London 2018
I saw this sticker at the ViewTube.
London 2018
London 2018 refers to the city’s bid to host the Gay Games in 2018.
To The View Tube For Lunch With Culture
After Pudding Mill Lane it was just a short walk to the top of the Northern Outfall Sewer and the ViewTube.
I went primarily to have a look at the photo exhibition there called What The Gamesmakers Did Next.
What The Gamesmakers Did Next
It was worth seeing and afterwards I decided to have a coffee or a soft drink. In the end, I had this delicious scrambled egg, smoked salmon and salad with some gluten-free bread.
A Delicious Lunch At The ViewTube
It was well worth the trip to this end of the Olympic Park.
My only complaint is that the fact that they can handle gluten-free food is not on this sign.
Delicious Things This Way
But that’s minor and only affects me!
I also find it sad, that there is no notices up, which say you are standing on top of Joseph Bazellete’s great creation that still moves North London’s sewage to Beckton. But then the only smell at this time of year is that of the wild flowers. We should be proud of our engineering heritage!
If you feel you need a walk, this is also a good point to start a walk, across the Olympic Park towards Hackney Wick and Victoria Park.
I also heard on my visit to the View Tube, that when the Olympic Park is fully developed, it will be linked by a pathway to the park.
Pudding Mill Lane Station – 17th July 2013
From Stratford I moved on to the area around Pudding Mill Lane station to see progress on both the new station and Crossrail.
The pictures show that things are moving on quite well.
Note.
1. According to this entry in Wikipedia, the new station should be finished in 2013.
2. The current station will have to be demolished to allow work to proceed on Crossrail.
3. There is no sign of the tunnelling machines at Pudding Mill Lane, which will drive from there to Stepney Green.
Wandering Around Stratford
This morning I went to Stratford and had a look round to see if anything was open yet at the Olympic Park!
There was a lot of activity, but opening is a few days off yet!
i didn’t find any new restaurants that can do gluten-free, although I did find a Holiday Inn, which would be in an ideal place to stay, if you got a good deal.
The bridge mentioned in the captions to the pictures is the one that links Stratford station to Eastfield and the Olympic Park.
De Beauvoir Town’s Cycle Superhighway
De Beauvoir Town is flat and good cycling terrain. I took these pictures this morning in Lawford Road.
I must get back on my bike, as it’s an easy way to get around and we have a couple of roads like this with little vehicular traffic, as they are blocked by iron posts, which are just visible in some of the pictures.
In some ways because the roads are wide and parked cars aren’t a problem, they can use this approach of putting the cyclists down the middle of the road.
Wouldn’t it have been nice if all of London had been built with wide streets like this part of Hackney.
How To Build A Fake House
They were putting this up as I walked past this morning.
I went back last night to take a few more pictures and spoke to the contractor. He told me, it will look like the surrounding houses when it’s finished and that Hackney Council were very co-operative.
We don’t have too many eye-sores around here, but I’ve seen places in London and other cities, where a house in say a terrace is well past its renovate-by-date and surely this technique might be a much more affordable way to create a new house.
It will be interesting to see what it looks like when it’s finished.
The Future Of Cash Machines
This article raises a few questions about cash machines and how they will look in the future.
I don’t have a problem with the machines themselves, but increasingly over the last few years, I’ve had problems with the placement of a few machines, due to being unable to read them in the sun. And it’s not just cash machines, as this post shows.
I also have problems with some touch-screen technology.
And of course, if they insists on a smart phone in some way, they can forget it!
As they can, if I get charged to take out my money!
I think we’ll see the standard design last a few more years yet!
My House Is Hot Today
When I left this house about eleven, I deliberately left the curtains open and the air-conditioning off.
As you can see the sun was also pouring in through the skylight, but the temperature on my return was over thirty degrees. After about an hour the air-coditions has got it down to 27. But it’s still hot!
i do think though, that the skylight is one of the major causes of the overheating. But no-one can make a blind to keep the sun out.
Crossrail Again Shows How To Be A Good Neighbour
Let’s face it, Crossrail is a large project and in some ways it’s as disruptive as letting several herds of elephants roam Central London unchecked.
I myself don’t get much aggro, except as I indicated here to the various bus routes I sometimes use.
This story though, shows how they are minimising bad publicity, by doing positive things in the community. How many of the kids talked to in this story, will get a better University place or job, because of the experience?
PR often gets a bad press, but used properly it can bring positive benefits to everyone.
Is This Bad News For Cancer?
This report from the Independent headlined, Exclusive: Cancer – A cure just got closer thanks to a tiny British company – and the result could change lives of millions, was flagged up on BBC Radio 5 this morning and is a fascinating read.
It seems that researchers may have found a way to get the body’s T-cells to attack the cancer cells.
I think everything in the report sounds feasible and the company in Oxford; Immunocore, have now got masses of backing from two of the largest pharmaceutical companies. So money for the research won’t be a problem.
In some ways, this research all fits with my belief that if you have a healthy immune system, you are less likely to get cancer. Hence my gluten-free diet and abhorrence of smoking.
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