Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Mole wars
Saint Louis
I've been having a few problems with moles, here, here and here, but this last week it has turned into an epidemic. Almost everyday for the last two weeks I have been gassing moles with smoke cartridges. Some days it's just one or two but the other day I used a marathon seven. I think my obsession has got so bad it is rubbing off on the children staying in the gites. The last few mornings they have come running up to me with cries of 'Ian, Ian we've found another mole hill. Can we kill it please, please'. So this afternoon I queued outside the mobile shop for over a hour to buy a solar powered ultrasonic mole deterrent. It's a great shop, they deliver a catalogue, then the lorry turns up in a nearby car park about two weeks later full of bargain tools and accessories for the home and garden. Anyway my 'Solar Moler' (yes it said that, I think it's a Chinese to English to French translation error) is now stuck in the mud and with luck it should shoo them darn pesky critters away from my croquet lawn. I know it's not going to kill them but maybe if I buy several more I can corral them into a corner of the garden. Fingers crossed.
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Mole wars
