Sometimes I am surprised that they let me out unsupervised….
On Wednesday I was returning home from dropping my BMW off at the dealership to have a new set of indicators fitted…. I kid you not; so rather than walking the three miles back along a manic main road where no one actually done 30, I took the bike with me and cycled the 9 miles home using some nice, quiet backroads/cycle paths. 30.
On one such path, the Isabella Trail (a disused railway line path), keeping an eye out for untrained dog emptiers and their mutts along with free range children is a constant task, as is keeping an eye out for wildlife which lives along the tree lined avenue.
It was towards the town end of the path that I first noticed the tailless squirrel sitting on the path. Slowing downing down to allow it to move, I also noted that its body shape was different from a normal squirrel and it walked strangely. The lack of a tail was striking. Perhaps it had been born without one, or had lost it in a fight. Or was it a type of squirrel new to the UK?
Returning home after conquering the only mountain in Stafford….. its nearly 70 foot high!!!!….. I spent some time looking up the different types of squirrels there are but could find nothing which matched the description. So, at a loss, of course, I asked my better half. She asked two questions….did it call me “Doc” and was it eating a carrot?
Strange questions I thought……….. half an hour later it struck me. It wasn’t a squirrel but a rabbit. D’oh!
As I said…. sometimes I am surprised they allow me out unsupervised.
