we walked together for a while

- at least, that's how it felt. The swan was alone and kept the same pace as me on the bank, for a while. They are such lovely graceful creatures and this one looked somehow lonely too. It was a beautiful Sunday walk. We avoided rain, stayed out for two hours, saw various swans and birds and also a gull trying to eat an eel -  a bit yuk but also interesting. When we came back down the same part of the river, the gull was still there, but quite a lot less eel.