14 August - It was bound to happen sooner or later
I
was obviously delusional when I thought it might be possible to keep Bonkers
going whilst a four year old was running around the house, but it was one long
round of swings and roundabouts and feeding the ducks and then trying to find
something she would condescend to eat. It would appear that the days of dripping
on toast for the main course and sugar sandwiches for afters, like it or go hungry,
have long gone. Now it’s all pizza and paté and woe betide you if it’s the wrong flavour.
I wasn’t too enamoured of her father’s choice of tee shirt either. Click for the bigger view.
The only report I found time to follow up was the one about the Harrow Manorway
flyover being an accident waiting to happen. I’ve seen it myself so a report
saying that people are running across the road as a shortcut to the station and
bus stops now that the central barrier has been removed did not come as a
surprise. Someone’s going to cause an accident was the prediction.
Pictures one and two below were taken very early yesterday morning.
By late afternoon my
reader’s prophesy had come true and a Parcel Force van had swerved off the
restricted width carriageway and severely dented the support for the canopy that
protects bus passengers from the elements. There is a picture of the damaged van on
the News Shopper’s website.
Crossrail were advised by the concerned reader of the danger created by their work
on the flyover and it was suggested a temporary barrier be kept in place to prevent
the foolhardy risking their lives but unfortunately with no favourable response.
The
plan is for the main entrance to the rebuilt station to be from Harrow Manorway and
presumably pedestrian controlled traffic lights will be installed. In fact cable trunking
went in yesterday and it looks as though that may be its purpose.
Nevertheless, it is unlikely to be as safe as the under bridge walkways to the
existing low level station entrance.