DYNAMITE

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A peacful scene on a building site

Dynamite is used liberally here in the desert, they have a local "Mr Dynamite" who, along with his team [actually ,one assistant], are called in when the earths crust, which lies very close to the surface here, proves too hard to break through with conventional weapons such as metal spikes and spades and diggers.

The reasons Mr Dynamite may be called range from the planting of a tree to the building of a road....Apparantly he is surprisingly inexpensive.

In Bossys case, he and his buddy Niki, had been trying to excavate foundations, to build a new storage facility. The land upon which this is being done is  across the Augrabies road, and its just visible from the farm.

Sand being piled ontop of dynamite

In Africa, when something is being dynamited, particuarly if it is near a road [as this was], the dynamite team, are required to block the road to ensure no traffic is passing when the "bang/s" happen. No police are envolved, no health and safety officers..no nothing, save for a radio between Mr Dynamite and his assistant.

Mr Dynamite stands back with all the onlookers..pacing and walking around in circles, which is not very confidence inspiring for the spectators..I had an inate sense of him needing quite urgently, to visit the bathroom!

Any way suddenly his radio starts crackling, and delivers  a garbled message, we see a thin spire of smoke from the pile of sand under which the dynamite has been packed, and then a small figure in the distance, in a bright blue boiler suit, running full pelt towards us.

While concentrating on the small figure running. my entire body jumps, when a loud bang explodes the pile of sand, followed by another and then another.
There is a long pause, and the guy in the bright blue boiler suit, emerges from the dust, smiling and looking as though he has earned his wages today. Traffic start to free up around the area, and I return to the farm, wonfdering if I really did just witness this..above lies the evidence

............Only in Africa.

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I love the central images..rather spooky though!

..Whoops..pictures all over the place again! The only excuse I have is the dynamite!