Wow Big Crack!
This is me and my son standing over the crack in the rock! We could see water below and I remember joking about it could fall any moment. My girlfriend took this from on the island part. We joined her and then strolled back and as we reached the cars CRACK ROAR SPLASH!!! yep less than an hour after i stood on the crack the bridge fell!
Now before you go and call me “the straw that broke the camel’s back” and all that there were others who walked it after me! lol Two didn’t get off and needed to be rescued by helicopter! If there hadn’t been a chopper it would have been a very risky boat to the lea side and rock climb up then abseil down … thank goodness for choppers! Thank god no one was actually on it and hurt or killed!
The bridge came down early 1990 and I was pregnant with my second son!
[NB We are the blue & red blob on the right of the bridge]
What a close call!! :o)
Trudi ~, 4 months ago
Oh my god,l bet you did’nt forget that in a hurry,glad you got off there when you did !
adgray in reply to Trudi ~’s comment, 4 months ago
Me too lol [we were the blue/red blob to the right of the bridge lol]
I do love going through boxes and finding “lost” things lol :o)
Trudi ~, 4 months ago
l am enjoying you going through your boxes too,keep em coming!
dawndavies, 4 months ago
wow you were lucky, bet that shook you a bit
adgray in reply to dawndavies’s comment, 4 months ago
Just a tad :o)
Not as much as the couple left on the Island for the few hours it took to get help and rescue them! :o) I took out a Tatts ticket … didn’t win a bloody thing! I’ve often wondered if they did :o)
adgray in reply to Trudi ~’s comment, 4 months ago
Yes Boxes are treasure troves aren’t they? :o) Everyone needs a good box clean out every once in a while :o) and if you don’t have any boxes to clean you can have fun poking about in others boxes :o)
Oh help! I am going to bed before I get myself in trouble here :o)
G’nite! :o)
dawndavies, 4 months ago
lol trust you hee hee, but my that was a close call
Trudi ~, 4 months ago
Lololol!
Lumineux, 4 months ago
Shite! That WAS close. I remember when London Bridge came falling down and I’m dead sure it was that incident alone that prompted the changes in the safety and conservation standards of the whole area. lol
hilarydougill, 4 months ago
My goodness you two must have been heavy to break that!!! haha. Great memory shot.
adgray in reply to Lumineux’s comment, 4 months ago
Yeah it was very close! fun how then it just seemed a matter of course … and I actually felt very privileged to have been there! It’s not often you get to see nature do her big work!
But yes it prompted the changes not only to around there but all over the place and sadly now you can’t go out on anything dangerous without a bloody permit! ... or should we be grateful for that??? The daredevil in me is broken hearted <(
adgray in reply to hilarydougill’s comment, 4 months ago
Thanks! <)
I remember distinctly looking down into the water through the crack. Michael [who was a bout 5 nearly 6 then] was really scared and I was telling him we were safe it wouldn’t come down for years and years yet!! hahahahahaha was I proved wrong and I swear he’ll never believe me again! :o)
Lumineux, 4 months ago
I have wondered in the past if the human traffic across the bridge, (although not as prolific as it is now), contributed to it’s downfall. But speaking purely from a conservation angle, it’s probably a good thing to minimise the human impact as much as possible, especially now with the amount of foot traffic this area gets.
adgray in reply to Lumineux’s comment, 4 months ago
Yeah bloody people lead to all kinds of destruction! Unnecessary wear and tear is pure stupidity and all the graffiti – like on the rocks at Lochard Gorge! I mean on man made structures sure but some of the crap those kids scratched into the rocks just wasn’t worth reading the first time let alone for all eternity!
