bungee jump in Fordbridge

I was unpacking my shopping and I heard very loud music (a new ante-social neighbour?) and the roar of a diesel engine outside my kitchen window



about 15 floors high


my first thought was, "Is it a boxing ring?"

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the girl in green is to be the first jumper

vantage point Crabtree Hall roof

there seems to be a problem

school was out about two hours ago

nearly ready

even the pigeons are watching



there seems to be a problem


now the girl in green gets a chair

and waits
and time to get your money back


packing up already


the wannabe bunjee jumper is still green

unscrewing a safety pin




and this pin takes a sledge hammer to knock it up and out

and the upper pin comes out next

and the jib folds for transport
Jib stretching and folding device - US Patent 4953724: "a crane capable of folding a strut type jib along a vertical side surface of a boom . . . ."


sliding in the stabilisers


He has just hooked the safety line to the jib for transport


and all the people have gone

picking up a foot

tough guys coming by

I have not needed it yet - dial a bus for the disabled and he old.

by the brown birch tree

looks like the roadies / roustabouts / riggers get their pay in cash


getting off the site


into Crabtree Drive by Merton House


and the booking office - like a small horse box - with the green sheet and barriers aboard


all quiet again
and I turn back to my sink

and meanwhile I was giving the celery, spring onions, and asparagus from LIDL a good soaking


and my favourite cos and iceberg lettuces

and cauliflower greens
before preparing them and boxing them in the fridge for use prewashed during the week to come - fast food but healthy.