Moseley was roused by the plaintive whimpering of a lone hippy on Monday morning. In a tribute to the Reclaim The Streets movement the local eco warrior, who did not want to be named, took possession of King Edward Road at about 8:30 in the morning. After realising it was a bank holiday he returned at about 10:00 when there were some people about.

He told us “I am taking possession of this road to highlight the highlight the futility of road building. Look at this road it’s ridiculous, it doesn’t even go anywhere. Mind out, I think that woman’s trying to park.”

He added later “I was going to go down to London but my mate Dave didn’t have any more room in his car and I can’t stand trains.” The police mobilised two tactical units to deal with the anticipated chaos but laughed like fools when they realised everyone was just driving round him.

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