Ha Ha Road

Aug 212012

Olympic road closure sign, Little Heath, Charlton - click to enlarge

LOCOG has denied openly mocking motorists in south-east London with its new Olympic road closures.

Tagged with: Charlton, From the Slopes of Olympus, Woolwich

Looking back through the clouds…

Is This What People Do?

by Matt Haynes
The lorries are starting to move now, rumbling across the deck of the James Newman and onto the ramps that shake and ring beneath their tyres. He is supposed to leave too, supposed to climb the yellow metal steps from the passenger deck to the red metal gates that always remind him of Meccano. There is an announcement over the tannoy, every time a ferry docks, forbidding passengers to remain on board. [read more...]