13 December (Part 1) - Crap in Abbey Wood
The flood picture must have been taken quite early yesterday afternoon
because it was dark by the time I had to drive along Harrow Manorway just before
5 p.m. There was an unexplained queue of traffic from the flyover onwards and
only when I arrived at the Yarnton Way roundabout did the flood become apparent
and by that time it was deeper with no possibility of turning back.
One carriageway was blocked by an abandoned car with water lapping its doors and
half way up its wheels. Fortunately electric cars are well waterproofed so I
went through it at pretty much the normal speed - for a roundabout - and spent the evening planning a blog on
Councils which don’t sweep leaves from gullies.
The road was totally blocked when I returned at 11:30 - no forewarning obviously - and after detouring through
Belvedere, Facebook told me the flood was most likely caused by a blocked sewer.
The road is reported to have re-opened at around
7 a.m. this morning.
Bexley Councilְ’s neglect may not have caused the flood but it certainly causes bin contamination.
The sofa and bed are now blocking access to the plastics and tins bin so the
paper bin which had contained a great deal of recyclable cardboard,
much of it mine, is now contaminated with plastic. The paper bin has not had a
lockable lid for the past four years and at almost every meeting Bexley
Councillors whinge about residents who are irresponsible rubbish dumpers.