Mum and I went for lunch at the excellent Robin Hood and Little John pub in Lion Road, Bexleyheath today. It has now won the CAMRA "Best pub in Bexley" award SEVEN times running, and the "Best pub in Greater London" twice. The food is proper, fresh home cooked fare - not poncy Gastro Pub nonsense. As you can see, I had a fillet of plaice with chips and salad, washed down by a couple of pints of expertly served Adnam's Broadside - my favourite real ale at the moment. Mum had a filled omelette and a similar salad also with home made chips. Click on the photo above for a far larger version. What looks like a wine glass in the background is actually Mum's half pint of Black Eagle Special Pale Ale from the local Westerham Brewery.You may recall that some time ago I had a bit of a whinge about the new Fish Statue that greets unwary travellers as they enter Erith. Well, in a way, insult has now been added to injury. There is a foot tunnel which connects Erith town centre with Erith railway station. The aforesaid tunnel runs directly beneath the hideous statue; its' walls are smothered in graffiti from the local Chavs and other single celled low lives, I have on many occasions seen rats scuttling though it to the wasteland where the old tram station once stood. The tunnel used to have security cameras, but they were soon seen off by the indigenous knuckle draggers. In the last week, all the fluorescent lights have been smashed and the resulting broken glass strewn around the tunnel. Along with a large number of commuters, I have to use this tunnel to get to the station on my way to work in the mornings whilst it is still dark. I am nervous of using it as it is a mugger's paradise - so how must others feel? Bexley Council spent £60,000 on the hideous statue, yet they have not done anything about the horrendous state of the foot tunnel in a week. Money mis-spent is all I can think. Please leave your comments - click on the "Comments" link at the foot of this posting.
Don't forget to check my Flickr photo album. I will be uploading some new photos over the weekend.
I have actually posted a link to the following video before, but it was quite a long time ago, and I don't think many readers actually saw it. The mini movie is in French with subtitles - but please don't let that put you off. It is a short comedy about four friends who get together after a gap of fifteen years to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons - VERY funny in a Kevin Smith kind of way. See what you think:
Call methe cynical old b'stard that I am, but surely it would be better to give the council a call?
ReplyDeleteI'm as guilty as anyone when it comes to having a whinge, but if noone complains, then we can't expect anything to be done about it?
It's a very British disease, I'm afraid...
Alan - I have done more than that - I have taken photos and Emailed them to the council (and don't forget that Bexley Council's Erith office is RIGHT NEXT to the tunnel!)
ReplyDeleteYou've made a good point Hugh.
ReplyDeleteHave you thought of writing to the Newshopper as well? Would love to think of the words (or even a picture) of Chairman Pewty being posted through every letterbox in the Bough!
You mentioned that the CCTV cameras have been nicked. I dunno what to say. Unbelievable!
If you get the chance the local library's have a leaflet called "What sort of place will Erith be in 2021", sadly there's no box to tick saying:
A smoking hole in the ground.
The 2nd level of Dante's Inferno.
A cross between Mega-City 1 and Escape from New York.
;-)
Also no mention of Flying Cars.
I WANT MY DAMN FLYING CAR!
IT'S THE 21st CENTURY, I WAS PROMISED FLYING CARS!!
#AHEM#
The leaflets worth filling out as it asks about a wide range of local subjects and especially relevant it asks about do you want more public "art". I ticked yes and said in Manor Road...
LOL!
The leaflet seems mainly to talk about the future housebuilding (not HOMEbuilding I notice) and where it should be also a big chunk of it is about utilising the river for business and pleasure (i.e.: water ferry to London etc) something I'm interested in seeing happen. It also talks about what areas you'd like to save so I put down The Runners.
Talking of the Fish Statue I'm undecided if I think it's incredibly amateur or actually quite good. Strange how I veer from one polar view to another! In my less charitable moments I imagine that if it was sprayed brown how much like that other oft seen bit of "street furniture" it resembles, a conical dog turd.
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