Gate House clean-up

The former Gate House on Upper Ham Road, at the top end of Ham Parade, as been empty for a year and this is the first sign of activity that I have seen there since then. 

Time will soon tell whether the cleaning and tidying-up are for a new tenant or the effort of the landlord to try and entice one.

Winter flowers

The green central reservation between the two paths to Tedding Lock is bursting with delicate flowers. The colour and the hint of a spring to come are both welcome.

Something is happening to Wilmer House

Obscured by the netting is Wilmer House, in the quiet bit of Church Road that runs between Latchmere Lane and Ham Gate Avenue, where something major is going on.

Curved path coming

I make a point of walking along Lauderdale Drive from time to time just to see if anything has changed, which is not very often and the last time I posted a photo from there was almost two years ago. Luckily there was a change this time with the beginnings of a curved path.

A proper path

The remade path that goes past St Richard's Church, to cut off the corner of Ashburnham Road, looks very good. 

As a fairly regular user of this path, I appreciate the wide entrance to it from this side and also the resurfaced pavement next to it.

Ladder and skip

It is hard to miss this building project as the house sits prominently on the corner of Dukes and Dysart Avenues and also because the work is at roof level so it can be seen from some distance.

Two statues

Two very white and active statues of Venus and Mercury stand either side of the central entrance to The Wilderness behind Ham House.

28mph

A speed display sign is often deployed alongside Ham Common and while it is noticeable that some cars do slow down towards the official 20mph limit it is equally noticeable that many do not and it is not unusual to see a speeding car being overtaken.

I have posted this picture not because the speed, 28mph, is unusually high but because it was the first occasion that I could take such a picture with no cars in it and I was not going to wait for a bigger number, 28mph is enough to make the point.

The Manor House in Petersham

The Manor House sits on a prominent position on Tommy Steele Corner (I still call it that) and the only way to appreciate it properly is to cross the busy road to stand by the main entrance to Montrose House.

It looks as though the work being gone is just minor maintenance but I will cross the road against once it is finished to see the end result.