Unintended Consequences - Limehouse Cut
Posted in London on 2nd September 2012
Right now, a very low-key bit of industrial action on the part of a train operator means it's very hard to run charter trains. It has already been a tough summer with rolling stock commandeered for Olympic additionals but in effect sitting idle - bought and paid for of course....
From Hackney Wick to Leyton - An Intra-Games Walk
Posted in London on 18th August 2012
After the widely acclaimed and nominally successful staging of the Olympic Games, London has returned to a sort of strangely pensive calm. Everyone senses the Paralympics will bring a little of the magic back, but no-one really expects them to cause quite the upheaval in terms of the capital's life....
The Five Ring Circus Leaves Town - A Facebook Rant...
Posted in London on 14th August 2012
This is something I posted on Facebook, largely in response to some of the negative comments I received following expressing my views on the London Olympics. It's not the post I'd like to have written which details my personal connection with the area, but it goes some way to explaining...