For those who are unaware of the location of Southwold, it is on the Suffolk coast, between Lowestoft to the north, Sizewell and its nuclear power station to the south and lots of swamp to the west. Oh! and the North Sea to the east. It has a raised elevation giving great views and at very high tides the town becomes an island which probably suits the residents as visitors can be a bit of a nuisance.
But recently it has come to my notice that tourists and other rough excursionists are not the only problematic visitors to Southwold. The seagulls who also like to visit and are a part of the seaside landscape have been troubling the towns overseers, by redistributing the rubbish from the bins and dropping it untidily onto the prom, leaving fish skins, deep fried potato products and other unspeakable nasty's draped over cars, hedges and flower beds, also a sausage in batter was found floating in the vintage boating lake. All of this has produced an action plan by the towns overseers to purchase ten new bins which are designed to stop old beaky and his mates from getting at the rubbish.
The new bins will no doubt put the seagulls scavenging rights into jeopardy and hopefully worthy town dwellers will be moved to start an amenity group on the gulls behalf to protect there eroding right to scavenge. The new bins have been welcomed by the Akela from the local Scout group as their lads are always looking for something that can be used as temporary cricket stumps. Also a spokesperson from the Southwold Dog Walkers Society has welcomed the move as it will give extra stopping places and smells for Fido to investigate.
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