As if gail-force winds, fallen trees and cancelled trains weren’t enough, brave pedestrians had to conquer the obstacle course presented to them on London’s Old Street – in the form of a multi-coloured ball of beach terror.
The 10m wide ball came loose from a building near Old Street station, where it had been bound to symbolise the CO2 emissions a new £200million development would cut back on.
However the brightly coloured, inflatable spheroid was clearly not content on being ‘arm candy’, and proceeded to break free in the strong winds, causing chaos on the Old Street roundabout.
Various commuters captured the rogue ball on camera, alerting authorities to the reign of bouncy terror being caused.
Eventually Islington Council dispatched a team of (highly trained) beach ball-bursters, to end the hazardous ball’s short life.
After a short struggle, the beach ball was captured and deflated, ending the weirdest story of commuter obstacles to date.