The olympics

I am very excited about the Olympics coming and it was great news today to hear that Greenwich park HAS been confirmed as the venue to host the equestrian events. Blah blah blah trees and conservation and a bit of traffic...Yes but an Olympic event in our borough (Royal borough as well) is great news. It will never come around again in my lifetime (unless I emigrate, highly unlikely) and it is a great boost, both economically and for the feel good factor. I really want to be able to take my child to the Olympics and have already signed up for ticket alerts (see tickets.2012 or something like that). I am also really pleased that the shooting is going to be at Woolwich (of the official kind, not the Saturday night, your gang is on my manor kind) and think the backdrop for the venue is going to be great - and it's in walking distance, so I don't care about the traffic!
Yes there will be some congestion when 2012 arrives. There is now (see blackwall tunnel and my hatred of lack of river crossings). But 2013 are doing what they can and all I hear is people moaning. Show some pride people, it is a great honour for London to have been chosen. The stadiums in Stratford going up look great. So, no more moaning about it. Embrace it and be proud.

New pub...

sadly don't get too excited as it's in Woolwich. Or it will be. I see that there is going to be a new gastropib (a chain one I think) in the Arsenal. Very exciting indeeed, things are slowly creeping outwards. Although I'll probably still drink and eat in Blackheath until something or someone bothers to open something half decent in Plumstead Village!

House Prices

I am obsessed with house prices. I have no idea why as we are not planning on moving but I keep reading that they are rising, back to 07 prices etc and then I read the trusty newshopper and prices in Plumstead seem to me to be falling.
Also i can't get over the discrepancy between the estate agents and also the difference that a road can make. I can understand if the decor is hideous or outdated but sometimes there is £50k difference between what are essentially just 3 bedroom, one bathroomed terraced houses.
You would have thought given their unscrupulous shenanigans that they would be rocketing house prices to get more commission for their very little work.

Doctor Foster...

Seeing Plummy Mummy's bit about the Daily Mail reminded me of an article the other week about Doctor's and their sometimes astronomical salaries. Apparantly the best paid Doctor in the UK - Dr Hany Wahba is based in Plumstead!
I can't copy and paste the link but the article on their website is all about Doctors in the Greenwich area. Bet Dr Wahba doesn't live in Plumstead!

Haircuts

How is it possible to have so many hairdressers in Plumstead. Every second shop on the High Street offers haircuts for a fiver..still there is room for an Iceland in amongst all the hair shavings..

Tired Dad

I read this blog following a link from Plummy Mummy's blog. It is probably the funniest thing I have ever read on blogs. God I wish my work had more lunatics....I am now a follower!

walking tour..

I've been doing a fair bit of wandering around recently now that the sun has been out. Cold still, but I love it when it is cold and sunny. Anyway I have been up hill and down dale and walking around a lot of the streets I have not been to before. There are some really nice houses around Plumstead and Shooter's hill and some of them are quite a size. I am guessing that it wasn't always quite the run down place parts of it are today. I am amazed by the sizes of some of the houses that are now flats, especially around the common road and at the junction with Burrage road for instace. Some of the houses on Red Lion Lane are also just stunning and what views from there, the clear days have provided just the most awesome backdrops. I am quite jealous of the people who can look out of their sitting rooms at that view of London including the Eye, Wembley etc. My favourite at the moment is a house on Occupation lane (private road, it's like you are driving in the countryside) which has a glass front. Great for nosying in, and what a view that must be (god knows what they pay the window cleaner)!

Angry in Plumstead

I have turned into a real complainer this week. Good job Points of View is no longer on or no doubt I would have written to them as well. Most of my emails have been to Greenwich Council, I have probably blocked up their email. As well as complaining about dog fouling, I have also complained about people parking on yellow zig zags outside of schools (well not even parking, more just stopping in the middle of the road to push their obese children out of the back seat), parking in general in Plumstead (what is with people, especially van owners parking on corners so you can't see the traffic approaching), and lastly the amount of rubbish at the train station. I have seen a rat on three separate occasions and given the amount of chicken wings and kebab boxes down there it is not surprising. There must be a tonne of people in this borough doing community service, perhaps they can get them to clean up dog poo and litter...

Dangerous Dogs

Recently the dogs that mauled the person on the Common last summer were found and taken away from Roydene/Tewson Road in Plumstead (I forget which), they even managed to attack a police officer during the raid. Then the old lady who was attacked was in Chislehurst. What is it with SE London and the hideous dogs? They are really odd looking as well with short squat legs I really don't see the attraction. Perhaps because I dont want anyone in my house to be turned on or eaten by one. Grim,