31 May (Part 2) - Fifteen quid is no deterrent
Bexley
Council will presumably be pleased with the take-up of the reopened Felixstowe Road car park today as it was pretty
much full at 13:30. Three vacant spaces in the far distance plus three disabled bays.
The effect of the rail strike is hard to judge; I had planned a trip to Bond Street
today but decided against it on the grounds that for me the Liz line is a
failure on one trip out of three and without it the journey back home would be a pain.
While counting parking spaces I took the possibly nerdy opportunity to count the
number of bike racks within 30 seconds walk of Abbey Wood station.
It was 347 give or take one or two. The number of parked bikes was easier to count. 37.
In Carrill Way a pavement parker had been given a Penalty Notice before 8 a.m.
but a couple of hours later someone had added a helpful note reminiscent of today’s earlier headline.
Equally
helpfully the silver Mercedes that was
shifted by yesterday's road contractor
has unwittingly started a trend towards traditional longitudinal parking and
away from the end on nonsense tolerated by The Council That Doesn’t Care.
Note: The shelter provided by the Harrow Manorway flyover
(North side) has become a refuge for
the homeless. Tent City.