Zoinks!!

I seem to have scared Scooby Doo and Shaggy as I walked along Broughton Avenue.

Passing The Copse

Almost always when I take the path that skirts The Copse as it goes from Meadlands Drive towards Ham House I am walking South from Ham House and I have posted views that way before so it made a vary pleasant change to capture this view when walking the other way - that is the Ham House wall just to the left of the centre of the picture.

Re-roofing Argyll House

Argyll House (on Ham Street close to the junction with Riverside Drive) consists of three blocks and all of them are having substantial work done to them. The visible work is the re-roofing but there may be more going on.

The blocks seem to be empty during the work.

More infilling

Another construction project has started on the site of former garages, this time in Riverside Drive. The site is quite narrow and is close to the houses in both roads (it backs on to Murray Road) so the options for redevelopment are limited.

The long and narrow access to the site means that it is difficult to see what the work is and how it is progressing and, at the moment, this is the best that I can do.

Mock Tudor

As Mock Tudor goes this example, is Stretton Road, is nicely done and the planting around it is effective too. If this was in the Tudor Estate in North Kingston then it would look happily at home but at the end of a terrace of four brick houses, and next to an identical terrace, it looks a little worried and out of place.

Something nice in Stretton Road

Surprisingly (well, I was surprised), this is the almost the first picture I have posted of something in Stretton Road, though I have taken several of the footpaths leading to/from it. What caught me eye this time was the way that 10A had been done up.

The new front door is simply and unfussy though there ought to be a law against letter boxes positioned low down like that, I deliver the Ham and Petersham Magazine (not here) and low letter boxes are the worst.

The garden is also simple and looks good for it with a pleasing mix of shapes and colours. I guess it is designed to be low maintenance and I hope that the maintenance is not kept too low and that the plants are kept in good shape; the ones along the front wall already need trimming back.

LV69 NYA parks outrageously

Parking on Ham Parade is obviously a stupid idea and parking by the bus stop even more so, but that has not stopped LV69 NYA from doing so.

I waited until the 65 had gone before taking this picture as I try to avoid having people in shot (for various reasons) but you can imagine that a minute earlier there were several people clusters around the vehicle looking confused and angry.

There was plenty of parking spaces available on the road at the time, not that a lack of spaces was any excuse for parking here.

This side view shows just how much of this busy pavement was occupied and how it is parked exactly where people congregate when waiting for the bus.

It also shows that the vehicle belongs to Billa Scaffolding and I hope that they are embarrassed, and sorry, for this.

Digging up Cleves Road

More infrastructure works, this time at the entrance to Cleves Road.

Craig Road closed

I presume that this infrastructure work in Craig Road is associated with the new homes being built there and one consequence of it is that the road is closed.