Thursday 2 July 2015

My Town is Famous Again!

Following up its previous claim to fame for having the worst Christmas Tree in the country, my little town is in the national news again.


JAWS: ‘Great white shark’ spotted off Herne Bay coast causes exodus of terrified swimmers from sea


Could have been a horrific incident, you would have thought that this news would have spread like wildfire.


But, um, no.


My son spent the entire day at the beach and was totally unaware of this incident until I told him what I had seen on Facebook.


In reality, I suspect that it is either a large dog fish or a small basking shark, both of which are pretty harmless...


But it got us in the news again, and not because everyone is laughing at us!


Yet...

6 comments:

ShadowRun300 said...

Yeah, I guess it's better to be known for having a great white shark swimming off the coast instead of a puny Christmas tree.
There's been some shark attacks on our east coast. Pretty scary! Hope our suspicions are correct....

Rock Chef said...

ShadowRun - Birds and insects are gradually moving north with the general change in climate, so I guess sharks will also range further north up the coast. It is a scary thought.

terri said...

Well this is certainly more exciting than the Christmas tree fame. And I'm glad to hear it might just be a case of exaggeration rather than reality!

I hadn't realized before reading your response to ShadowRun that the changing climate could be having this effect on sharks. Makes sense, but yes... scary!

Rock Chef said...

Terri - on the plus side, I think it will be a long time before sharks arrive in The Lakes...

Abby said...

Well, in all honesty, that Christmas tree was pretty unpleasant...

I'm certainly glad your son survived the Jaws of England. Over here, the beaches of North Carolina have had an eerie number of shark attacks. One kid from Colorado Springs had his arm taken off! I heard that it's thought to be from a plethora of turtles this year.

Riot Kitty said...

Well, you have us amused anyway...and to answer your question no, you can't buy the seeds here yet. Because that might have some semblance of making sense.