resurfacing Yorklea Croft, Chelmsley Wood

B37 5EG google map and you can see Merton House in Crabtree Drive which is my viewpoint - I call these events mechanical ballets - the dance of the machines

the tarmac has been stripped off by this machine

this pneumatic drill woke me up

driving up onto the low loader

and drilling
my upstairs neighbours from hell? no, the red van belongs to electricians rewiring the flat over my bedroom, and they have been bashing and drilling into the concrete and dropping tools on the floor above my bed starting at 8:00 am.

ready to go back to the depot and I have not had breakfast yet

"I've finished sweeping this gutter"

and still drilling

ROADWORKS START HERE 26/5/06 FOR 2

sweeper and water lorry

road roller on the grass and they laid the new tarmac on Saturday morning before I woke up.