Tuesday 22nd November (Grey Skies and The Beast gets Hissed)


Mr. Kite looked out of his bedroom window into a grey sky. Some patches of bright bits shone. In the morning Mr. Kite cleaned some brickwork with slow progress.

With the sun going down in the west Mr. Kite cycled to Monkmoor lagoon to see the sunset and birds arrive for the evening. Just as Mr. Kite reached The Lagoon The Beast hissed and the rear tyre went flat. Never mind thought Mr. Kite what about the birds.

On the water one mute swan fed with it's head in the water and a grey heron pierced the surface of the water to pick out tiddlers. A group of about forty mallards roamed near the reeds. Looking at the sky Mr. Kite watched corvids, stock doves and wood pigeons. Black-headed gulls flew towards the river and magpies went to roost in the trees on the far side.

Just as the light was fading six pochard dropped in and one cormorant. Just as Mr. Kite closed the hide door a curlew flew over. Mr. Kite pushed The Beast home and then settled for a tipple of Tetley tea. Cheers from a place where the clouds have gone.