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In the absence of any apparent renovation work going at the station, I thought I'd report on the progress of the conkers on the horse chestnut tree outside the station instead.
Thursday 2nd September
There is a horse chestnut tree outside the station.
Friday 3rd September
The horse chestnut tree is on the pavement to the left of the station entrance.
Saturday 4th September
The horse chestnut tree is very tall, probably just over ten metres high.
Sunday 5th September
There are conkers growing on the tree.
Monday 6th September
There are lots of conkers growing on the tree.
Tuesday 7th September
A few of the conkers have started falling off the tree.
Wednesday 8th September
There are only a handful of conkers lying on the pavement.
Thursday 9th September
I kicked a conker along the pavement. It rolled in a long curve out into the road.
Friday 10th September
There has been a fresh fall of conkers.
Saturday 11th September
Following recent heavy winds, a large branch has fallen from the horse chestnut tree.
Sunday 12th September
The branch has broken in two.
Monday 13th September
There are fresh conkers on the ground early in the morning.
Tuesday 14th September
By the early evening almost all of the conkers have disappeared.
Wednesday 15th September
There are still a lot of conkers lying on the ground behind the gates to the flats next to the station.
Thursday 16th September
There are a number of squashed conker cases on the pavement.
Friday 17th September
There are a number of open conker cases still hanging on the tree, out of which conkers have fallen.
Saturday 18th September
I saw an old man collecting conkers from the pavement outside the station and putting them in a plastic bag.
Sunday 19th September
There are now plenty of conkers on the ground. I guess the old man hasn't come collecting today.
Monday 20th September
After dusk I saw two small boys in school uniform selecting conkers from the pavement.
Tuesday 21st September
All of the empty conker cases have been swept into the corner to the left of the station entrance.
Wednesday 22nd September
The leaves on the horse chestnut tree have a distinct yellowy-brown edge.
Thursday 23rd September
There are still some particularly large conkers hanging on the tree.
Friday 24th September
The pavement is spotless.
Saturday 25th September
A particularly zealous cleaning operative is clearly being employed to keep the pavement beneath the horse chestnut tree free from conker-related detritus.
No, really.
If you want conkers you need to look on the other side of the wall outside the flats, where there are still loads.
There are only a couple of conkers on the pavement today.
There are almost no conkers on the pavement because there are now almost no conkers left on the tree.
The few conker cases there are left on the tree are brown and mushy.
I think that's the conker season finished.
Back to the renovation of Bow Road Station. Here's everything you missed in September:
Friday 17th September: The new grey cabling boxes suspended above the western end of both platforms have been wrapped in grey sheeting. The grey sheeting is secured by sticky tape. Some of the tape is red, some is black and some is brown.
Posters have been erected in the ticket hall with details of forthcoming station closures at Bow Road.
Bow Road station will be closed for the whole of next weekend, presumably so that that work can actually go on for a change.
Bow Road station will also be closed for the whole of the weekend after that, and the whole of the weekend a fortnight after that, and on other whole weekends during November, December and January.
Bow Road Station will not be reopening after 10pm from 26th October onwards, as originally planned. Instead it will remain closed after 10pm until the end of February next year.
Bow Road Station will, however, be reopening before 6am from 26th October onwards.
All the adverts on the two staircases down to the platforms have been removed in readiness for all the renovation work due to take place this weekend.
At 10pm tonight Bow Road station closes for 56 hours until 6am on Monday morning.
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