1) As of yesterday the 205 bus goes to Marble Arch rather than Paddington. This means you can now get a bus to the end of Oxford Street from both sides of Bow Church. Route 205 starts from Bus Stop J and goes to the western end, and route 8 starts from Bus Stop M and goes to the eastern end.
2) The launderette on Bow Road has closed for refurbishment. A sign in the window reassures customers "we will be reopen soon".
3) It was Bow Arts Open Studios yesterday, and indeed the night before. I poked round some art, dropped by the Makers Market and listened to the band play. You can do none of these things until next June. However you can still book tickets for a Subversive Sandwich Workshop on 10th July.
4) In a Bow Roundabout update, the new contraflow lane under the roundabout still isn't open even though all other roadworks were completed three months ago. If this changes I'll be sure to let you know.
5) A customer incident closed Bow Church station yesterday morning. Judging by the presence of police vehicles, the TfL Emergency Response Unit and a private ambulance I fear it was a most unfortunate incident. Trains later passed through without stopping before the station reopened.
6) From 21st July DLR services at Bow Church station will be reduced due to the retirement of aged rolling stock. Off-peak frequencies will drop from every 5 minutes to every 6½ minutes, grrr, and peak trains to Lewisham will no longer run.
7) The magnetic letters on my freezer door are currently H, K and X.
8) The regeneration of Stroudley Walk has become increasingly more intrusive as the worksite has expanded to leave a ridiculously thin walkway in front of the existing shopping parade. It'll be a big improvement when the 274 new homes are finally finished, but I fear some of the shops may have gone bust by then.
9) Bow Wharf, the commercial cluster at the western end of the Hertford Canal, is to be mostly demolished and replaced by 66 homes. Of the existing businesses only the distillery building will remain. The Canal and River Trust own the site and as a charity need money, hence the inevitable shift to housing.
10) The horse chestnut tree outside Bow Road station is bursting with conkers so it must be nearly autumn.
