Oi - NO!

Quarry operators Pioneer Aggregates have begun blasting work to extend the quarry at Ashton Court into adjacent meadowland. A protest camp was set up last year to resist this and after months of activity it has now been taken down. It did not, however, go without a noisy exit.

A week of action took place in early March. To kick it off, protesters visited Ian Wattle, Pioneer's planning manager, and translocated his lawn on to the pavement outside his house. The daffodils from his garden were planted in his car.

Later on in the week, two people abseiled 100 feet down onto a ledge in the quarry five minutes before the face was due to be blasted. They proceeded to pitch a tent, put up an official squatting notice, erect a dry stone wall and unfurl a banner reading 'OI-NO!' Climbers had to fly in from Dublin to remove the protesters before blasting could continue.