Mundane News

[deptfordmarmoset]

My bus changed its mind about taking me home and terminated early. It stopped directly opposite my favourite pub. This only adds to the delay in getting home

 

[Dec66]

Constant drones from the West Wickham Air Defence Association will soon make the noise from helicopters almost unnoticeable....

Presumably you mean "drones" as in "droning on"? Because the denizens of WW would be incapable of anything more dexterous than twitching their curtains.

 

[Dec66]

Are they low flying?
If so, I might be able to help with some surface to air defenses.

Not particularly, and I can't say I've noticed any particular increase in air traffic.

I just think they have nothing else to moan about now that the potholes are finally being filled up.

 

[classic33]

Not particularly, and I can't say I've noticed any particular increase in air traffic.

I just think they have nothing else to moan about now that the potholes are finally being filled up.

Surface to surface, give them "something" to moan about.
Or air to ground, for the next time you fly over?

 

[classic33]

My bus changed its mind about taking me home and terminated early. It stopped directly opposite my favourite pub. This only adds to the delay in getting home

There's a bus that knows what its passengers really want.

 

[Reynard]

A load of tired-looking veggies (pepper, courgette, sprouting broccoli, mushrooms and spinach) added to the pasta sauce.

Triffids watered, and more tomatoes picked.

Now sat down with a

 

[Dec66]

There's a bus that knows what its passengers really want.

Ha! Speaking of buses... that IS another thing the WWRA are moaning about...

TfL are looking to introduce a number of limited stop services that will link up with each other and loop the London suburbs, an M25 of buses if you will... they are calling this initiative the Superloop, the services are all prefixed "SL", and there's one planned to run between Bromley and Croydon called the SL5.

The planned route bypasses West Wickham, in order to avoid congesting the already congested West Wickham High Street still further, thus avoiding delays to the service. The nearest stop to WW is at the bottom end of Monks Orchard Road, just into Shirley, maybe a five minute walk from the bottom end of WW High Street.

The WWRA aren't happy, because the High Street has been bypassed. The thing is, though, if it DID run through West Wickham they'd moan about the added congestion, too, as well as the possibility of it being used to bring undesirables in from Croydon.

Ironically, most of the people here don't use the sodding buses anyway.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Ha! Speaking of buses... that IS another thing the WWRA are moaning about...

TfL are looking to introduce a number of limited stop services that will link up with each other and loop the London suburbs, an M25 of buses if you will... they are calling this initiative the Superloop, the services are all prefixed "SL", and there's one planned to run between Bromley and Croydon called the SL5.

The planned route bypasses West Wickham, in order to avoid congesting the already congested West Wickham High Street still further, this avoiding delays to the service. The nearest stop to WW is at the bottom end of Monks Orchard Road, just into Shirley, maybe a five minute walk from the bottom end of WW High Street.

The WWRA aren't happy, because the High Street has been bypassed. The thing is, though, if it DID run through West Wickham they'd moan about the added congestion, too, as well as the possibility of it being used to bring undesirables in from Croydon.

Ironically, most of the people here don't use the sodding buses anyway.

If the local authority would restrict through traffic on the high street to buses, that would reduce congestion, make the buses more punctual and faster, and on top of all that, give the WWRA something to moan about for about a decade.

 

[Magpies]

What a week! Cycled for miles over the Fens (not as humid as in Singapore, although nearly as hot) from On-Fri. Then off to the Lakes for a climb over the weekend. Started the Fairfield Horseshoe yesterday - up to Great Rigg from the Nab Scar end - but then ominous thundery clouds with lightning flashes started to gather quickly. Not very appealing to be caught on the Fairfield ridge approach, sticking out like a lightning rod! Bailed out, just in time, and got totally soaking wet in some of the heaviest rain showers I've ever encountered in the fells. But the steepest part of the descent was fortunately completed just before the heavens opened.

 

[Dec66]

If the local authority would restrict through traffic on the high street to buses, that would reduce congestion, make the buses more punctual and faster, and on top of all that, give the WWRA something to moan about for about a decade.

It's part of the London Borough of Bromley, where the car is king, cyclists and young people are a nuisance, and it's still pre-1965 and they're part of Kent.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's part of the London Borough of Bromley, where the car is king, cyclists and young people are a nuisance, and it's still pre-1965 and they're part of Kent.

There's Men of Kent, Kentish Men, and - nearby - a Bunch of Kents.

 

[Illaveago]

Here is one of the exotic wildlifes I've managed to capture with my new lens. The gull was perched on our chimney.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Popped into Waitrose at lunchtime, like most at that time of day in a rush. with a Lidl insulated bag to put the stuff in. Thought the bill was high and now have noted 4 x 60p bags on the end of it. Something to sort out next time.

Happened to me too at the Waitrose self checkout. Went to customer services who said it's not uncommon, some sort of screen glitch.

 

[classic33]

Ha! Speaking of buses... that IS another thing the WWRA are moaning about...

TfL are looking to introduce a number of limited stop services that will link up with each other and loop the London suburbs, an M25 of buses if you will... they are calling this initiative the Superloop, the services are all prefixed "SL", and there's one planned to run between Bromley and Croydon called the SL5.

The planned route bypasses West Wickham, in order to avoid congesting the already congested West Wickham High Street still further, thus avoiding delays to the service. The nearest stop to WW is at the bottom end of Monks Orchard Road, just into Shirley, maybe a five minute walk from the bottom end of WW High Street.

The WWRA aren't happy, because the High Street has been bypassed. The thing is, though, if it DID run through West Wickham they'd moan about the added congestion, too, as well as the possibility of it being used to bring undesirables in from Croydon.

Ironically, most of the people here don't use the sodding buses anyway.

If the buses don't use that road it may just fall further down the list of priority roads for repairing. Then they may have potholes to compain about.

Then again, if they didn't miss it they'd be blocking access by car.

 

[Gwylan]

Ground-to-Air missiles? 🤔

Available on eBay if you know the right bit. Actually you only need one near miss to put the Willie's up them