Blackheath Festival

Has got the go ahead. It was on the news over the weekend and from a quick google looks like there has been lots of issues mainly from the Blackheath Society who all look frightfully self important if their tirades are anything to go by.
Anyway it should be happening next summer. I assume not at the same time as the Olympics or that is going to be interesting traffic wise but I am looking forward to seeing who is in their line up.
The Greenwich Summer Sessions always seem to be well balanced and well attended, and this will add some more musical variety to the area. Glo-sticks at the ready! ahem..

Woolwich Library

Has reopened in a shiny new building. It's a bit like the Eltham Centre - minus the swimming pool and gym - but hopefully a sign of all the regeneration yet to come in Woolwich.

Wet weekend

What a miserable weekend. I struggled to think of much to do that was different from the usual swim/indoor playpark that usually takes place when it tips it down.
What activities do people get up to with their children when it rains? I couldn't face heading into London on the train to a Museum as we didn't quite have a whole day. Instead we ended up having a walk in the rain and hot chocolate at the cafe.
What does everyone else do to entertain their offspring in the wet?

Train Station

I see the improvements at Plumstead station cost £50,000....Why yes it does look smarter but apart from the addition of a wheelchair ramp I can't really see that it has added any benefit.
Plus what use is a wheelchair ramp when there are still only stairs down to the actual platforms?
There was plenty of space for a retail outlet to have been built alongside the ticket office but so far this seems to be just a disused space..

Shameless...

It's like an episode of shameless round the Shire at the moment. What with the lovely reader comments that seem to speak for themselves and the woman over the road rambling around in her bloody dressing gown at all hours of the day....Why do people dress so badly and middle aged women dress for bed like young children? There is no excuse for wearing cartoon characters on your nightdress when you are over the age of 10.

A rooting tooting shooting and stabbing

I see that there was a fatal stabbing in Wickham last week which is a little close to home and it was a school boy I believe too. Very sad and during the day.
Then last night Dave Courtney's stepson was shot in Greenwich and whilst I'm sure there is aympathy all round I can't help feeling more for a school boy than I do for the son of a criminal...

Restaurants

Does anyone have any local favourites I wonder, or ones even they travel a little further to? I'm not talking here about Pizza Express and the like, although I do like them but little finds that perhaps the rest of the world doesn't know about perhaps in Welling, Eltham, Sidcup etc..I pretty much know all of the local eateries in Greenwich and Blackheath but I don't really venture the other way..