Richmond Transits

A blog about Richmond upon Thames local issues by a local resident.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Masochistic commuters?

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This arrived in my Feedreader today: Half of passengers unhappy with cost of rail travel (The Guardian) Correct me if I'm wrong but Bri...
Friday, January 20, 2006

Richmond and Twickenham Times: Commuters see red over level crossing

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The North Sheen station footbrige issue is catching media's eye in vew residents outrage: read this this article from the Richmond and T...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

The prejudice map

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Great Google Prejudice Map from Google Blogoscoped , showing clichés associated to countries thanks to an automated Google search. The re...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

How to search on Google?

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Most people are overwhelmed when getting results from a google search and think they simply can't find anything on the internet. Here...
Monday, January 16, 2006

You are what you eat: RTFL and go slow

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Where should I start? Almost every week we learn of new ways food is tinkered with and trick to deceive the consumer. Here’s the last one: F...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

Wiki: List of British English words not used in American English

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Great resource for fellow UK bloggers or if you work in a multinational company: List of British English words not used in American English ...
Monday, January 09, 2006

Preliminary plans for North Sheen footbridge rebuffed

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I just received an update from Susan Kramer on why (re-)building the footbridge for North Sheen station is taking so long: apparently the f...
Friday, January 06, 2006

Restaurant review: the Cinnamon Club

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I went yesterday night to this exquisite restaurant located in the Old Westminster Library: The Cinnamon Club . I started with some char gri...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Links and more

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Worked a bit on the blog after recovering from the festive season and added links to local pubs and restaurants. Comments welcome!
Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Cycling in London: it's about time to do something!

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With the congestion charge now at £8, Transport for London clearly signalled that only rich people can afford commuting by car to London. S...
Monday, December 12, 2005

Supermarkets 2: labeling

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Haven't you noticed how sometimes supermarkets try to con you with labeling? The other day I was in Tesco and they were selling goldens ...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

Campaing for suppressing level crossings

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I was this morning at North Sheen's level crossing, waiting 12 minutes behind the barrier (missed my train as the entry from the station...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Susan Kramer's progress on North Sheen Station footbridge

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Susan Kramer 's press officer finally came back to me with the statement below following my previous post ( Time to remind Susan Kramer ...
Monday, November 28, 2005

Time to remind Susan Kramer about the North Sheen Station footbridge

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One of Susan Kramer's (LibDem) electoral pledge was to re-build the South footbridge at North Sheen station. Six month later and nothin...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

After mad cow: Iraq anthrax traced back to British cow!

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Yet another export produce from good old English farming industry: Anthrax found in Iraq is traced back to a British cow. We are continuousl...
Friday, July 29, 2005

I dreamt about doing this!!!!

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Hats off to Hacan for doing something I wanted to see for a long time: BA boss gets early morning plane blasts (Richmond & Twickenham T...
Monday, July 18, 2005

Cycling in London: it's about time to do something!

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With the congestion charge now at £8, Transport for London clearly signalled that only rich people can afford commuting by car to London. ...
Friday, July 15, 2005

Speed cameras: all for the money, litte for safety

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Here are a few important facts about speed cameras: Accidents on the motorways account for less than 10% of the total. So why diverting re...
Thursday, July 14, 2005

International dates and times

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It's sometimes challenging to work internationally, especially given we all use different paper sizes: letter, A4, etc... We haven't...
Thursday, June 30, 2005

No beer? No lunch, says Belgian parliamentarian (Reuters)

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A lunch meeting between a leading parliamentarian in Belgium and counterparts from Iran has been cancelled because the beer-loving Belgian c...
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