The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
18 June (Part 2) - Crossrail speeding up
Having
heard that the layout of the track west of Eynsham Drive was more interesting
than I could see from there I ventured deep into darkest Plumstead and stood on
the ramshackle foot bridge at the end of Church Manorway (not to be confused
with its namesake in Erith).
The dilapidated bridge is obviously going to be replaced by a wheelchair
accessible concrete structure. The track layout provided no surprises. It would
appear that from just a little east of that footbridge the London bound North Kent
line will resume its original alignment and the extra tracks will from that point to
the tunnel portal be laid on the northerly (Abbey Wood bound) side. Certainly what
can be seen of the new footbridge would suggest as much.
Trains on the new track were belting through at a fair old lick and sure enough
a trip down to the Bostall Manorway footbridge showed that the
speed limit has been raised from 20 m.p.h. to 50.