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« OBSCURE MAIL | Main | ALCOHOL INTOLERANCE » July 23, 2005I SMELL A RATSince moving house two months ago, it has been a pleasure not to have to deal with large spiders on the walls, woodlice in my bed and wasps nests in the rafters which I guess were all hazards of living on a farm in the middle of nowhere. The new flat is a pleasure - clean, damp-free and in the centre of town. Only I have a concern that we are not alone. I don't mean that in any supernatural sense, there are no ghosts here, but I have a suspicion that something is living in the loft. In the middle of the night when we first moved in, I was woken up by some frantic scrabbling around which was making a loud noise above the ceiling in my new bedroom. Ignoring that, I soon fell back to sleep and by the time the morning had come, I had forgotten about it. Then there was the odd smell coming from somewhere in my room whenever I walked in the door. Despite leaving the windows open for days on end, the smell was still there. It can't have been the bedsheets or the pile of laundry - that all gets done on a regular basis. So what is that smell? It's a musty, stale smell, almost like urine. But it's occasional - it's not there all the time (and it's not down to my personal hygiene before you funny people start making comments) and besides which, it's quite faint and it's easily ignored. But then I heard the scrabbling noise once again yesterday morning when I was quietly completing Streets Of Rage 2 for the millionth time in a moment of Sega Mega-Drive retrospective gaming. The pitter-patter of tiny feet, the scratching around above the ceiling. What could it be? Is it a mouse? Might I have to deal with yet another mouse invasion (remember the mouse living in my pile of ironing incident?) Or is it worse than that? They say in London you're never more than 10 yards from a rat, so could it be that? A rat? So now I have to get into the loft somehow and hunt down the mystery noise-maker. I shall arm myself with a rolled-up newspaper, a penknife and a torch. I may or may not make it out alive..... Posted by jonola14 at July 23, 2005 5:04 PM Subscribe!Comments Hi Jac ! Take care ....of the impropable above visitor Steph Posted by: steph at July 24, 2005 11:49 AM It may be pigeons in the eaves, i had that problem in my last house... The sound from them carries through the loft, giving the impression that they are actually 'inside' your house, when in actual fact they are merely nesting on the outside.... Have a look, you may be surprised! Posted by: Shifty at July 25, 2005 12:42 PM Hi Steph! I am still alive, but I have not yet plucked up the courage to discover what beast awaits me in the loft. I think I shall need a few lagers first! I will, of course, update the website as soon as I have returned from my dangerous mission. Provided my arms haven't been chewed off by rabid rats... Posted by: Jonola at July 25, 2005 6:33 PM Shifty, I am shocked. Not one spelling mistake! Posted by: Jonola at July 25, 2005 6:34 PM Lagers first i wouldn't mind too ! but do take and bring with you also a bottle of some pure malt whisky too, so if any chewed off parts of your "integrity" would be threaten by these creatures ...you could clean the injured part (i reckon it could hurt at first but have a glass each time , after sometimes , you could find it harmless i suppose . Posted by: steph at July 25, 2005 7:10 PM I konw, im quite impreassed, it did take me 20 minits to right but i got thier in the ende! Posted by: shifty at July 26, 2005 6:30 PM UPDATE: the scrabbling noise seems to have disappeared for now, so I haven't ventured into the loft (scared). But if it does come back, I'll be waiting... Posted by: Jonola at August 7, 2005 8:57 PM Post a comment |