Friday, February 22, 2013

It's MAD squirrel.


I was out on my lunch break yesterday and had just bought some dried apricots to snack on, after an amazing spaghetti bolognese at Harpers cafe. Having a wander I spotted a squirrel down Chapel Court, on top of one of the industrial bins, used by the Blue Eyed Maid pub. Being an empathetic human I thought I would share my bounty of fruit with the squirrel, who was checking out the bins for a pub lunch. I stood there next to this bin, with my arm stretched out, offering the squirrel a tasty, non-refuse snack. It was a bit timid at first, but became quickly interested. He was just about to take the offering, when some people walked into Chapel Court from Borough High Street. Instantly the squirrel ran for cover behind a window box and was now out of sight from the passers by. This left me standing by a half open industrial bin, holding a dried apricot at arms length to a window box, making little kissy-kissy, squeeking, encouragement noises.

I could have instantly have snapped back into normal pedestrian mode, but that would have looked even more suspicious than it already did. I hope the people who witnessed this event thought I was an interesting London eccentric or were aware of the growing urban squirrel problem of Chapel Court.