For a while now there has been a gap in the baseboards in the corner under my kitchen cabinets. A couple of times I've noticed my dog's soft toy was tight up against the gap, as if somebody was trying to pull it underneath the cabinets.
Then last night one of my granddaughter's trainers was jammed in the corner. I moved it to join its mate at the back door but an hour later one trainer had disappeared.
I've just removed the baseboards to find one trainer, three soft dog toys, a roll of sandwich bags (completely unrolled), a dog ball, two yellow dusters, two packs of kitchen wipes and a roll of unused microfibre cloths.
What sort of animal would do this? They weren't piled up to make a nest, just scattered here and there.
The kitchen items were obviously taken from a shelf under the sink and the other (dog) items would have been on the kitchen floor. Our dog won't leave his toys in a box, he likes them scattered everywhere.
I'm mystified. By the way, there is no sign of any animal droppings.
Can anybody help please? The dog's sight and hearing aren't too good but I haven't even seen him sniffing at the base of the cabinets.
Whatever is doing this, dragging all these items under the cabinets, is very quiet and leaves no trace behind.
Now I've got to try to put the baseboards back!
Being quizzed by chemist's assistant in Boots.
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic
