Following on from the squirrel tale .....
I'd never seen a red squirrel in the flesh, in the wild until a few years back. Loads of them grey tree rats, obviously, but never one of the cute litlte red things. Then I moved to West Cumbria, one of the last English homes of the red (for now anyway). Bound to see one now I thought. After three years I still hadn't seen one - furtive little things they are. Then one day I was driving near Whinelatter Forest on a road not much wider than a single track and, as I came round a tight bend, there was my first ever red squirrel - sat bang in the middle of the road!
I cound't squash it could I? Not with the kids onboard! Not the first Red I'd ever seen. I braked (ABS engaged) and I swerved and it did it's bit by scuttling away. Woke the family up though!
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