Saturday 10th March, we decided to head down to the waterfront again, this time with a loaf of bread and a bag of seeds so we could feed the swans and pigeons. We headed down after lunch and sat at the steps where the swans and pigeons congregate. At first there weren’t any pigeons or swans about, besides two swans that were sleeping. Once they realised we had bread, they started moving closer, and some of the other swans started to realise as well, leaving the water to come to get some bread.

I was fairly nervous about feeding the swans at first, especially because they got fairly close and just wanted the whole slice of bread, but the nervousness eventually left. After feeding the swans for a little, we started feeding the pigeons. They weren’t sure of us in the beginning, but eventually started eating seed from our hands. Some of them ended up standing on our hands, which allowed for us to actually lift and hold them. They were quite tame, and we could stroke them while they were eating, without them flying off in too much of a hurry.

It was quite cool having pigeons feeding from our hands. Most of the time it didn’t hurt, though when they pecked and got a nice chunk of skin, it did hurt quite a bit. There was a point where one pigeon really grabbed a huge bit of my finger skin/flesh and pulled at it a bit.

Zeta eventually decided to feed the remaining slices of the bread to a couple of swans that were still around, letting them take the bread from her hands, and on the second time, getting bitten by one of the swans. She was fairly worried about getting an infection or a disease from them, but I had to assure her that that wouldn’t be happening, as long as she washed it as soon as we got home.

After feeding the swans and pigeons, we decided to go for a slight exploration and see where some roads led to. The first road we walked down didn’t really lead to anywhere, so we headed back towards the bridges and underneath, to the other side, where we followed a path around as far as we could, for some photography.

Since it was getting a little late, we decided to go home, go the long way around, where I managed to find some more views for photography. I didn’t get anything great but the views were lovely none the less.

Saturday 3rd March, the weather was quite good so we walked into Saltash for lunch (pasties) then continuing down to Lower Fore Street, where we finished our pasties and then went for a walk halfway across the Tamar Bridge, then back again. We then went down to Saltash waterfront to sit with the swans and pigeons for a little while, before deciding to head back home.

Tuesday 6th March, the weather was good again so we walked to Forder for some photography. We set out after lunch, the first part of the walk was mostly road walking. Once we got to Forder, we looked for some ducks to feed, but only found two, which weren’t all that interested, so we continued walking across a grassy field. Here we saw some birds flying around, which were probably buzzards. There were about 5 of them all together in the sky, flying around and calling. We continued walking over the grass to a small trail in the trees. We walked through to the end, took some photographs and decided to head back to the other side of Forder Creek, where the sun was shining. The trail on this side of the creek much longer than the one on the other side, so we killed a lot of time walking through here. The trail was muddy, but gorgeous none the less. We followed this right out into a clearing where we got an amazing view of the Forder Railway Viaduct. This was more towards the bottom of the hill, so we walked to the top, where the view all around was even more amazing. Up here, we took some photographs again, even though the conditions weren’t great for it, and even saw a rabbit. Eventually, we headed back down the trail towards Forder. As we neared, we saw a single Cormorant sitting on a boat, which made for a good photo opportunity. As it was getting late, we just headed straight home.

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