transport

here it is. the new road which was under-preparation last week.
and now i have my own version of The Damned’s punk classic New Rose going round my head with the lyrics nicely amended to “i gotta new road, i got it good”.

this chap may be legal driving his electric wheelchair down the street, but he’s also in danger of being squashed by ever car which went by him.

in my view, if there’s an emergency, the last thing you need is a dangerous structure brought along to add to your worries. yet this is exactly what this lorry claims to do.

this weird vehicle appeared on the road outside my office this morning. look at the roof thing. VERY strange. i wondered if it was a flux capacitor.

commuting has been misery this week. too hot and too slow. average journey home has taken over 2 hours thanks to rain on the tracks.
it rained so much on tuesday they emptied a load of raw sewage in to the thames. see – in london even poos move faster than the trains. ho hum.
tonight was another signal failure so more delays. i nearly took a photo of the two policemen who were staring at me taking this photo but i decided not to. this terrorism thing is spoiling our fun

this van was outside the london transport museum at lunch. it’s dec’d out like a tube station inside.
i like the idea of the stations moving around town rather than the trains. perhaps i should suggest it to someone.

here is britains newest and only toll motorway. it cost £2 and was definately worth it. it’s a bit of cheek that we pay our road tax etc and then have to pay some more to have a decent road, but there we go (very fastly).

the government had arranged for a number of roadworks on the non-toll road before and after the proper toll bit so you felt like you were really getting the benefit of paying. i appreciated this as it was a kind of reverse familiarisation routine.
here is a rain white-out to make things even more fun:

kids love cars. and colours. so kids love a line of cars all the same colour. at least mine did.

the controls of a MADVAC PS300. what a beauty !

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our trolley of last week has found a friend. i’m not sure if she’s actually out of his league as she’s made of gold and he’s made of stainless steel. love across the classes may be doomed to failure ?
they seem quite in love on this photo don’t they. brazenly snogging in the street for all to see (there was a couple on my train this morning doing a similar thing).
we shall have to watch to see how this story develops.

i’ve told of my annoyance over mobile phone using cyclists and their random veerage in to pedestrians. here is a variation on the same theme. it’s a chap carrying an umbrella being blown about whilst cycling down a pedestrian walk way.

there’s a big anti DVD piracy thing going on in the UK at the moment. here is the campaign on the street. it’s teeny weeny bill boards on the back of sit down bikes.

esther had a party this morning for 2 hours so i took kezia to the cafe at a nearby ice rink. kezia was most impressed, so maybe next time we’ll actually go on the ice.

it’s been a great day for free alcohol. first there were cocktails in tesco and then free baileys at paddington station.
they’ve been giving away free baileys at paddington since wednesday evening. it’s another part of the government’s alcohol for commuters scheme i think