Much Manly Excitement Chez Le Towers

Yesterday, a tangible excitement positively thronged through The Towers …….

…… we had a garden full of Network Rail workers …………

…… wielding all manner of extremely large and powerful tools of manly endeavour …….

……. which had poor Nigel almost beside himself ……..

Memories of our days at the Girls School and all the building work that went on one year, had Nigel rushing for his hi-viz vest and hard hat, a gift from one of the lovely students who was worried about Nigel and his diminutive size having to go back and forth on the campus, with heavy vehicles etc. coming from all directions.

Naturally, with so many sparks flying ……..

……… we all wanted to know what was occurring ………

….. so Darrell came up with a cunning ruse of offering some of our renowned Towers hospitality in exchange, we hoped, for a little more information. 

Needless to say, the plan, made up of two strategically timed profferings, including Kit Kats,  worked seamlessly.  It seems one of our neighbours (we have our suspicions as to who) had sent photos of “kids” climbing the fence (????). We have only witnessed one such incident in our 5 years here and that was over a year ago during a particularly exciting police chase that involved helicopters circling us for hours.  Other than that, zilch, but who are we to argue?

The metal fence is now at least another three feet taller and our view across the river somewhat compromised, Darrell says he finds it a little imposing and of a stalag type nature.  However, what’s done is done, I guess it will prevent other n’er do wells from harming themselves ……… but questions will be asked (perhaps in Parliament) as to why we weren’t consulted and whether there would be any objection to us planting a quick growing clematis or two or some such,  to help soften our outlook!  We shall see.