Sunday, August 8, 2010

Can You Hear A Donkey?

When I asked my neighbour "Can you hear a donkey in the distance?" she looked at me with a slightly worried expression as though I'd really lost the plot!  "No," she replied, "there are no donkeys round here."  When I asked my friend (who knows me well and understands how I think) the same question, she didn't bat an eyelid as she replied "No, but I can hear the cattle on the water meadow, it's probably them you can hear."
I didn't know there were cattle on the water meadow so I went for a walk down there to investigate.
It was a lovely evening and the thistles were beautiful - 


The swans were enjoying the river -
But the cattle were shy!  I could see them in the distance, and hear them mooing, but they wouldn't come close enough for me to take a decent picture.  But I found this one of them on the internet when I got home, and they really do look like this.  How could I have lived here for over 2 years without knowing they were there?

2 comments:

Marigold Jam said...

How lovely!

Jane

Celia Hart said...

Those water meadows (I think I know the ones you mean) are beautiful - and the cattle are lovely too.

It's one of our favourite walks - and even better if you have time for a cream tea at the Mill Hotel ;-)

Celia