Boscombe Spa Village, Dorset, is now beginning to show signs of real progress beneath stormy skies, while the pier demolition work continues at a slower pace.
There has, however, been a major blunder by the local council re: vermin control. For many years now, the end of the pier has been closed to the public because the structure was deemed unsafe. This gave more than ample time for the rat and pigeon populations to enjoy a boom time (independent of each other, of course), unimpeded by human presence. Instead of curbing the rat infestation before demolition began, it was decided that the wild rock doves (pigeons to you and me) should be eradicated first, solely by knocking down their roosts with a mechanical digger. The rats, not being too happy about their cosy home being violated, made the (predictable?) move along the neck of the pier (rats leaving a sinking ship), and thus ashore, to plague the inhabitants of the local beach establishments. The birds now have no home, and the rat population still exists, albeit at a slightly different location, and has become a hazard to the residents.
Local government...it gets my vote! (yeah, right)
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