CrossRail’s Living Walls
CrossRail has been using ivy to hide their digging sites in Central London.
This protographs were taken at Finsbury Circus.
There’s more here on the CrossRail web site.
Is Two Australian Dollars A Day Too Much?
Gina “Who Ate All The Pies?” Reinhart thinks so according to this report in the LA Times.
Obviously, you have to compete, but there are other ways to do it.
CrossRail faced with Europe’s largest project and one of the biggest tunnelling projects ever, decided that it was better to use bigger machines and upskill the workforce. They even created TUCA, which I have called, London’s University of Hole Digging.
The unloved Reinhart, doesn’t seem to believe in the principle that what goes around comes around. There are endless examples, where investment has repaid itself many times, by just being sensible with it. Some of the transport links for the Olympics have allowed youngsters to travel to get their first good job.
I take it, she would feel that we should recreate the East End sweatshops, so that we can employ them at the equivalent of two Australian dollars a day.
Is This The Best Microwaveable Gluten-Free Sunday Lunch?
I wasn’t feeling too well this morning, as I probably got too hot in the sun at the Paralympics yesterday. It seemed to make my hand and arm go rather cold. So I picked up one of Marks & Spencer, roast pork loin with apple & cider sauce dinners from their Fuller Longer range, as I didn’t want the hassle of cooking properly.
Roast Pork Loin With Apple & Cider Sauce
It really is rather a nice meal for something that you just put in a microwave. I wonder whether when John Randall and Harry Boot, invented the cavity magnetron in 1940 at the University of Birmingham, ever visualised, nearly everybody having one in their homes.
Cyclehoops
I hadn’t heard of Cyclehoop until I saw a piece about how they have got a large export order from Vancouver, on the strength of their presence at the Olympics.
I like them, as hopefully, they’ll tidy up bikes on the streets and we’ll get less clutter that I’ll walk into. Admittedly, I do it less now, as my eyesight may not be perfect, but I’ve learned how to use it properly.
One thing I like about the design is that they are compact and can be very bright, so they aren’t among that large class of street furniture you trip over.
I’ll be looking out for some in use.
On another matter, their web site is very professional.
They also fulfil my theory, that there are many ways to redesign what we already have.
Looking at the gallery on the web site, you see too that it’s not a one-product company. They’re more a solutions company, that you go to when you want to park any number of bikes, from one to several thousands.
Bicycles On The Emirates Air-Line
Although, they say it’s possible on the web site, but I’d never seen bicycles being carried across on the cable-car before today.
As you can see, the seats tip up and the bikes are strapped in by the attendant.
I was in the gondola behind and there was no hold-up at all.
CrossRail On Open House
Whilst finding out about the archaeology, I also found that some CrossRail sites are to be thrown open to the public on the Open House Weekend. Here’s their summary.
On Saturday, 22 and Sunday, 23 September, we will ‘open the doors’ of the Bond Street station work sites, the Canary Wharf station work site and the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) to the public as part of the Open House London weekend.
TUCA is an interesting one, as it is a legacy of CrossRail and is effectively a European University of Tunnelling. I have talked about it before.
CrossRail’s Archaeology Exhibition Is Back By Popular Demand
I saw CrossRail’s pop-up archaeology exhibition; Bison to Bedlam, a few month’s ago and it was one of the most interesting exhibitions I’ve ever seen. Especially, as it was put together at short notice.
They have now decided to bring it back by popular demand. Here’s an extract from their press release.
The exhibition will be held at the Crossrail Visitors Information Centre at Tottenham Court Road from 2 October to 27 October on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11am to 7pm and Saturdays from 10am to 5pm. Crossrail’s Tottenham Court Road Visitor Information Centre is located at 16-18 St Giles High Street, WC2H 8LN.
It will be worth going again.
I suspect this exhibition could run and run.
Murder Ball At The Paralympics
I went to the Paralympics yesterday, as a friend had two tickets for the wheelchair rugby. Murderball is the film that gives the nickname to the sport.
It was a good spectacle and Great Britain beat Belgium in the match we watched.
An Insult To Ipswich and Suffolk
The Tour of Britain cycle race starts this morning in Ipswich. The BBC radio traffic reports placed Ipswich in Norfolk.
They did correct it later. Or in fact, they didn’t repeat it again.
But yet again Suffolk is treated badly by the media. As it is by government, where more funding always goes to North Anglia.
French Tragedy
The French seem to be making a wonderful mess of the murders at Annecy. In The Times yesterday, they showed that the murder site was now covered in cows.
But it would appear that every theory and all the evidence has been freely distributed to the media, by the so-called police.
Yet again, the French police are living up to their reputation as some of the worst investigators in the world.
It does seem that this case is following all of the pattern of previous cases of British people murdered in France.
It would also seem that if you wanted to murder someone, France is the best place to do it, as you’ll never be found out.
Let’s hope that Scotland Yard can sort this one out and give the French the evidence.
The Anonymous Widower 