On Sunday morning 15 activists arrived on the village green in Buckinghamshire to set up camp near the home of a Marsh director.
We were sent the following report…

“We arrived near to the home of one of the top four directors of Marsh UK and set up camp on Sunday morning.

As soon as the tents were up and the road was lined with banners blackening the name of the director we set of down to his house to introduce ourselves.

After banging on the door of the plush detached house we discovered he was not in so we proceeded to check the place out. His garden was huge and sported a heated swimming pool and a tennis court so covers off the pool, rackets out of the shed we were off and ready to entertain ourselves until their return.

Fliers and posters were put all over the house, the garden, in all his outhouses and all over the tennis court ensuring that he and his wife would have many hours of fun tracking them down and removing them.

As we splashed around in the pool enjoying his facilities we heard sirens wailing and saw blue lights flashing so we went to see what all the fuss was about. It was the police come to spoil the fun so we legged it before we could get a warning. The director returned home in the middle of this only to hear from his neighbors that we had been all over his property all day long!

Back to base and back to informing the locals about this animal killing collaborator. Hundreds of fliers bearing his name and number were dished out all over the town and we noticed that hundreds of stickers had been placed all over the high street.

The direcctor was home by now so we went off to see him; he came to the door and had a bit of a shock when he saw who it was! We tried to reason with him and he and his arrogant neighbors were having none of it so out came the megaphone and the air-horns and the noise began. His wife was screaming into the phone for the police to arrive as he was trying to bash people with his umbrella! Much to his shame his wife dragged him off inside as the police arrived, maybe she wanted to shut him up before he made further comments to the camcorder - “We at Marsh are happy to deal with HLS” and the like!

The carnival arrived again sirens wailing and a crowd of neighbors gathered – good stuff, the more attention the better. Off we went leafleting the neighborhood again and reminding everyone they have an abuser in their midst.

As we settled down for the night we could hear screaming, shouting, banging and sirens – perhaps the disgruntled locals had gone in to his garden in the middle of the night to give him a piece of their minds or were perhaps even driving past shouting on a megaphone?!

Next morning it was off for a dip in the pool again as we let ourselves into the garden and again took the covers off the pool out came the neighbors complaining but it was too late, we were in. It was a shame he and his wife were not but we left lots of calling cards for them!

The police arrived in a fit of laughter and asked us what we were doing “just having a dip” we told them, “don’t let us stop you” was the reply as they wandered off smirking!

Back to base we went as a load of press had arrived to cover the story – throughout the day various local and national press arrived and we took some of them off to do yet another home demo.

The police were already there so up we went to bang on the door – no answer so we felt we should let the neighbors know we were back (one kind soul kept calling the director for us to tell him of our presence). Out came the noise making equipment as we posed for the cameras on his driveway – all the while the police sat in their car and left us to it!

Next stop the garden furniture and just as we were sat on it debating whether we should move it to a more comfortable position at the bottom of the swimming pool his wife arrived home and threw a tantrum “I’ve been told to ask you to leave our property” she shrieked. “Put kettle on luv” was all she got in response as we began to interrogate her about her husbands dirty fingers in dirty pies. She ran sniveling to the police so we took the opportunity to run and dive bomb into her pool yet again as she ran into the house calling us a rent-a-mob as she went. "No we're not" we told her - "All you have to do is deal with HLS and we come for free"!!

People on the megaphone, people in the pool, people sticking posters facing inwards on the window and people letting this family know that we do not allow animal abuse went on for quite a while before we left again just in time for loads more police to arrive.

Yet another brilliant action against animal killers in their homes and another nail in the coffin of Marsh’s HLS contract. We are winning and we won’t let go – It’s going to be a long summer Marsh…”