tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post2732035960477234964..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: Taupes; Not for the squeamish!Colin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-30229477297681703202012-03-30T10:57:16.744+02:002012-03-30T10:57:16.744+02:00Oh dear me, Pauline.... !! That's very good!!Oh dear me, Pauline.... !! That's very good!!Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-21639262499195372262012-03-30T10:47:25.863+02:002012-03-30T10:47:25.863+02:00Don't encourage them, Lesley...!!Don't encourage them, Lesley...!!Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-13556120365650214542012-03-30T10:20:25.473+02:002012-03-30T10:20:25.473+02:00Moles are eatable by don't taste very nice... ...Moles are eatable by don't taste very nice... I always put the dead ones on the hill and they go within hours, I suspect the buzzard but have never seen it. Diane, keep at it, just make sure you don't push soil into the run when you set the traps, moles push soil in front of them and snap the trap. I get it regularly.Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-18872955552393480912012-03-30T09:40:20.338+02:002012-03-30T09:40:20.338+02:00Boom! Boom ! Tim & Pauline: nice double act.Boom! Boom ! Tim & Pauline: nice double act.Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-11664956690693562422012-03-30T00:37:25.916+02:002012-03-30T00:37:25.916+02:00Colin yo had better come and give me a lesson. My...Colin yo had better come and give me a lesson. My traps go off but I have never had a thing inside them!!!!! DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-20922890151978947602012-03-30T00:16:02.094+02:002012-03-30T00:16:02.094+02:00Guaca-mole, anyone? (sorry) - PaulineGuaca-mole, anyone? (sorry) - PaulineTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-47878082064244484712012-03-29T20:26:50.531+02:002012-03-29T20:26:50.531+02:00I'm with you on the 'killing' bit, Tim...I'm with you on the 'killing' bit, Tim, but not so sure about the 'eating'!Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-35738907440734474522012-03-29T20:25:08.940+02:002012-03-29T20:25:08.940+02:00Jean, you are welcome to come and shoot our moles ...Jean, you are welcome to come and shoot our moles anytime!!Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-44960972706086647342012-03-29T20:19:52.152+02:002012-03-29T20:19:52.152+02:00I don't think that there are any predators lef...I don't think that there are any predators left that would kill and eat moles... so we have to!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-36321112768810867012012-03-29T20:19:02.727+02:002012-03-29T20:19:02.727+02:00Jean... bushy-tailed tree rats are an alien pest!!...Jean... bushy-tailed tree rats are an alien pest!! Don't feel sorry for them... it was a mistake to introduce them and it will never be undone... so we have restricted the UK red squirrel to a few outposts... great.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-73774248448666202272012-03-29T18:05:38.638+02:002012-03-29T18:05:38.638+02:00Part of me wants to say "poor thing" but...Part of me wants to say "poor thing" but the other part "hooray, well done".<br />I don't like killing things and they look so cute ..... but they're such a menace ....even when they're just doing what a mole does.<br />Ever since we had squirrels making nests in our loft (seven nests, as it turned out), we now shoot them and so far we've shot more than twenty in our garden, but part of me still feels slightly guilty about it.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com