It was the first day at school the new job today. At last. Over the weekend I was looking forward to it with a mixture of anxiety and eager anticipation. It is a bit scary going into a place where you know nobody and know nothing about how everything works, where you don't even know […]
Entries Tagged as 'Traffic'
Heavy weather
January 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Heavy weather · Life
One of the least original things to say must be to comment on how ridiculous it is that in a country which experiences winter every year, and has done for as long as anyone can remember, our services just can’t cope. The only thing more predictable than the fact that it will get cold at […]
Park & Ride
January 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Park & Ride · Politics
According to the Crawley Observer there was a proposal by Crawley Town FC to use part of their car park as a lorry park, apart from on match days. A number of Broadfield residents objected and the proposal was turned down by the borough council for planning reasons. Even if planning permission had been granted […]
Tags: Cars·Crawley Council·Parking·Town Planning·Traffic·WSCC
What I learned today
December 12th, 2006 · Comments Off on What I learned today · Life
I stumbled across a couple of bits of trivia today: The typeface used on British road signs is called Transport and its a year younger than me. The Irish writer Flann O’Brien, author of one of my favourite books – The Third Policeman, was a principle officer for town planning. I still can’t reconcile the […]
Lets hear it for traffic wardens!
December 6th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
I have never shared the popular view of traffic wardens – possibly because I was shacked up with one for a couple of years – but always felt that they are, at worst, a necessary evil. Although they are the target of much hostility I always suspected that those who complain about them would have […]
Just Desserts
November 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Technology
This is probably old hat now, but I only saw it today and it made me laugh. It is always good to see queue-jumpers getting their come-uppance! Watch out for the 4×4 – its the best bit. We have one of these rising bollards at Broadfield stadium as part of the Fastway system. If I […]
Tags: Broadfield·Buses·Fastway·Traffic
Old Bangers
November 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on Old Bangers · Life, Technology
Today was the 110th London to Brighton veteran car run. The cars set off from Hyde Park in the morning and head off for the coast. Traditionally they stop off in Crawley High Street as it is more or less the halfway point, and it provides an interesting spectacle for the town. In past years […]
Tags: Brighton·Cars·Crawley·London·Nostalgia·Photos·Pink Floyd·Traffic
Assignment
October 17th, 2006 · Comments Off on Assignment · Work
There has been an abandoned chair outside our office for a few weeks now. It appeared one day in the middle of the roundabout,and then migrated to the pavement. Today there was someone sitting in it.
Taxi for O’Leary!
October 6th, 2006 · 10 Comments · Life
I couldn’t believe some of the stuff in this article in today’s paper, and the bit next to it. Living in a town where the economy is pretty much dependent on the aviation industry, its interesting to read about how the business model for these economy airlines works, but isn’t it amazing what we will […]
School transport
September 17th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Politics
I recently heard about something which has really annoyed me. Our girl has a friend whose sister goes to Manor Green College as a year 9 pupil. Manor Green is a brilliant school. Our boy goes there and has benefitted greatly from it. The school is for children with learning disabilities and is the result […]
Tags: Broadfield·Ifield·Scandals·Tories·Trade Unions·Traffic·WSCC
