Like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, terrorised supermarket shoppers in Llandudno Junction are running the gauntlet of seagulls on the hunt for packaged food, wrapped-up snacks, and special-offer meal deals. The gulls sit perched atop the roofs of nearby trolley bays and lighting posts, or waiting for unsuspecting shoppers to place their shopping on their car roofs while they open their vehicle’s doors.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service has been made aware of at least four incidents in recent weeks, and it seems that they are getting bolder with each successful aerial raid. Richard Evans gives his account of losing his shopping to a crafty scavenger earlier this week and how he outwitted the fly-by thief
I was off to a job in Rhyl, and, knowing I would have to shake hands with numerous people, I thought I’d take a bottle of hand sanitiser, given that COVID is still hanging around at the height of flu season. I also knew I might be late back for lunch, so I set off in plenty of time, planning to stop off at Llandudno Junction’s Tesco, to pick up the hand gel and a packet of sweets – just to keep me going.
