We were at Monte Gordo train station waiting for a train to visit Ayamonte in Spain and J walked up the platform taking photos of Flamingos in the river:
"Are you putting the kettle on Elsie?"
I heard a West Yorkshire lady about my age say to her presumably grown up daughter:
"I haven't seen out like them. Have you?"
I could not think of a more appropriate saying. The Flamingos were a sight for sore eyes.
I had only ever seen them before in zoos and safari parks but never in the wild. Makes a change from seagulls and crows.
I have never see a flamingo in the wild. By the way Dave, I feel I should pull you up on your spelling young man! It's "owt" not "out" - I confirmed this by referring to my Northern English Dictionary.
ReplyDeleteYour reet YP. I could do with a Northern English Dictionary.
ReplyDeleteI saw first flamingo's at Slimbridge, a wildfowl trust, Gloucestershire, I was about 11 years old, on a school trip, they were the most exotic birds I had ever seen. I had a keyring with a slide in, when you held it to the light their pink plumage shone.
ReplyDeleteGreat flamingo memories Marlene. Like my post about feeding Polar bears at Belle Vue Zoo with Princess beef paste butties that my mum had made complete with added salt and pepper. They loved them!
ReplyDeleteThere can't be many railway stations with views like that!
ReplyDeleteNo JayCee. What a view.
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