Mice damage

[Malcolm Parker]

I had a mouse living very comfortably in the back of my RL saloon a few years ago when I had garaged it in the lean-to outside the main garage.   The first I knew about it was when I went to get the car out in the spring.   I had left an old leather flying jacket on the back seat and when I picked it up there was a hole about 6" diameter in the back of it.   The seat had a woolen blanket over the cushion and this had been nibbled at the edges.  When I lifted the rear seat, the space underneath was stuffed full of the lining of the jacket and the chewed blanket.   The mouse must have been very cosy over the winter!   Mercifully the mouse had not touched the moquette upholstery and had not caused any damage to the car itself.    I still keep the rear seat covered with a woolen blanket just in case a mouse takes up residence.   A bit like a sacrificial anode to prevent rust.