I thought I had it bad enough with backyard squirrels but it appears allotment holders have other feral creatures to deal with. Plots in the wonderfully named Butthole Lane in Loughborough were recently ransacked by tearaway thieves. As one anonymous victim said, 'It's sad, but it's a sign of the times. This happens all the time - especially during school holidays, but this mindless act makes me sick.' A rotavator and various vegetables were swiped.
Meanwhile in Brigend, Wales rows of potatoes, peas, lettuce and onions have been pinched. The criminals have become very discerning. 'They pulled up some of my carrots and left them there because they weren't big enough," said one plotholder. 'And they took my first crop of potatoes. It looks like they were after certain things, but I don't think they knew exactly what they were doing because they picked up some of my herbs by accident.' Who says felons don't like basil?
And finally in Dorchester robbers stole a whole shed and it's contents, right down to the last ball of twine.
Does anyone else have tales of allotment villainy?
