fender man has been the only boat to pass earlier going north and the only traffic has been across on the towpath with the usual walkers and the odd pike fisherman casting in the lures and spinning for the predators. The moorhens have visited as usual and shyly picked up a few titbits off the mooring before scuttling off nervously. The swans have visited too, banging on the kitchen window with their beaks demanding all the rest of the loaf. They are a pair that live around the wharf, the female I called 'Digger' as she has JCB on her tag around her leg and the bigger male well his tag is SXZ so he has been nicknamed 'Essex Zed'. They still have one of their offspring with them from this years brood. Originally they had seven hatched but after the first few weeks they had only two remaining to rear up. Usually by now the young swans have been chased away by their parents but maybe this year they are feeling a little more sentimental by holding on the last remaining child. It's always good to see them and I miss them when they don't have time to visit.The days are supposed to get longer from now on but I can't help wondering if and when the freezing snowy weather will arrive - we will have to wait and see...
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