A Dorset day ends

[byslantedlight]

Finally, I found myself at the seaside, walking down the prom, queuing for fish and chips... And being swoop_attacked by seagulls three times! I swear this big white one marked me out, cos as soon as I sat down on the wall, it started calling to tell the others I was there. Sure enough, some young gulls arrived and started inching closer... I shot them all warning looks, and as I was eyeing the younguns, in the corner of my eye I saw grown up seagull launch into the air, and next thing I knew she'd swooped and almost carried off the bit of fish I was about to eat from my fingers!

I could see her gearing up for another go, so I figured standing near more people would be the better part of valour... *g* Plus she'd got that bit of fish sandy, so I had to throw it away. Over I go to the bin and all, and as I'm walking away from it, surrounded by other people now I'm swooped by one of the younguns! I brush my hair back down where the wing had missed it, turn to reply to someone who'd commented - and another youngun comes at me cis it's presumably their turn!

No one else was swooped, though there were other people eating fish and chips too - only me! Ivd been marked out by that adult gull as a training exercise! Presumably because I was the only person on my own... eep! Something else to add to the perils of a single life...

So I stood with my back to a tall wall to eat instead, where they'd knock themselves out if they tried it again, and managed to finish in safety, if not peace! And then I had an ice cream. *g*







And the sun slowly set over Dorset, and Little Car and I headed home to Somerset... *g*

Hope you didn't get fed up with the pics - it's been ages since I posted about wanderings...!

Comments

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

I love the pics.
It would be lovely to see more!

These gulls really are insufferable. But beautiful when they fly. *ggg*

Bodie'd shoot them.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I will try to get back to posting pics and things... I meant to last weekend, but it just didn't happen... My life is being squeezed out by work and feeling guilty because I can't get on with work!

And hee - Bodie would shoot them! And I can't entirely say I'd be sorry tonight...

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

So sad that work so often get's in the way of living.
I do hope it get's better!

[jat-sapphire.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite bit in Finding Nemo might be the gulls saying "Mine!" "Mine!" "Mine!"

[cim3745.livejournal.com]

Love the seaside *sigh* and sorry for giggling about your Fish & Chips story. Ivd been marked out by that adult gull as a training exercise! *g* I know, these beast can be a pain in the neck. Hope you did enjoy in spite of that.

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

Lovely day, lovely pics!

(I hope the gulls aren't like corvids, to mark you out to attack forever more!)

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

The ice cream looks really tasty. Is it a fisherman out there in fourth picture? Or only someone who was on the water?

Thank you for taking us to Dorset, it was like a short holiday. :-)

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Those seagulls are pretty bloody-minded little dinosaurs, aren't they! (and not so little, either!!!) Thank you for all the beautiful, beautiful pics - you always make me feel that I've taken a tiny bit of the trip with you *bg*

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Lol, I feel your pain regarding the seagulls. When I was in high school, the school was directly across from the local tributary to the bay--and dive bombing seagulls were a daily occurence when eating lunch out of doors.