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Disobedient Nature by Tøm

February 16th, 2008 9:30 AM / Location: 52.600889,1.7306417

INSTRUCTIONS: Search for, find, document an example of nature refusing to yield to or blending itself into a construction of modern man.

Document with photos when possible.

Examples should document situations where man has put up some restraint for nature and nature has disobeyed. While trees or other permanent plants are preferable, a basic example would be plants that grow in the cracks of the sidewalk.

I've had this one in mind for a while, and kept a look out for examples of nature fighting back, but had been unsuccessful. So on a whim this afternoon walking home, I took a detour and started hunting out examples.

Yarmouth has an old Town wall that runs through a lot of the town in small pieces now, and I live about 10 minutes away from quite a long section with a few of the towers thrown in too.

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Crawling up the tower

Crawling up the tower


Pavement

Pavement


Building rallies under the Union Jack

Building rallies under the Union Jack

But it's no match for nature!


Clinging to the wall

Clinging to the wall


Breaking through the cracks

Breaking through the cracks


Starting to overthrow the wall

Starting to overthrow the wall


Pulling sections of wall down

Pulling sections of wall down


Ripping sections out

Ripping sections out


Conquered

Conquered

A weed grows triumphantly on top of the wall


Grass attack!

Grass attack!


Hedge envelopes wall

Hedge envelopes wall


Dragging the wall down

Dragging the wall down


Getting into the crevices

Getting into the crevices


Overswamped

Overswamped


Ready to take the tower

Ready to take the tower


Breaking out from the wall

Breaking out from the wall


Stairs

Stairs


Stairs from the top

Stairs from the top


Overspilling onto the stairs

Overspilling onto the stairs


Taking the arch

Taking the arch


Starting to climb the wall

Starting to climb the wall


The wall

The wall


Wall 2

Wall 2


Climbing the wall

Climbing the wall


Climbing the wall

Climbing the wall


Wall face

Wall face



15 vote(s)

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susy derkins

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Adam

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JTony Loves Brains

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Not Here No More

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GYØ Ben

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Burn Unit

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lara black

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Flitworth

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Insomniac Fox

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Darkaardvark

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Sombrero Guy

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Secret Agent

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The Vixen

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Coreopsis Major Bloden Melen

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Minch


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8 comment(s)

Love GY in a sunny day
posted by susy derkins on February 16th, 2008 9:36 AM

Stairs, The wall and Ripping sections off for the portfolio, man!

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posted by Tøm on February 16th, 2008 9:41 AM

Yarmouth looks excellent from the backstreets around the town on sunny days, just a pity we get so few.

Might put this one in the portfolio too:

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posted by GYØ Ben on February 16th, 2008 12:40 PM

Why has this not got more votes? This is awesome!

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posted by Fonne Tayne on February 16th, 2008 2:23 PM

great yarmouth for Center of the Universe, 2008.

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posted by Burn Unit on February 16th, 2008 3:10 PM

cuz it's saturday, Ben, and everybody's sitting for exams

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posted by Adam on February 16th, 2008 3:15 PM

City of Culture Crap 2008

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posted by Tøm on February 17th, 2008 6:33 AM

Indeed.

Tear down the wall!
posted by Coreopsis Major Bloden Melen on February 19th, 2008 2:08 AM

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?