It arrived unceremoniously, lifted up and over the hedge with an articulated grabber arm that was operated from the driver’s cab of the flat-bed delivery lorry parked on the roadside. The engine roared at the strain. The loading platform of the vehicle rocked back and forth but on the second attempt the swinging load landed gently on the gravel driveway. The ton bag of topsoil now sat inside the gate. The prehensile arm folded back into the lorry like the skeletal wing of a pterodactyl. The driv...
Published on September 13, 2021 05:29