Seven days in Looe

[foreverfoxcat]

And I only took one picture. Actually it's more of a scene of crime photo.

Comments

[murphybabe]

They scared me last year. They are vicious! In fact, I'm surprised they can fly, with all the food they snatch from the people they mug. Hope you got another icecream, with flake and clotted cream, and ate it indoors.

[foreverfoxcat]

This bugger had the ice cream out of my hand before I'd even got four steps out of the shop, I only managed to get in a couple of licks before it was gone! Cornishcat and Ladyhawke were very generous and bought me another icecream, and also formed a barrier around me while I ate it! You know, I've lived in a seaside resort for over 30 years and that's the first time I've ever been robbed by a seagull. Little buggers.

[snailbones]

They're right thugs *shakes fist skywards*

Mmmm, clotted cream on ice cream. Lush!

[foreverfoxcat]

It was a clotted cream vanilla ice cream, with extra clotted cream on top. Absolutely the best kind of ice cream there is. Which is no doubt why the rotten little swine singled it out for attention in the first place. Seagulls are thugs, aren't they? Discerning ones, too!

[milomaus]

First I thought it was the murder of a snail....

Greedy seagull!
We tied our tent close on a campground in Scotland, because the seagulls opened the one from our neighbours and stole all the good stuff, the cookies and crisps.
Old bread was all they left.

I do hope the rest of your days were wonderful!!

[foreverfoxcat]

Oh wow! Seagulls are really persistent, aren't they? And fussy eaters, apparently! We had one who kept trying to get in to the house through the cat flap. He'd peck at it constantly and would manage to get it open a little bit, but not enough to come in and steal any food!

[milomaus]

And the cat?
Amazing that they are able to figure out sth like that!

[foreverfoxcat]

The cat wasn't bothered, although I used to get annoyed at all the tapping! He'd be there every morning and evening, regular as clockwork. I was always worried that he'd actually find his way in and I'd wake up to find my kitchen ransacked!

[solosundance]

They can be a real menace can't they. As for stealing clotted cream ice cream with flakes (yum!)... he needs an ASBO slapped on him. You got him bang to rights on camera though.

[foreverfoxcat]

Ha! I also have two very reliable witnesses. And I reckon I've got a good claim for compensation - that ice cream cost about three quid. It's about time this government adopted a no tolerance approach on seagull related crime.

[constant_muse]

And you could pick out the gull in question in an identity parade? lol

[foreverfoxcat]

He's probably a master criminal, and can disguise himself as any number of other common gulls. It means he always has an alibi. He's the Moriarty of gulls.

[moth2fic]

It's an incredibly good photograph, so if you only managed one, at least it was worthwhile!

[foreverfoxcat]

Thanks! I definitely feel like the photo captured the pain and heartache of the moment. :D

[moth2fic]

When I was teaching, gulls used to line up on the roof to mug kids and clear all crumbs of crisps etc from the playground. And it wasn't even a seaside resort! They are definitely evil birds!! LOL

[foreverfoxcat]

They're coming further and further inland and targeting the most vulnerable people - children! This is serious stuff. Pretty soon we won't be able to leave the house.