The longest resistance to eviction for over ten years in Bristol enters its 29th day today. Telepathic Heights opposite the former Jesters Comedy Club has been held by one man despite seven eviction attempts by police and bailiffs. Cheesy - the lone squatter- wants to buy the property and has been in contact with the landlord although the Council has issued a compulsory purchase order on the building.
Today I visited Telepathic heights on Cheltenham Road opposite the former Jesters Comedy Club. This is the bizarrely decorated building covered in graffiti one of which the Evening Post last week described as a giant green rodent. After walking the plank to gain access I went up on to the roof to talk to Cheesy who has now been resisting eviction for 29 days - which is something of a record in recent squatting history. He said that the police had tried to arrest him six times on charges connected with a similar protest in London. Each time the attempts to evict him have failed although the final time resulted in serious injury to his tongue, which has fortunately healed up well. Finally the bailiffs from the county court did manage to gain entry to the building while he was out. However he was able to get back inside the house the same day and has remained there ever since.

Despite all this trauma he remains in good spirits and is determined to hold on to the property which he wants to buy from the landlord. He said that a figure of £200,000 had been agreed on and he was confident he could raise the money from wellwishers. The Council have meanwhile issued a compulsory purchase order on the premises which have lain unused for years. Cheesy says that he thinks the police have given up on trying to arrest him but he remains alert at his look out post perched high above the bus stop below him on Cheltenham Road.

Cheesy welcomes all supporters to come and see him at Telepathic Heights. Be warned the house is well named and the roof is very high off the ground!