06/11/06
Another
day of fun at QinetiQ. We started off at the lab where the Hyperbaric
Goats are undergoing cruel tests right now.
We
were loud, and we were proud. We handed out leaflets to passers-by,
and support from motorists was great. When the police finally arrived,
they succesfully blocked the road, ensuring everyone had to slow down,
and read our banners. They took our details and left us to it.
QinetiQ were having a new sign installed today, which we were told by
the guy putting it up was "cheap as chips", yet again proving
our theory that QinetiQ care little for their Alverstoke laboratory!
Just as we were packing up to leave, an exhausting looking police officer
turned up on his bike, he had cycled all the way from Portsmouth, via
the ferry, only to find that he wasn't needed! He didn't look best pleased
as he headed off towards the ferry.
Up to the Portsdown Hill site, where the goats used to be kept.
We were here for hours, as car after car came out. Plenty of workers
took our leaflets, and more waved and stuck their thumbs up.
The daylight disappeared, but we didn't. Two megaphones meant that everyone
leaving the site knew about the campaign.
