Local coach driver saves gaggle of geese by blocking dual carriageway to allow safe crossing
Skills coach driver Clifford Cattermole, 35, placed his coach in such a way to allow the young gaggle of geese to cross safely (Credit: Daniel Stone)
A Nottingham coach driver has been hailed a hero after he blocked a busy road to allow a gaggle of young geese to cross safely.
On Wednesday (July 18) at 12.15pm, Skills coach driver Clifford Cattermole, 35, spotted the gaggle attempting to cross the A610 dual carriageway at Cinderhill Island.
Instead of letting drivers speed past him, Clifford positioned his double decker bus across both lanes allowing the geese to pass safely.
Clifford said: “The geese didn’t seem to worried about the whole thing.
“In fact I think they probably saw me and my big yellow bus as ‘big bird’ guiding them across!
“I’ve always been an animal lover; all my life I’ve always had pets, rabbits, dogs, chickens and even guinea pigs.
“I didn’t think twice about stopping and once people behind realised what was going on they were more than happy to wait.”
Daniel Stone, who took the photo above, contacted Skills and said: “It was a very nice gesture indeed!”
Christian Cudworth, head of marketing at Skills, said: “It was lovely to get a message from the public about Clifford’s rescue effort.
“I was really proud when I read the message from Daniel on our social media and it just goes to show we really do take the safety of not just our passengers but everyone around us – including geese – seriously.”
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