Is fluoro the new black? Is there a fire sale on this fabric? Is it an image thing? Why are these gardeners wearing fluoro?
So, I get the bicycle - it's a great transport mode for zipping around the park to where you're needed. I get the road cone - you don't want unsuspecting members of the public disappearing down a hole in the ground. But why the fluoro vests? These gardeners are in the middle of a park ... a park without any cars ...
This looks like a peaceful enough scene - gardener quietly trimming the edge of the lawn. In days gone by the gardener would be going about his work in a pleasant green outfit and we would be spared this visual assault!
What do they think is going to happen? - perhaps the lady in the white t-shirt will suddenly rush towards the herbaceous boarder, without noticing the gardener, thrust her foot between the blades of that lethal gardening tool, accidentally severing her toe and ending her career as a ballet dancer ...
This is the ferry terminal. When I first went on the ferry, some years ago now, it was perfectly safe. Not now - according to the warning signs, it's dangerous to go through those gates when they're closed, the surface of the ramp is now dangerous too, and at the other end there is a step that it absolutely lethal. There is a warning sign to tell you not to jump off the ramp after the boat has left and another to tell you not to jump off the pier at all, and of course there are signs warning you about the presence of fuel on the pier and a flashing sign with a loud siren that alerts you when the freight trolleys are being moved ... and that's all before you've even got on the boat! God forbid what could happen at sea!
I think I'll stay on my bike ... that ferry looks very dangerous and you'd have to be an idiot to take your chances in that park!!
