Oh yes, I can break into a run when I want to ..just about. And here's a "for instance" .... it all took place in this windswept, freezing stone hide by the sub-zero ,ultracold , steely sea. Did I mention it was cold ? And windswept ? Not only that ...there was nowt worth watching either, through the dinky at-the-wrong-height slits in the wall that they laughingly called " viewing windows." I think there's some idiot somewhere in an office on £78000 a year designing bird hides and getting everything wrong. The windows are always at the wrong height, they keep banging you on the head when the catches don't work, and/or they slam shut and break your fingers,the seats are uncomfortable, noisy and cold, the doors squeak, rattle and slam, and they're a bugger to open and/or close,the floorboards creak and are covered in a slippery skim of lichen, algae or chewing gum and abandoned food. Sometimes the occupants are covered in a slippery skim of ... Just saying. Then a person ( ad male) came in ...and after a bit he said " by the way, you know that tree on the corner as you come along the path ...well, there's a Melodious Warbler in it, showing quite well." "Oh yes " I replied nonchalantly. One doesn't want to look too keen on these occasions. You don't want to seem to desperate. You want to exude an atmosphere of having seen hundreds of them, all over the W. Pal, to have found at least 6 of your own and to have written several monographs on their unusual roosting habits. I think my laconic reply set the right tone. I continued scanning the sea. There was plenty of it. Vastnesses. Oodles. After what I considered to be a reasonable time, I look at my watch. "Ooh, I said ... I've got be off now." Slowly, I stood up, ambled at a snail's pace to the door, and left the building. I don't think snails actually pace, by the way. I walked slowly around the corner until I was out of sight and hearing .... and.. ... I started running like hell !!!! .. arrived at said tree. What a lovely, lovely tree ! .. most gorgeous of trees ! .. for it contained a ( the) Melodious Warbler. Woo. Crumbs. Wizard ! Jings! I have run on other occasions. No doubt we'll see. For now, a spot of music ..... this is an excellent cover of Neil Young's " For the turnstiles" ....
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