Lucky me! in blackpropaganda

Today one of my walking groups went off to pastures new led by someone who had recced a new walk to us. First a trip on the train - 26 hardy souls came out - then we started walking on a recognised route - good paths through woods following a river as it went down to an estuary. We came on to some main roads - and our leader had found a cafe/cake shop where we could get refreshments - but what was that smell? - a fish and chip shop three doors up - fantastic freshly cooked chips - and if you do not live in the UK you may not know what this means!!. and a third of us took advantage of it - and got chips. We had to wait for the others who were eating cakes and drinking coffee.

Then, as we moved off back on the route I noticed some herring gulls - and then SPLAT - one dropped his excrement on my head. Not even on my coat - dead on my head. Much merriment - but also some concern from one bird enthusiast who said I should get it scraped off as soon as possible - and helped to do do with some tissues. I am not sure why - maybe it is acidic, maybe it would smell. But of course if a bird drops on your head it is bound to be lucky.

The luck was in having a great day - we got back to the next train station, and all the connections worked. The weather stayed fine - and I was back home by 4.15 pm - and straight in the shower - let's hope the luck lasts.