Many londoners know of a fabulous and fruitful fig tree growing on the banks of the thames where chelsea bridge meets the embankment each summer its huge crops are joyfully plundered either by flocks of parakeets high up in the tree or cheeky human scrumpers lower down where it can be reached either way it produces huge crops of figs every year so well known is this specific tree it even featured as the main hideout in william boyds novel ordinary thunderstorms r fruit grower will s