It has been four days since the temporary closing of Norbiton Railway Bridge, so that it could be replaced after being used since 1869. This 2.9 million Pound (£) replacement was organised like a ballet, with orange clad workers buzzing around the project like bees around a honey pot, each having a particular job to do, […]
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Norbiton Railway Bridge Replacement
Travel from my home in Norbiton, part of Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, here in the UK into London has been severely disrupted, in fact the trains will not be running over the four day Easter holiday. Why? They are replacing the railway bridge. The old Norbiton Station Bridge.Originally in the early 1830’s, with rail […]
As I have written in a previous entry, I hardly use my cars at all. We are blessed in London with a great public transport system, that is cheap, frequent and reliable. For under £7, you can purchase a travel card, and travel throughout London all day on trains, the underground (metro) or buses. All is well […]
Its was certainly windy on the promenade in the run-up to Xmas in the English seaside town of Brighton. I needed to visit Brighton two days before Christmas day, and decided to walk along the seafront, what a mistake. It appeared to be snow on the promenade, as my photograph shows the woman fighting the […]
Sometimes it is not worth taking a short-cut. At Norbiton railway station near Kingston upon Thames, the road infront of the station towards Kingston Hospital, passes under the rail track, and there is a height restriction. Unfortunately, the driver of this bus did not realise, and thus lost the roof. Oh Poo Poo. Click to […]
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Oh Poo Poo the Pigeons lost their Home
The railway bridge at Norbiton railway station has been in place since its’ opening in 1869, taking the railway over the road which cars and pedestrians use to get from Kingston upon Thames to Norbiton station and Kingston Hospital, a walk I, as many others, would make often. The bridge structure, the girders, the nooks and crannies, were home […]
7th August 2007, London Road, the main road in and out of Kingston upon Thames, towards and from London, has been closed, so that they can replace the old railway bridge. Talk about pattern interrupts, (NLP handshake interrupt). The lift and replacement takes place on Sunday 12th August, when I will be in Istanbul, Turkey, […]
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Train Spotting, a very British hobby
Whilst undertaking exercises in the NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner courses in the many countries I go to, I ask participants to recall perhaps their hobbies, and as an example I will mention the British hobby of Train Spotting. In non UK country courses, Italy, Turkey etc, the participants look at me in a very […]
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Brooklands, my first visit
My search for information about the Spitfire and Hurricane, WWII fighter aircraft, has led me down many new areas, areas of history, areas of the UK, areas of knowledge and learning, that link into other pieces of a vast jigsaw of knowledge which I know I will never complete. My learning will never stop, and […]
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Sunday – Central London
Sunday was a hot, humid day in London, and I had to catch-up of arrangements for future courses, which meant a trip into Central London.Whatever is said about the Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, he has made great differences in the scene and transportation systems of the UK capital. More people are using areas of […]