We have in our village an absolutely daft pair of swans. They nest every year on the lake behind the farm, then for some strange reason waddle EVERY DAY along the middle of the main road to the river about a mile away, leading their poor little cygnets over the tarmac. Later in the evening they waddle all the way back again. The cygnets sink down exhausted in the road, but the dad shoves them and forces them to go on with their daily route march. We're all worried about this, but of course you can't help them as the adults would attack anyone who came near. I've been in tears, and several of us have mounted a human 'traffic control' to stop lorries from squashing the family flat. We've even had warning signs made so that motorists are prepared. I've tried to think of ways we could solve this. I'd like to scoop them all up and put them in some sort of trailer to take them safely to their destination. But it wouldn't work. And the blooming things do this morning and evening, until the cygnets can fly. Every blinking year. I'm the sort that gets very upset over their vulnerability, but none of us has yet found a solution!