25 February - If at first you don’t succeed… - click any image for photo gallery (3 images)
As
I left home at 7.30 this morning the thought crossed my mind that I should take
my camera with me every time I go out which turned out to be somewhat
prophetic because as I approached Fossington Road I spotted a van parked
across the cycle path and a man up a ladder. As I passed I guessed he might be
swapping the cycling signs which as I reported on
17 November last year, several were
mirror images of what they should have been. By the time I returned ten minutes
later the van had moved on to change the sign opposite Lesnes Abbey but as I
got close it drove off to the sign by the junction with Carrill Way. You can see
the sign there removed prior to replacement with a new one because I ran home to grab my camera.
Given the narrowness of the road, thanks to the idiocy of Conservative
councillor Craske, the man had little option but to park on the pavement while
he carried out council orders. If only Bexley council were competent and things
got done right the first time we would all be a bit richer. And if only the
numbskull Craske had not authorised Andrew Bashford’s flawed
case for narrowing the road without engaging what little brain power he
possesses, the council might not have to raise £1m. of extra taxes because it claims
to have lost out over government Freedom Pass funding.
For the record, on my minimum of two trips a day along this footpath, I have
so far this month not seen a cyclist. Councillor
Davey said the same.
See how the signs were before today.