Intro

 In 2014, Marta and I decided to explore the Welland. We didn’t do it very logically, and the early course between Sibbertoft and Marston Trussell seems to be mostly on private land. We have driven along some of the roads and taken photos at the bridges, but haven’t posted them yet. The other posts need editing and ordering, to make some kind of narrative. 

I’ve copied them from my main walking blog aliwalks

The posts here include various walks taking in part of the Welland, and some are the same walk in different weather. 

More photos near Gretton Weir in 2015

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Seven cygnets swimming

An unusually large brood, seven cygnets, now the size of their parents.  They arrived in orderly fashion, in single file, with one parent ahead and one behind . . .

 In turn they looked up as the camera clicked when they emerged from under the bridge . . .

 Papa stretched his wings .

 All found plenty of weed to feed on in the old mill pool . 

Finally they left in convoy as they arrived.

The swans have been luckier than the dead sheep lying at the bottom of the weir, bloated and with legs in the air.