Yes I have got my keys. I'll check the post on my way home. That's a biting wind. It's not especially busy out. How can two people take up such width of pavement? Come on lights, change. Yes, that newspaper thanks, I've brought the right coins. She looks really pissed off the station's closed this weekend. Catching the replacement bus would have been fractionally quicker than walking. Damn, just missed one. They don't normally tie off the adjacent platform quite as prettily as that.
🚆 I'll read the smaller bits of the newspaper first. Come on wifi, kick in. And again. And again. And again.
🚆 Now for the magazine. That's a very clever cartoon today.
They show no sign of finishing the rebuilding here. Could the four of you walk any slower? Oh, there are no bus stops along here. That shop window scared the willies out of me. I'm not sensing Christmas properly here yet. The sun is really weak today.
🚌 Yay, front seat. I'm not sure why there are 3-way traffic lights here because the coned off area is empty. The traffic the other way looks really bad. Sigh, I'm here again, but getting off by the bridge will be new.
I bet that McDonalds used to be a pub. These offices will make way for a lot of flats. So, this is where people with cars and houses go at the weekend. I'm sure security won't mind me taking photos. Nice elephants. I used to drive a forklift truck once. Some big planes fly out of Heathrow these days.
You cannot simply walk one lane at a time across a dual carriageway and expect the traffic to stop for you, you pair of selfish idiots, except obviously this is what you're doing, which I fear only goes to show that being a greedy arrogant egomaniac generally brings success in our modern society... except ha, the bus driver didn't wait for you, so there is some karma after all.
🚌 Some days a bus lane is really, really welcome. The river's surprisingly low given how much rain we've been having. I don't remember that micropub being here last month. Put some headphones on will you? It's always further down here than I think. Of course everybody's getting off at the station.
I need to top up my Oyster. Sorry I am not using the gents if it costs. I think I'll wait for the next train, it's got to be emptier. Good, it is.
🚆 No, you push aboard first. I'm going to sit next to you, though, for the two seconds before you go and sit somewhere else. Let's see how long the main body of the newspaper lasts. Were the knees ripped before you bought those trousers? Movember is not going well for you, sir. Oh thank goodness they've finished my quiz at last, let me post the answers. Daylight again... but the sun's gone in now, typical.
I don't think I've ever used this tube station before, which when you're me is quite something. It's looking good. It has quite the range of shops too. That's right, you throw your Greggs wrapper out of the car window. I love the typeface on the launderette. I should have crossed the road back at the pelican. And here we are, near enough. Oh thank goodness, there really is a footpath even though it doesn't appear on the map. That apple tree is loaded. You can tell from the oddly coloured 'mud' that it's a bridleway. I'm glad I wore my boots. My afternoon will be a lot better once I've paused behind this tree for twenty seconds.
Well this is unexpectedly pleasant, and hardly very Londony at all. As parks go, it's cracking. Autumn is doing its best yellows and oranges at the moment. Ah, spoke too soon, here's the edge of the new housing estate they're building. They should have used a lot more bark mulch on this temporary path. Blimey, this place has utterly changed since I was last here, and not in a good way. I'll skip the sales and marketing suite thanks. Of course it gets busier near the car park. So many dogs, and couples, and families, are out for a bit of exercise. I should come back when the weather's better.
Damn, that's the bus I wanted.
🚌 Thanks for waiting. No I didn't see the bus stop. If I open this thermos of tea I've brought with me, does it make me look borderline late-middle-aged? I miss that museum. Yes I know I could have caught the tube back there, but this is cheaper.
🚌 And no, I wouldn't have needed this second bus either. Central London looks fabulous from the top edge of the park. I should have the sudoku completed imminently. Those are cheap-looking Christmas lights hanging above the high street. Blimey, you really can't see the street from down here. Damn, got off one stop early.
🚆 Now how quickly can I get home? I don't want to go into central London if I can avoid it.
🚆 A quick shuffle should do it.
🚆 Dammit, I should have checked the engineering works more carefully.
🚆 I can't get home direct from here either.
🚆 And this train isn't quite going the right way.
🚆 So I need one stop on this.
🚆 Finally. I have at least finished a lot of the crossword.
How is it dark already? Nearly home. The only 'post' is some religious propaganda masquerading as a newspaper. I'm not convinced that was the best use of a Saturday. Kettle on. I shall have to write this up later.
