Above: Southport’s wonderful Marine Lake swan colony
As an angler I have collected cast-off swan feathers
from the Marine Lake in Southport for several years.
I have even turned this rural hobby into a
profitable recycling process too, because I craft attractive fishing floats out of the
swan quills. By doing this I am helping to clean up the place, keeping an old country
craft alive and also making a few bob for myself on eBay etc.
Above: the author with a few of the Marine Lake floats.
Recently, the old Lake got its much needed clean up
thanks to the local Cambridge Ward conservatives.
I can well understand that areas used by the public
do require cleaning, yet the angler in me hopes that the political process will
leave me a few feathers to collect....
If it does not then my float-making, cottage
industry may suffer a severe setback…
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