9 April - The NoToMob returns to Bexley - click any image for photo gallery (4 images)
NoToMob
were unable to spend long in Bexley today but I thought I would try my luck at
an interception somewhere, however a bus and Shank’s Pony are no match for a
motorbike, nor a gestapo wagon come to that. I started in Bexleyheath Broadway
around 10:30 a.m. but it was clear and a short bus ride showed Welling to be
the same. I hung around there for an hour and briefly spoke to an NSL
lady putting a penalty notice on a car displaying the payment receipt face down.
Are people really that careless or do they flip over in the draught caused by
the shutting door? The parking attendant was perfectly civil to me but when I spied a
gaggle of four and took a photo from far too far away they immediately ran over and
surrounded me, saying I wasn’t allowed to take photographs of them. I said “I
am actually and if you don’t believe me call a policeman”. While one used his
phone another demanded I show him the picture. It was going to be useless at the
range I took it but I didn’t see any reason to prove it. I told them where I was
going next and walked away. I didn’t hear from them again and the very much
magnified photo is in the gallery section.
Just as I was about to get back on a bus to Welling I spotted three NoToMob
riders heading towards Welling and just managed to grab a photo as they swept
by, but when I got to Welling the cupboard was bare. I didn’t see a gestapo
wagon during the three hours I was looking. Maybe NoToMob have driven them away already.
While in Welling I looked in the library and saw it advertised “Refreshments”
but found none. One of the librarians said there had never been any refreshments
available and was surprised to hear the sign outside indicated otherwise. While
back in Bexleyheath I looked in the Central Library because that advertised
“Refreshments” too but there was only a chocolate bar dispensing machine. Should
I find it odd that one centre of learning encourages me to eat chocolate and
another, Bedonwell School,
confiscates chocolate buttons from four year olds? Probably not; one represents
an opportunity for Bexley council to extract money from the public and the other
represents an opportunity to show who is boss.
Yesterday I took a phone call from someone who asked why some words appear in red on the
blog. It’s simple enough. Your web browser displays text in red if the words are set to
do something when clicked on. Most of the time clicking on the red will take you to
another part of the site which has more information on the subject matter
highlighted. Sometimes a click will take you to another website. You may also get
a little pop-up explanation to tell you exactly what will happen.
Abbreviations may provide a pop-up explanation too.
Just hover your mouse pointer (or click) over the text.
There is no report on Carole’s trip to school on the B11 bus this week because
nothing much has happened, one slightly too fussy bus driver and no contacts
with officialdom. As the Easter holidays have started I have taken the
opportunity to turn off my alarm clock.