An unusual set of circumstances has lead to a bizzare harvest for a farmer on Guernsey. In common with Channel
Islands tradition Mr F Giles fertilises his land every year with seaweed from the waters surrounding the island. Seaweed
is recognised as one of the best and most natural ways to valuable nutrients back into the land and is free to all.
In this particular year (1962) heavy storms hit the island and flooded Mr Giles' fields just as he was spreading the seaweed
(a manual task). The storms rapidly flooded parts of the field and Mr Giles was astonished to see little fish swimming
in the puddles. It seems that that some of the young fish had been hiding in the seaweed and were on the verge of dieing
when the rain came, giving Mr Giles a most unusual crop for the year.
It's not certain what happened to the field of fish when the rain stopped and the water drained, but it suspected that
Guernsey's famous lesser spotted seagulls devoured them overnight before the local reporters could arrive to verify the unusual
happenings.
Unfortunately no photographic evidence of this bizzare happening is in existence, Mr Giles had never owned a camera,
but the story has been verified by a number of witnesses, including Mr A L Iar
