On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:04:42 +0000, Spider wrote:

On 13/03/2014 11:55, charles wrote:
In article , Andrew Gabriel
wrote:

Was listening to an ex-burglar saying trellis along the top makes it
much harder, because it will break one way or another, and the noise
attracts attention, which is what they don't like.

when we got burgled some years ago, the noise of breaking glass and
splintering woodwork was considered by our nextdoor neighbour to be
caused by me cutting down a tree. This despite the facts that a) it
was during office hours and b) she was our local Neighbourhood Watch
co-ordinator.





That's appalling! I'm a neighbourhood watch coordinator and I would
never sit through that sort of noise without checking it out. Mind you,
we have just been given an award by the Met Police so we're obviously
doing something right. Neighbourhood Watch is about rather more than
putting up a sticker and snuggling back down into complacency.

I climbed over my own fence yesterday to reach an area that was blocked
by a boat and trailer. I felt it was very dangerous and if it broke or I
slipped I would have been injured. Here's my fence:
http://i50.tinypic.com/10deic2.jpg

Two of my neighbours have given me CCTV cameras so I can watch for
thieves and vandals. I think I have caught every one of them.