On a walk to Culham and back I took a picture of a swan and then an almost grown cygnet at the old Culham bridge where Swift Ditch rejoins the Thames.
They paddled upstream at a steady pace, met up with a larger group of swans, and then paddled past.
Some people are preparing to go back to work after the Christmas break. Other people, working on essential / caring services, have never stopped.
The company I work for asks employees to save three of their annual holidays to use at this time of year – so that the company can close down for the week between the Christmas and New Year bank holidays. So I am now into extended Christmas Holiday.
As for swans, every day has its routine. They need to check out their territory, find food, and ward off any dangers, etc… That routine cannot be called either work or leisure. Swans don’t get holidays.
..then there’s those longboats and others; has anyone made a study of where they come from? – at the moment there’s one there aparently from Oswestry!
no holidays? – whenever i see them they are swanning about the place.