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diamond geezer | Homepage | 01.06.22 - 12:00 a.m. | #

14. Now that's what I call a tree.

popartist | 01.06.22 - 7:18 a.m. | #

4. Who knew that Sadiq Khan read your blog

Ian | 01.06.22 - 7:44 a.m. | #

3 - just another part of the propaganda barrage those in charge inflict on the public.

14 & 15 - having divorced myself from msm, I had no idea that the FA Cup and Eurovision were happening until they were briefly mentioned in a livestream, I regard this as a good thing.

19 - noise pollution is now worse because the peace is broken by supermarket deliveries in the early morning and mopeds in the evening, I regard this as a bad thing

29 - is it worth the disruption to the lives and routines of local people, apparently Surrey decided it wouldn't continue to be a partner following a consultation.

Still Anon | 01.06.22 - 8:20 a.m. | #

14, thank goodness you chose Birmingham, anything sport related and especially football is not appreciated or read!

Nick | 01.06.22 - 8:31 a.m. | #

31. No, I don't.

Pedantic of Purley | 01.06.22 - 8:54 a.m. | #

11. That is going to blow someone's mind this morning.

14. What a beautiful tree!

Kevin | 01.06.22 - 8:58 a.m. | #

18 - a while ago I was stopped in my tracks by a tortoise inching toward me along a deserted pavement. There was nobody to be seen, and presuming it had escaped I wondered what I ought to do. After several minutes consideration, I opted not to intervene and walked on. After 100m I passed a man sat on his doorstep, scrolling on his phone. Before I had a chance to speak he looked up and said: "Yeah he's mine. He'll not get far"

Frank F | 01.06.22 - 9:44 a.m. | #

18 - those little shell-bearing buggers are faster that you think. Plonk one down within smelling distance of a strawberry patch and it'll take off like greased lightning

K. | 01.06.22 - 9:50 a.m. | #

8 - I would have been interested in this, quite near me. The Barnet Millennium Walk seems to have been long forgotten by the council, a shame

17 - Ditto. I found that footbridge on the map, a great view indeed as that's the only side of Wembley not blocked by dull high rises.

26 - I missed the Shippams clock when I was there!

Mikey C | 01.06.22 - 10:08 a.m. | #

3. I guess TfL mean exempt from their recommendation and might expect most people to comply, which in theory hardly changes the potentially embarrassing situation of those who can't wear a mask. In practice, those who can't will hardly stand out among the many who deliberately won't.

Joachim | 01.06.22 - 10:14 a.m. | #

1. Already has patronage without a single house standing? Must be a hit once the development and (orbital) Overground connections come into play!

Patrickov | 01.06.22 - 10:30 a.m. | #

16. Wonder what they were filming.

scrumpy | 01.06.22 - 10:32 a.m. | #

25 - It really annoys me that the current streak resets to zero if you don't happen to play that day.

ChrisL | 01.06.22 - 10:39 a.m. | #

28-The Challenge Cup Final has been played in London since 1929, it's a big part of rugby league tradition. Usually it's Wembley, but a bit of a muck-up with dates this year meant a one-off trip to the new Spurs stadium, and everyone loved it. It's an absolute marvel of a ground, like a giant spaceship landed in N17. Contrary to the view that it's all northerners, around a third of the tickets are usually sold to folk from London/SE, and as this Sussex-based rugby league diehard can attest, it was about that this year. We keep the flag flying!

Toby Chopra | 01.06.22 - 10:43 a.m. | #

3. Seem to have turned off the announcements now, but the posters are still plastered everywhere.

4. I rushed home to see if it was me! It wasn't! 1 day out!!

5. Same here - in the 'not that it did much good' sense.

7. I duct-taped my kids shoes together once when it was too near the summer holidays to be worth buying new ones!!

8. You went to where I grew up but didn't blog about it - heartbroken! At least you've given us 4 pictures instead!

10. I hope you sing loudly!

16. Guessing Crossrail related! When I saw Geoff Marshall being interviewed on the news I wondered if you might be hiding in plain sight nearby!

11. How cool - for both of yo

18. !!!

31. Mrs Queen is going to miss it - hasn't she escaped to the peace and quiet of Balmoral?

Cornish Cockney | 01.06.22 - 10:56 a.m. | #

12. The second semi-final is when all the cheating happened as well (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino all in a pact to vote for each other to increase their chances of getting into the final).

Tim W. | 01.06.22 - 12:15 p.m. | #

29: Ride Lonodn was actually a 3-day event, 27th to 29th.

Highways England reducing the M11 to 1 lane from the top to junction 12, and then shutting the M11 completely between junctions 10 and 11 on Sunday, so pushing the traffic onto the rural North Essex road network, where many roads were already shut for Ride London, was extremely poor planning and added 2 hours to our 5 hour journey. It was chaos.

Blue Witch | Homepage | 01.06.22 - 12:24 p.m. | #

25 - That Wordle bug does deserve some attention. I have faithfully played it every day but the streak has reset itself twice since the transfer to the New York Times. My working theory is that I might have started the puzzle on one tab on my phone, then become distracted and opened a further tab later in the day to finish it.

James | 01.06.22 - 4:34 p.m. | #

25. Gah, Wordle's just reset my streak again and I'm back to 1 :(

diamond geezer | Homepage | 01.06.22 - 4:36 p.m. | #

11. This now crushes my dream that I may be sitting on a train one day and you will say, "Oh, I see you are reading my blog". You should have at least asked that fellow, "Is that blog any good?"

Steven | 01.06.22 - 4:39 p.m. | #

23. Thanks for the heads-up about the Footsway maps. I managed to get hold of two today,

Ganching | Homepage | 01.06.22 - 4:42 p.m. | #

13. So on Friday the 13th you paused at a nondescript bus stop directly in front of my partly open office window whilst on a 424 bus (known locally on the Ashburton estate as the "diddy bus"). Who'd have thought...

Steve R | 01.06.22 - 5:48 p.m. | #

9. Just back from Sainsbury's, where I sometimes get their budget 'J.James' individual gammon steaks. Just a few weeks ago they were £1 each, but now £1.40, so a very similar increase.

RogerW | 01.06.22 - 6:07 p.m. | #

29. Thought of bus stop M as I descended the Bow Flyover on Sunday morning.

Lorenzo | 01.06.22 - 6:15 p.m. | #

7. In Spanish, when it's the front half of your shoe's sole that's flapping, they say that your shoe is hungry.

tops | 01.06.22 - 6:33 p.m. | #

11. What a moment that must have been for you. I don't imagine you thought to tell him though as it doesn't seem your style. I wouldn't have been able to keep quiet were it me.

THC | 01.06.22 - 8:18 p.m. | #

11. It was a rush hour journey in a packed carriage, plus he was wearing headphones, so the opportunity really didn't arise.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 01.06.22 - 8:34 p.m. | #

Days which have not inspired comment:
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(but the vast majority have, cheers!)

diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.06.22 - 12:46 a.m. | #

My nearest XR station is Bond Street, which isn't much use at the moment. Even then, it will depend on whether it's worthwhile changing 'directly' from Oxford Circus to Hanover Square instead of a change of tube line before reaching it.

NickW | 02.06.22 - 9:01 a.m. | #

8. Poor old panda :-(

Chris | 02.06.22 - 11:17 a.m. | #

9 (Inflationwatch): up another 5p to 80p.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 06.06.22 - 3:39 p.m. | #











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