maxtedc

I would take the ginger line to Clapham Junction, then go one stop to Wandsworth Common train station. All going well it won't take more than 30mins. I don't drive so I have no idea about the roads that time of day.

I'm quite surprised to have woken up to hear aircraft this morning - clearly the big long haul flights. The winds can't be that bad after all.

Is it me or are they exceptionally loud this morning...?

Here we go again. I think the 4.23am record so far recorded on this thread was broken this morning. That first jumbo was definitely before 4.20am.

I (almost) daren't say this out loud but... could it be that all those travel fears were for nothing? I've had no problems getting in nor getting home via London Bridge. Admittedly I don't have to tube it anywhere. Work colleagues have all been pleasantly surprised too. In fact I'm yet to find ayone who has experienced any problems... How has everyone else fared?

I can highly recommend a route to the Olympic Park. Peckham Rye to Blackheath, then 108 bus to Stratford. Tried and tested both ways yesterday. Not a single hitch. It took 1hr 20mins max. No crowds. I was so surprised but it worked like clockwork.

I've just stored this number in my phone - thanks. I use Peckham Rye but up until now I have tended to use a very unscientific but highly accurate calculation Sunday = no trains. It is very rare to see a normal service on Sundays. Hopefully once the new line is finished we can get back to normal (unless of course this is the new normal)

He's back!!! :) Admittedly a little quieter than I remember.

Oh dear. That means my heating will have reset itself to factory settings. I'm away for a week so it looks like a large heating bill for me this quarter.

"Heathrow night flight plan given an airing" p.4 of today's FT. Emirates Airlines suggesting a sharper descent into Heathrow will reduce noise and allow for a shorter time limit for no night flights (1am-4am)...

I rather enjoyed his singing. It was always very cheery. I haven't seen or heard him for a week or two. I hope he hasn't been moved on.

It's 5.20am I've counted 6/7 in the last half an hour - definitely 4 large planes. I've got to somehow turn my new radar/obsession off - but now I've noticed it. It'll be hard to go back to ignorance or denial. At least I don't have any issues with birdsong - no trees near my windows and I quite like the sound anyway.

I woke up this morning, heard the planes, and my first thought was the wind must be coming from the west. I kid you not! The radio then said it was coming from the north (cold) but I guess it isn't an exact science.

I think it is the wind as the quiet was at 5.30pm (and later). In fact there have been fewer planes at other times of the day - they've definitely been coming in from a different angle.

It has been closed for a few weeks. Does anyone know why?