Pedestrian Unfriendly Walthamstow Central
As I said earlier, last night I went to Walthamstow Central.
From the station I needed to go towards Walthamstow Village.
To cross the road there must have taken me nearly ten minutes, as first I had to cross from the station over Selborne Road. This is not easy if you don’t know the light phasing, especially as a lot of those turning off Hoe Street into Selborne Road, seem to do it at full speed and even if the lights are red.
Once over Selborne Road, I needed to cross Hoe Street, which is a double crossing with two sets of lights and a wait in the middle. To make matters worse a bus blocked the first time I had a green light, so it actually took me three goes.
I hope it’s easier if you use the junction regularly, as you may get used to the phasing. To get where I want it may actually be easier to go to Wood Street station and walk down the hill.
Everything Everywhere
Mickey Clarke is one of the presenters of the BBC’s early morning business program, Wake Up To Money.
He remarked that he’d never heard of the mobile phone company, Everything Everywhere.
I hadn’t until a few weeks ago, noticed them either.
It does seem that they haven’t done much to successfully raise brand awareness.
Are The Edinburgh Trams About To Do a U-Turn?
I thought it was difficult because of their size for trams to do a U-turn. But apparently not in Edinburgh!
I think it’s a toss-up about which opens first; the Edinburgh Tram or Crossrail in London.
Are The Welsh Preparing to Invade?
Dai Greene yesterday won the 400 metres hurdles in Daegu.
With a name like Dai, he has to be Welsh and of course is.
So when the his event takes place at Stratford over the 3rd to the 6th of August next year, will there be a shortage of leeks and daffodils in London?
The big question is where are they going to park the dragon? The problem is that East London and the Olympic Park in particular, has lots of rivers, canals and water in general. So will this put the fire out? Or do dragons have waterproof fire?
The Anonymous Widower 