An interesting afternoon

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As I was cycling around on a few errands this afternoon I spotted three interesting things. The first was a bird, which came swooping along behind me as I cycled along a residential street, zooming over the ground at a height of only a couple of feet. It streaked past my pedal, zipped ahead, and whizzed around a T-junction, before swooping up onto a roof to have a look around. Of course it didn’t stay there long enough for me to get a photo, and all I could really see of it was an impression of a greyish back and longish, slightly pointed wings. I think it was probably a sparrowhawk. The second thing was a train, which came over a bridge which many people are under the impression is disused because it looks rather old and has some small trees growing on it, but now I can prove it is in use! The third was a group of graffiti artists in action. I’ve written a few times before about the rather striking and skilled graffiti art we have started to see around here, and have speculated about who creates it and when they do it. I thought they must sneak in during some quiet time and get it all done really fast. But no - turns out they do it in a leisurely manner in the middle of the afternoon! There were five or six people working on this bridge, armed with spray paint and ladders! The result seems to be a protest about the regional water company enjoying profits while discharging untreated sewage into the local river. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.