Our lovely Aussie friend arrived in the mid-afternoon; we went out onto the terrace for drinks and a few snacks, including a bowl of cherries; we left the snacks of nuts, crisps, cheese straws, bread and jam (and cherries) out on the white table while we showed our friend the garden below the terrace; when we returned, perhaps ten minutes later, we found a seagull on the table and a bowlful of cherries. Some cherries had been spat out onto the paviors – he loved everything but cherries!