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Bony on the Move

On Sunday the 6th of July a group of young people were moving pallets down the Beersbridge Road. I was in a rental car at the time and was wondering why after 500 miles of flawless driving, I had to face the biggest road risk within a mile of home. Fortunately when the tottering stack of wood finally crashed, as we all suspected it would, it went forward landing on the road instead of backwards onto my car. In retrospect this is fairly lucky as I can only imagine how damage from Bony debris on the road factors into Insurance awards.

The following morning the remains of the Bony (tires, rubbish, furniture, ect...) were alight. Apparently there were concerns from the community that the bonfire had been built too near Elmgrove Primary School and so the bonfire was forced to be moved elsewhere. 

Although there was limited press regarding the concerns of this construction towards the end of June, there has not been mention of the subsequent mini-fire burning on the morning of Monday the 7th of July. It would seem that even if the bulk of the materials were moved prior to the 12th, a bonfire still took place on the site, exemplifying both the disregard and impunity at play here.