The Great Gas Gala – Day 5 In Pictures

29 July 2013

Update (11:00pm): Day 6! of the block­ade tomor­row. Come down and sup­port the com­mu­ni­ty tomor­row.

Update (3:30pm): Block­ade grow­ing, as is size of police escorts for frack­ing trucks. Come to Bal­combe and lend your sup­port!

Update (3:30pm): 3 more peo­ple arrest­ed defend­ing Sus­sex from frack­ing. Come sup­port Bal­combe!

Update (2:30pm): 4 arrests so far at the com­mu­ni­ty block­ade today. Come down and sup­port the fight against frack­ing!

Update (2:05pm): 8 months preg­nant local moth­er shoved out of way by police. Shame!

Update (2:00pm): Large police pres­ence and get­ting more hos­tile. Come sup­port the comm­ni­ty

Update (1:00pm): Police try­ing to push trucks through the block­ade again

Update (1:00pm): Trucks brought to a halt for the moment. Police dis­cussing what to do. Come on down!

Update (10:30am): One per­son arrest­ed at com­mu­ni­ty frack­ing block­ade in Bal­combe. Come and sup­port the com­mu­ni­ty in the fight against frack­ing.

Update (10:15am): Trucks back­ing up in vil­lage. Wait­ing to try and break the block­ade. Come down now!

Update (10:00am): Police try­ing to escort truck through com­mu­ni­ty frack­ing block­ade. Come sup­port the com­mu­ni­ty fight­ing frack­ing in Sus­sex!

Update (9:55am): Police mass­ing to try to break through the com­mu­ni­ty block­ade. Come down if you can!

Update (9:40am): Trucks expect­ed to start arriv­ing soon. Come on down!

Update (8:00am): No trucks so far. Come down and sup­port the com­mu­ni­ty in the fight against frack­ing!

Update (7:00pm): Police begin arriv­ing for day. 30 peo­ple stayed at the camp overnight. Comes down and sup­port the com­mu­ni­ty.