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A rather large boulder in the middle of our back road.
There was a rather large tree root as well
This road is rarely used at this time of the year but it was dusk and someone coming down that dark road at night would have got a nasty surprise. K rang all the people he knows in the Municipality and made sure they moved it quickly. He is excellent at giving orders, even over the telephone. He has the voice that says 'jump and run, or else'
It might look as though the one handed grandson was the hero but it was actually his younger sister posing behind him.
Poppi got rid of the tree and the debris.
Disaster averted
Quick thinking on K's part. That boulder would make a great rockery stone. Don't fancy lifting it though.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't take that rock away but we do have a similar one we dragged home for a garden feature. I look it now and wonder why. Plenty of other 'features' already there, like a rusty wheelbarrow
DeleteYikes. I definitely wouldn't have wanted to come across that late at night, at speed.
ReplyDeleteCould have been dangerous. Couldn't get the car around it either.
DeleteGosh lucky there wasnt anyone under the boulder when it fell.
ReplyDeleteLucky it didn't fall as they were passing alright
DeleteCue one front end loader up the mountain - quick smart!
ReplyDeleteI suppose that's what they did. Darn, should have stuck around for more photos
DeleteNot the sort of thing one would want to meet in the dark :)
ReplyDeleteNo, rather dangerous specially on that back road where you don't expect anything except a goat
DeleteThat would do serious damage. Good on K for giving orders.
ReplyDeleteGiving orders is specialty....after many years in the navy
DeleteHere it's fallen trees across the roads. After a windy night, I usually put the chainsaw in the back of the car if I need to go out.
ReplyDeleteThe wind fills the road with pine needles and pine cones but not often branches
DeleteDisaster averted! For sure!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your Grand daughter, for doing part of the Municipalities work.
What happened to "the hand"????
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Acrobatics on a bike is what happened to the hand! Teenage boys...
DeleteGreece is such a mountainous place (even on islands) that we're surprised there are not more accidents (and serious ones) with rockfalls and road slips. Somehow locals in remote places or using the 'by' roads seem to have a second sense for the dangerous spots - or does it just look that way?
ReplyDeleteWe certainly know around here where a rock fall may happen. This back road is unlit and has so many blind corners you can't go very fast but this would have been a nasty surprise because it was dusk and on a dark road it would have been extra dangerous.
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