A man who was forced out of his home of 45 years in a 'no fault eviction' missed it so much he has returned to live in a tent outside. Gary Lambert, 63, was booted out of his three-bed ex-council house in Bristol that he had lived in since 1978 earlier this month by bailiffs.
The forklift operator was offered an emergency solution, but said the homeless accommodation was drug-infested and left him on the brink of depression. So four days after being made to leave his long-standing home in Stockwood, he has returned to his former community - and set up camp on the lawn in front of the house.
Gary has now been living in the one-man tent outside his old home for nearly three weeks – cooking meals on a gas stove and having cups of tea brought to him by his neighbours. He claims no one from the council has spoken to him since he left the shelter, despite him having a series of pre-existing health conditions like diabetes and COPD.