Steven Guy, 4 months ago
Thanks for sharing that amazing story. Phew !
adgray in reply to Steven Guy’s comment, 4 months ago
You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by and looking at my pic and my words :o) Keep Happy! :o)
SNAPPYDAVE, 4 months ago
damn it ad … i was expecting something else with that caption … ;-)
TallGuy, 3 months ago
It makes you think, it can’t be my time to go yet… shame you didn’t catch it on camera, now that would have been a sight… nice story :-)
adgray in reply to SNAPPYDAVE’s comment, 3 months ago
Nope not into plumbers bums showing lol
or do I reply with a haughty “Get your mind out of my crack!!” ? lol :o)
[ I am flashing my cheeky eyes here :o) ]
adgray in reply to TallGuy’s comment, 3 months ago
Yep we definitely felt secure in our life that day … not! lol And yeah videoing was about but we didn’t have one <( don’t know if anyone else had one I didn’t see. it was a bit hectic and the authorities shooed us back. I thought there were more people on it but the report was just two. When we went back to take a pick of the mess, the camera film had run out and that was it till we could get back to town … and we had run out of money so we were on our way home then anyway.
SNAPPYDAVE, 3 months ago
your a baddie adgray … a real baddie … me likes baddies … :-)
georgieboy98, 3 months ago
I well remember that! It actually wasn’t all that long after the Newcastle earthquake was it? We were walking backwards and forwards across London Bridge and taking numerous photos about 4 or 5 weeks earlier – in fact I still have one taken from the road and it must be one of the last few photos to be shot before the crash. Similar story to yours was when the Apostle crashed a year or two ago – a couple were there taking photos and it quite literally was a case of now you see it, now you don’t! Your story will take a lot of beating though – it’s the “I was There” story to end all “I was There’s” LOL Peter
Jason Connolly, 3 months ago
blumin eck Adgray, what did you do to make it fall? ;-D LOL
A day to remember hey, certainly must have been exciting…
adgray in reply to SNAPPYDAVE’s comment, 3 months ago
.......................................... thank you :o)
adgray in reply to georgieboy98’s comment, 3 months ago
Scary huh?
But I guess it just wasn’t my turn to go! :o)
I was pregnant at the time and my baby is now the most wonderful person that has enriched many lives already at 17! – school captain, a brilliant performer and a socially conscious activist who loves setting off fireworks! :o) He needed to be born! :o)
adgray in reply to Jason Connolly’s comment, 3 months ago
IT WASN’T ME !!!
The other bloke was standing on the other crack!!!!
But I’d been off it for ages when it came down! :o)
Definately was a day to remember!
Thanks for dropping by!
......................................... [eerrrr sorry lol :o)]
Geir Floede, 3 months ago
So exiting. And what a crack..
I like this.
adgray in reply to Geir Floede’s comment, 3 months ago
Thank you Geir :o)
Thanks for dropping in and looking at my crack!
............... Oooops!!!!! {blushing furiously now !!} lol sorry :o)
sweetscent62, 2 months ago
My daughter was born in 1990 in September : ) glad you got the hell outta there when you did Adgray! great capture.. Wen x
adgray in reply to sweetscent62’s comment, 2 months ago
I didn’t know it was going to fall when it did! We were all just lucky that there wasn’t someone actually on the bit that fell needing to run for it or ride it into the waves! Was scary for the people on it though -0 3 hours before help arived is a bloody long time to wait!
My son Tom was born in October 1990 – was close to having him sooner! lol Chookas! ♥
Druidstorm, 2 months ago
Forever you have an image that is no-more! Excellent captue!!!...)o(
adgray in reply to Druidstorm’s comment, 2 months ago
Thank you – I think it’s pretty special because of that too :O)
Glen Allen, 2 months ago
Blimy, scary!
adgray in reply to Glen Allen’s comment, 2 months ago
well at the time I was on it I didn’t feel scared but when it dropped I did feel grateful – but also a bit let down I didn’t have the adventure of being caught on the island and then needing to be air lifted off – well the chopper landed but you know what I mean :O)
Thanx for peeping at my pics :O) [But remember I’m a writer not a pictorial artist :O)]
Chookas! :O) ♥
LoreLeft27, 2 months ago
wow thats an amazing story
bfrida, 2 months ago
thanks for the photo and the story
Di Jenkins, about 1 month ago
how very scary!!!!
wellman, about 1 month ago
what an absolute cracker (pardon the pun) – I lived with an english guy who must have been there minutes before you and have had a soft spot for London Bridge ever since!