Holland Walk, Holland Park, 6th June 2006

Trapped in the leaf-softened branches it lived a fair while, but once deflated after a few days it just looked like it had been intentionally placed there, gibbet-esque, as a warning to other balloons: "stay in the hand, for you'll live longer there than in the wild".

Not that they can see or think. I didn't want to slide into pathetic fallacy but I've done it there. Hey ho.