Rutland Drive and Lodge sign

It almost seems a shame to hide some of this old wall with a large sign so it is just as well that it is quite attractive, mostly thanks to its simplicity. Perhaps the arrow could be a little larger and the font a little less fussy.

Ivy House

Ivy House still looks a bit like a pub, especially to those of us who remember going there not that long ago, but they have made a good job of converting it. I particularly like the leaves in the windows even those these are at the expense of those that had the pub name etched in them.

Martingales mess

I have been watching this construction project in Martingales for almost a year, I posted something on it, in May 24. Then I added the comment, "Martingales Close does not look like Ham, it's more like Springfield, but there is some consistency of style which is welcome.", only to see that consistency destroyed by the arrival of grey windows.

Ironically the residents of Martingales Close fought hard to stop the new houses in Orford Place having Juliette balconies, despite balconies being a feature of the road, only for the character of the place to be ruined by one of their own.

Replacement fence

This new fence in Buckingham Road is a like for like replacement except that, being new, it is a bright yellow rather than a weathered mix of greys and greens. A rather neat hedge above the fence has been replaced by curved trellising which already has some vegetation growing up and through it. 

Stone post

Motorists are deterred from driving over the muddy strip of land on the south side (this counts as provision for pedestrians) by a range of barriers varying from large tree trunks to this small stone post that once helped to mark the entrance to Latchmere House.

43 Lammas Road revealed

I wondered what was going on behind the hoardings at 43 Lammas Road and now they have gone and the remarkably unremarkable house is revealed. It is unremarkable because it looks much like the other houses in the street and that is remarkable because the windows are a welcome white rather than grey.

Yellow frame

The Little Cottage site, on the south-east corner of Sudbrook Lane and Bute Avenue, has been hidden behind hoardings for several months but no longer as the frame of the new house busts into view in a surprising display of yellow metal.

Community Kitchen Garden sign replaced

Only a few weeks ago I posted a picture of the sign for the Community Kitchen Garden in Back Lane only to notice shortly afterwards that it had gone. The reason for its disapearance became clear when two supports for climbing plants appeared in the place it had been.

Tatty boat

It has been some time since I posted a picture of a boat that was not sinking and while this boat is attractively tatty, almost to a state of dereliction, it is still floating.