please empty your brain below
2 - whats that black pole thing in the middle of the front door (and in the way of the letter box and door knocker), there also appears to a thick black line around the edge too.

Still Anon | 17.10.19 - 7:27 a.m. | #

4. The main entrance to the long-gone Highlands Hospital used to be at the junction of Green Dragon Lane and World's End Lane, no doubt a cause of deep concern to those reporting there to be treated.

Frank F | 17.10.19 - 7:53 a.m. | #

8. And as Tramlink counts as a bus don't touch in until the tram is arriving at your stop as otherwise vital minutes in your hour / 70 minutes of free tram and bus boarding are lost. Never understood why you touch in on the tram platform rather than the tram.

ap | 17.10.19 - 8:04 a.m. | #

2. I think it's the centre opening of a fly screen, with I would guess, a magnetic fastening...

Kevin Too | 17.10.19 - 8:21 a.m. | #

2. I believe the black line you're referring to is the Velcro fasteners around rhe edges of a transparent fly screen.

Richard Harman | 17.10.19 - 8:21 a.m. | #

5. Supposedly, the ornamentation on Woolwich Crossrail is a representation of rifling in a gun barrel. I thought of fish when I first saw it too.

Henry | 17.10.19 - 8:28 a.m. | #

6) Why nighttime? Horses, not generally being fitted with headlights, tend to be mostly restricted to daylight hours, in my experience.

Malcolm | 17.10.19 - 8:41 a.m. | #

8. Oyster was supposed to be so simple, and yet it's turned out to be ridiculously complex. Other capital cities I've travelled in have much easier systems in general.

Tim W | 17.10.19 - 9:08 a.m. | #

8. I think Oyster itself is simple it's the inconsistent infrastructure that is the problem. For example, Wimbledon where the Tram platforms are within the station yet elsewhere are free standing.

TomH | 17.10.19 - 9:11 a.m. | #

He's got plastic flowers growing up the walls
(Yeah, he eats plastic food)
He eats plastic food with a plastic knife and fork
(Yeah, he's plastic man)
He likes plastic cups and saucers 'cause they never break
And he likes to lick his gravy off a plastic plate

Johnny Topaz | 17.10.19 - 9:32 a.m. | #

2. Mock leaded lights, a Venetian blind and curtains all covering a small pvc double glazed window....

B | 17.10.19 - 10:01 a.m. | #

8. There is no touch out on the tram network, if leaving the tram at Wimbledon and you see the exit barriers open you need not touch the reader - oyster does not know where you are and there is no journey to complete. If the barriers are closed you touch simply to open them. If you are changing to national rail or the underground you touch in at the respective readers you mention (not out).

The Knowledge | 17.10.19 - 10:29 a.m. | #

1) Staghorn Sumac - one of the prettiest autumn colours in my opinion

8) Remind me never to go to Wimbledon - I don't think I could afford it!

Cornish Cockney | 17.10.19 - 10:47 a.m. | #

5) i do fret about these things

8) Thanks heavens I am an old bugger and have my Freedom Pass which means I don't have to work all this stuff out.

Thank you DG!

Chris | 17.10.19 - 10:55 a.m. | #

2. Those topiary balls are really annoying - the previous owner of our house left several behind when she moved out and despite disposing of them shortly after we moved in, we still are finding little plastic "leaves" in the garden..

Westerleigh Junction | 17.10.19 - 12:19 p.m. | #

(3)..whereas we have the pleasure of using one iconic Holden station virtually every day, another within walking distance as an alternative, and several others a few stops away we can admire.

ActonMan | 17.10.19 - 2:48 p.m. | #

8. I do see a lot of people "touch in" when leaving the tram at Wimbledon and wonder if the oyster system picks their error up or charges them again.

Geo_rich | 17.10.19 - 3:48 p.m. | #

8. It depends if they're touching in to the tram readers or the rail readers.

As alluded earlier, touching a reader when leaving a tram will usually result in no extra charge if it is within 70 minutes of the first touch in, due to the hopper fare thing.

There is no need to touch out when leaving a tram (including at Wimbledon station if the barriers are open), but doing so will cause TfL to believe that it is losing more money on "unnecessary" tram trips. If you really want to mess with TfL's statistics (although one person will have barely any effect) you can even try to touch in at as many tram stops as you can.

John | 17.10.19 - 9:22 p.m. | #

8) What happens at Elmers End with the tram and Oystercards, then? (unless that's an unbarriered station)

Greg | 18.10.19 - 2:12 p.m. | #

Frogs Bottom is one of those place names which does not appear on any map but all the locals use the name for the location. If you were to walk on the nearby footpath from Slades Hill to Bincote Road during the frog breeding season it would be obvious where the name came from. Hundreds of frogs leaping about. You have to be careful where you tread.

Dave Cockle | 19.10.19 - 7:26 a.m. | #

I liked this post a lot. Hope you'll consider making it a regular addition like the Unblogged series.

Whilst writing, a quick recommendation is this exhibition at Central Saint Martins, King's Cross: Designing in Turbulent Times. Unfortunately it's only on for another week, but well worth a visit. I'm recommending it to you because it has a 30 minute student film about walking the bounds of Camden which is really interesting. It's probably been suggested to you many times as an activity, but walking the bounds of boroughs might be an interesting theme for your blog? Just a thought. And thank you so much for your writing, it's brilliant.

Colin | Homepage | 19.10.19 - 9:36 a.m. | #











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