SELFIE SPOT

In my blissful ignorance, I had always assumed that a 'Selfie' [Oxford Dictionaries' 'Word of the Year' for 2013] could be taken anywhere — but I was wrong.

There are apparently Designated Selfie Spots, and we came upon one such on Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier.

Wilson insisted on being photographed there, obviously, in spite of it not being in an especially attractive setting. 

Andrew the Seagull also insisted on being included in Wilson's Selfie, saying it would be 'A touching souvenir of the time an Anteater generously shared his ice-cream with a Seagull.' 

W grudgingly agreed to let Andrew be included in the photo, but drew the line at sharing his 99 with a fish-eating bird whose oral hygiene standards were clearly open to doubt.

I'm wondering whether it's even a Selfie if someone else takes the picture, but not wishing to confuse matters any further I clicked the shutter, and here is the result: