12 November (Part 1) - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Lesnes Tower Slide is open for business. Good
The
fence around the new £105,000 slide at Lesnes Abbey was
removed this morning. The nearest
fire hydrant is on Abbey Road.
Christmas comes early to Abbey Wood. Very good
I
saw my first Father Christmas in a neighbour’s window before Halloween so the
shop windows in Wilton Road are perhaps not too premature.
The decorations are a small
part of the £300,000 regeneration project and is the
idea of the project consultant Sally Williams.
However hard she tries, Sally is unlikely to be able to restore the street to its former glory. (Photo 3.)
Crossrail doesn’t care. Bad
I haven’t access to any privileged information on this one but on the face of it Crossrail is in danger
of losing its reputation as a considerate neighbour.
First
it was
the half mile detour over Harrow Manorway for anyone unable to manage stairs.
Then it was the demolition of a footbridge without opening a new one which
creates a detour in the region of a mile.
Now they have caused the closure of a church hall.
It
took four train journeys to get the pictures of the back of the church. First
the memory card was full, then a mobile digger was in the way. The third train’s
window was so filthy that the lens wouldn’t focus through it but I eventually
struck lucky with what I assume were church people on the roof taking a good
look at their future being bulldozed away.
Lesnes Abbey. The wrecking gathers pace. Ugly
While taking a look at the park this morning I saw a group of tourists with
Nikons slung around their neck none to pleased with what could be seen. Why do
Nikon owners always seem to have massive telephoto lenses? Nearly all those you
see on Bonkers are taken with a fairly extreme wide angle. But I digress.
Even more of the park has been barricaded off than at the beginning of the
month. Now the steps down from the abbey area to the Monks’ Garden are
inaccessible. However you are welcome to slide down the grass bank on the
rotting leaves which Bexley council no longer picks up.
What a Dartford recycling bin is doing by the mulberry tree (Photo 4) is anybody’s guess. Perhaps councillor Craske knows.