Day 32: Sights and sounds of the farm

Our getaway cottage is on a farm. Most of the livestock were chickens, with a handful of greylag geese, some muscovy ducks and the occasional emu or three. Included in the chicken role-call was a trio of roosters of a couple of different kinds. As expected, they crowed at sunrise, and at multiple times during the day. Not that we noticed: I came round as it got light on both mornings and heard the strained "cock-a-doodle-doo!" but it was by no means loud, and didn't wake me or stop me from going back to sleep. There was even a bit of a dawn chorus, though nothing like the ones I've heard back in the UK. It was wonderful and soothing to hear all the various bird sounds and songs, rather than traffic, honking horns, sirens and the fake chirping of the pedestrian crossings. Yes, definitely worth getting away for a couple of days.

Noisy rooster