A Rack For Le Creuset Dishes
I have a selection of smaller Le Creuset dishes; in both 1.1 an 0.6 litre sizes.
They have a problem in that they don’t stack well. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, one pole fell onto one of the 1.1 litre dishes and reduced it to several smaller pieces.
I then found this Variera pot lid organiser in IKEA at just £5. Which is less than a replacement dish!
It certainly did the job, even if they are not pot lids.
Before Crossrail 2 – Walthamstow Wetlands
The Walthamstow Wetlands have nothing really to do with Crosrail 2, but like Meridian Water they will have connections and interactions with the railway.
So how will the wetlands interact with Crossrail 2?
This image, which I clipped from this page, shows the layout of the wetlands.
Map Of Walthamstow Wetlands
And this is a Google Map of the same area.
Google Map Of Walthamstow Wetlands
There are plans for entrances at Blackhorse Lane by Blackhorse Road station and at Coppermill Lane, just below the pair of Warwick reservoirs at the bottom left of the Google Map. The West Anglia Main Line runs between the reservoirs and Crossrail 2 will probably emerge from its tunnels between these reservoirs and Tottenham Hale station.
I also suspect that some means to get into the wetlands will be provided at Tottenham Hale station, That will probably be walking and bicycle routes,perhaps coupled with a shuttle bus. I do wonder whether the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, which borders the wetlands and passes just to the south of Tottenham Hale station might be brought into the mix. Nothing within the limits of sensible engineering should be ruled out.
After all Waltham Forest Council has obtained £4.4million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and that is a lot of reasons to think, that everybody wants the unique project of the Walthamstow Wetlands to be extremely successful.
Big projects work best from co-operation and not annoying the locals. Crossrail showed with the East-West line that they are masters at pulling it all together and used archaeology to get the locals enthused with the project, I suspect that they will use every opportunity to get the general public and politicians behind Crossrail 2.
I think that we will see Crossrail 2, Meridian Water and the Walthamstow Wetlands working together to develop the Lee Valley into London’s lung.
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Whitechapel Station – 24th July 2015
I did think about calling this post either Fun With Meccano or Wetchapel Station – 24th July 2015.
The pictures show upright steel beams pointing slightly outwards fixed to the top of the main cross-beams. Are these going to be part of the supports shown in this image from the Whitechapel station page on the Crossrail web site?
Whitechapel Station Walkway
The image taken from the same page of Crossrail’s web site, shows a cross-section through the Overground station.
Whitechapel Overground Station Cross Section
Note that there seems to be two further walkways at the top of the station.
A third image is worth looking at, as it shows the walkway from the Overground platforms.
Overground Platforms At Whitechapel Station
You can pick out, quite a few features, like the cross beams, that you can see in reality in the station.
As the Overground station at Whitechapel is closed all weekend, it will be interesting to return on Monday to see what other pieces have been added to the three-dimensional jigsaw, whilst the passengers are safely out of the way.
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