Stubborn as a...

...swan.

Yes, I know it's mule but this swan didn't give one jot that I (and my daft dog) wanted to use the path, he was having a lovely time, drying off his feet and hissing like a demented snake, refusing to move anything other than his wings and his neck - even the cyclists gave him a wide berth.

Today was truly a glorious spring day - the teen even took himself off to the Baldeneysee* on his bike...most suspicious.

* a dammed bit of the Ruhr (according to Wiki (which is never wrong) it's 7.8km long and 355m wide). I've rollerbladed round it once, that was enough, the distance wasn't the problem, I just wish I'd learnt how to brake first...