Conned

So the extensive demolition work to make way for the new Merchant’s Quarter has finally begun in Bristol this week and I must say that I’m disappointed. I was expecting wrecking balls and dynamite and all sorts of exciting destructive stuff, yet what did I see when I left the office last night?



A JCB poking at the multi storey car park across the road. No dramatic explosions. No huge ton weights trashing into the side of it throwing debris everywhere. A JCB poking at it, presumably until it gets annoyed and falls down of it’s own accord.

The council has let me down in a big way. Yet despite this, I know that they’re simply going to turn around to me and say that they couldn’t demolish the car park with a wrecking ball or dynamite, because there is a block of student flats immediately next door. This, apparently causes some sort of obstacle to the obviously more efficient and entertaining method of demolition.

Well, surprise surprise, I have a differing opinion on this subject. They’re student flats. So one has to ask the question… who cares?!?

Oh well.

I may go and ask the nice JCB driver if I can have a go with his big poking thing. It kinda looks like fun.

Er…

I may not phrase it quite like that!