Well I'm a-tellin' you dad, it's the best we've ever had - Because Lin spends so much time looking after the garden we have great soil, very soft. The local cats were very quick to discover this and our borders have become the best cat toilet in the neighbourhood.
It's not too much of a problem when the borders are filled with plants, but once the borders are tidied up for the winter it almost a full time job to keep them clear. Last year I came up with the idea or running lengths of string a couple of inches off of the soil along the borders. It worked most of the time, but occasionally a desperate cat would find a way in. This year we have improved on the design and added short pieces of bamboo canes and so far its kept the cats at bay.
They got a-eyes for this, they got a-ears for that - This is the unofficial allotment cat, she's called Mitzi and runs up and greets me on most of my visits. There are several other cats that roam around the plots, but none as friendly as she is. Last year I was fortunate enough to be given a dead mouse and a dead rat, both were left prominently on our plot for me to find, I know she means well but I'd rather have something more useful.
You can stand on the corner in your baby blue suit - all towns have their famous residents, past and present. Broadstairs has a few, but Oliver Postgate and his work were probably not known to most of the town's residents before he died in 2008. Oliver, of course was the creator of Bagpuss, The Clangers, Pogles' Wood and many other children's favourites. He lived in a large house just off of the seafront. The Clangers mosaic below the blue plaque was made by Martin Cheek, another of the town's artists who I believe at one time worked with Oliver.
