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On the afternoon of this very dull day, Jackie drove me into the forest.
The stretch of Highland Water outside Brockenhurst is beginning to replenish itself, but there is a way to go before the banks are lapped again.
Unusually, more cattle than ponies cropped the surrounding sward. The neat cuts of the equine tails provide evidence that their owners have experience the annual Drift. As I wandered among the animals I thought how much pigs at pannage would enjoy the acorns that littered the ground.
On the outskirts of the village, where there was no mast, a pig with piglets, one of which looked like the porcine equivalent of a teenager, scrabbled about among roadside gravel, until the resident of Clava Cottage emerged with a hockey stick that he waved in their direction, exclaiming “come on you lot. Get off my drive”. The majority of the swine dashed into the stables next door, leaving one little piggie behind. It didn’t seem to notice.
This evening the three of us dined on the Walhampton Arms Carvery. Trying not to think of piglets our meat was gammon and turkey with all the trimmings. Elizabeth and I both drank Nueve  Vidas Merlot 2016 while Jackie drank Diet Coke.
I think all teenagers at times look like piglets.
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🙂 Thanks very much, Dolly
Great header photo of the mum and her piglets!
Thanks very much, Pauline
Road hogs. 🙂
Nice one, Joseph. Thanks a lot
Still amazed at how the animals are allowed to wander.
It is quite special, Laurie. Thanks very much
It looks like a lovely day. I agree that the header is great, and that little pig is so cute.
Thanks very much, Merril
I remember when I was a little girl, I begged my mother for a piglet. 🙂
🙂 Thanks very much, Jill. Have a look at the link on Efi’s comment
Unimaginable that the level of that water got so low.
I like the imperturbable piglet.
Thanks very much, Leslie. Yes, you know what it usually looks like
Loved that little piglet Derrick.. and yes a dull day here too, but you shared some very bright photos full of Life.. <3 Take care my friend
Thanks very much, Sue X
It’s nice to see pigs and cows running around free. Much better than in the factory farms where they are terribly crowded and confined. The freedom is with the risks.
It certainly is, JoAnna. Thanks very much
I wholeheartedly support the Colva Cottage resident’s feelings over the pigs hogging his drive. The way they scurried away hints at a recurring pattern. I wish you were able to capture his photo waiving the stick!
Thanks very much, Uma. Me too. I was standing too close
Good morning Derrick!! I love piglets!!!
Pigs are often mislabeled as being greedy, dirty, and smelly animals by people, but what you never hear about is their incredibly loving and caring personalities, and the host of amazing and adorable things which they love to do. Pigs are actually exceptionally intelligent clean creatures who never make a mess where they sleep. Unfortunately, many pigs are unable to show off their natural instincts and behaviors as they are forced to live confined in cramped and unclean factory farms.
To see some of these activities for yourself, take a visit to a farm animal sanctuary where you’ll be sure to catch a glimpse of pigs enjoying life to the max.
Read more here : https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/things-pigs-love-to-do/
Thanks very much, Efi. What a lovely link
HA! Maybe the little piggies were on their way to market looking for some roast beef to eat and they HAD to cross the driveway?! (Ha! Thinking of the This Little Piggie nursery rhyme!) I love what the man yelled! 😀
I think piggies are cute, but I know from personal experience they can stink and be stubborn!
I love how that one cow is posing for you, Derrick! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
Glad you noticed the cow, Carolyn. Thanks very much 🙂
“Get off my drive!” That sounds so like a character in the old Viz comic. Farmer Palmer with his shouts of “‘GET ORRRF MOI LAAAAAAND!’
🙂 Thanks a lot, John
I hate it when I see that, teenagers scrabbling about among roadside gravel; presumably, stoned…
Brilliant comment, Mike. Very many thanks
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ha, that little piggy did NOT cry, “Wee, wee, wee all the way home!”
Someone had to say it, GP. 🙂 Many thanks
…..where there was no mast,….. I have a feeling that that has a significantly different meaning than Lord Nelson would give it.???
Mast is the term for acorns and other nuts that litter the ground; nutritious for pigs and poisonous for ponies. Thanks very much, Paol
Thanks. That’s a new one for me..
Like a teenager on his i-phone – you can wave your hockey stick as long as you wish 🙂
🙂 Many thanks, Inese
Oh dear watch the entertainment then eat the cast eh?
🙂 Yep. Thanks a lot, Lindsey
Animals of the world united
Thanks very much, Brian
That little piggy was on her way to market, for mum. 😀
Many thanks, Widders
A bite-sized pig – what an excellent idea! 🙂
🙂 Thanks a lot, Quercus