25 September - Unwise to park in Abbey Wood and unwise parking in Abbey Wood
I
was invited to an event in Abbey Wood today at which it was said the Mayor’s
chauffeur Paul Holloway was due to reminisce about his 40 years in the job but
was unsure whether or not to go incase I had at some time made a comment about
him that I should not have done. However I decided to hide away at the back and
was glad I did because as a speaker and entertainer Paul was nothing short of excellent.
I knew that Mayor Sue Gower MBE is
brilliant at everything she does but it seems
that Paul in his own way is just the same. I might query a Gold Standard
Advanced Driver referring to pulling into the slow lane but more seriously he is a very good speaker.
Maybe a job awaits Paul in the Labour Party as a speech writer; clearly they have no one as capable as him.
If Sue and Paul came to Abbey Wood in the Mayoral limousine I do hope that it was there when they returned to it.
I was a little late to the meeting because
yesterday’s commuter returned to the
same spot and I had to guide a tradesman’s vehicle through the narrow gap and ended
up speaking to him for quite some time.
Parking in front of a dropped kerb is an offence and parking more that 50
centimetres from the kerb is another offence but according to Bexley Council if you break both
rules at the same time it is not an offence.
Thank you to the readers who offered their ideas for retribution.
Note: Paul said that the Mace and Chain are insured for a
combined £300,000. Sue said she doesn’t always look good in photographs but I am
not sure I believe her so I only took the one. Looks OK to me but maybe not as
sharp as I would like. Damned mobiles on digital zoom!
N.B. Paul has not previously been mentioned by name on Bonkers.
Tradesman on my drive (Photo 4) because his client’s is inaccessible.
Photographed 25th September 2024.