Blackheath Standard Resident

Are these pre-sale events at the O2 Arena a scam? Widely advertised, join waiting room, enter 5 mins after launch, just a few single seats being offered. A few mins later, a notice to say they’ve all gone. 🤷‍♂️ #Raye #TradingStandards

That’s true. 😂

Stuck in gridlocked traffic southbound on A102 in Greenwich holding up our SL4 bus. Ambulance on blue lights stuck on two lane slip road unable to move. No cycle lanes to blame this time. Just too many cars. @murkydepths.bsky.social

Restaurant sign offering diners a 10% discount if they pay for their meal in cash.

First time I’ve seen this - restaurant in Margate offering 10% discount for cash payment. Their Thai food was great, paid in cash and paid their 10% discount as a tip 🙂 #cashisking

Some motorists are so arrogant. M2 closed westbound, sat in gridlocked traffic. Emergency services blue lighting it down hard shoulder to get to scene of collision. Increasing number of drivers deciding their time is too precious and driving down hard shoulder. 😡 Hoping Kent Police issue tickets.

When did drive through coffee shops become a thing, this one in Kent? Failure of planning policy, bad for health and not even good coffee. Around the corner we walked past long queue of drivers waiting to use a car wash. Is it coffee while waiting to wash car, or need clean car to get coffee? 🤷‍♂️

I haven’t, but happy to take a look. I was planning to see how good the manufacturer’s control system is, then see if I need anything extra. What’s the main advantage of Homely and is it costly?

Enjoyed reading your post on LinkedIn. Our ASHP installation started today after much research and planning. Will be open loop, 35oC design temp, weather compensation and all new emitters (UFH & rads). Hoping we’ve got the design right!

If you’ve not yet done so, here’s a practical way you can support local independent media in Greenwich…

Bus journey on SL4 through Silvertown Tunnel, London

Very pleasant jumping on the air conditioned electric SL4 bus for a free trip from Blackheath Standard to Canary Wharf 🙂

I find it’s more on an issue with gig economy delivery riders in dense urban areas. Can only make money by racing to deliver the next order. Much less so with other cyclists.

Probably referring to bikes with illegal conversion kits. So, not a pedal bike but an unlicensed and uninsured e-motorbike which can travel at 25 - 30 mph. Tackle those absolutely, but not pedal and legal e-bike cyclists. 🙂

Looks like latest Greenwich car ownership data is from 2023. Proves that by doing nothing on transportation and building more homes, car ownership increases. Now Greenwich Council are finally starting to act, we may see the trend stabilise and/or start to reduce over coming years.

Seems my prediction was right. There was a higher turnout, Labour did lose the seat and Greenwich Council has its first ever Green councillor!

Green Party's Tamasin Rhymes wins Shooters Hill by-election - The Greenwich Wire The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election.

The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election.

The result is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and follows a row over the Labour council's land sales in the ward.

Might be on the council’s social channels first, but as they don’t post on this platform, you’ll probably be the first on here!

SHOOTERS HILL BY-ELECTION LATEST: Turnout is 32.6 per cent - up from 22.5 per cent at the by-election held in October last year. Counting is now under way...

Did they block many people from the council Twitter account?

Hi @royalgreenwich.bsky.social - will you ever start posting on here, or are you staying on toxic Twitter that many of us left?

Rather spend time planning our eco retrofit. Our gas meter was removed about 10 days ago 🙂

Surprised you even still post there. Left that toxic place some time ago.

28 Mereworth Drive update: Board response to campaign claims — Shrewsbury House GREEN GARTH UPDATE:  The Board of SHCA Responds to Claims made in a Labour By-election Campaign Letter As managers of the Shrewsbury House site the Board were surprised and concerned to find th...

Having read this article as someone who belongs to no political party, I’m expecting a higher than usual turnout at the Shooters Hill ward by election and Labour losing the seat. Either way, it’s a case study in how not to run an election campaign www.shrewsburyhouse.org/news/28-mere...

Not as rare as you might thing. Recently discovered we’ve got an old lead water main supplying our 1930 house so getting a new plastic pipe installed. It’s difficult to know as the supply pipe is underground.

Looks amazing!

Strelizia in flower in SE London

My late dad’s Strelitzia (bird of paradise) in flower after moving to our sunny garden in SE London. It seems to like its new home. I think he’d be pleased.

Thoughts and prayers with everyone in Liverpool tonight, and thanks to the bravery of all our emergency services, NHS and members of the public who stepped in to help. Time for calm. 🙏

Great news!!

No issues with mosquitos and no pump. We try to adopt a natural approach and added oxygenating plants instead. We do have frogs and newts visiting. 🙂

broad bodied chaser dragonfly

Our garden in SE London is so full of life since we added a pond, planted a mixed native hedge and banned all use of chemicals. Latest arrival - a broad bodied chaser dragonfly 🙂

Perhaps a good opportunity to elect a Green Party councillor for Greenwich, given how badly this labour cllr was treated after standing up for local residents, leading to her resignation? @greenwichgreens.bsky.social