Smiley seal 'basking in sun' becomes social media hit
Sophie Bell said if she had not glanced over at the seal, she "would've thought he was a sandbag"A "happy little seal" that has been basking in the sun on the banks of an inland river has become a hit on social media.
Photos of the seal in Ely, nicknamed Neil, were posted after local rumours about it started to circulate. Sophie Bell, who snapped the pictures, said seals are "not common" in the area but gave the visit a seal of approval.Ms Bell and her family hired a boat on 29 May to go along the River Cam to Cambridge.
She said the boatyard team told them there was an "elusive seal" that had been seen in the area, more than 30 miles from the nearest coast.Rumours had been circulating in Ely about the seal being in the local area As the family returned down the narrow old west river "really slowly" the seal was spotted, the 42-year-old told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire."It's a good job we did because I would've thought he was an old sandbag had we been going too fast," she said.
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