Path improvement

A desire path was created years ago past St Richard's Church to cut off the corner of Ashburnham Road and while some work was done to formalise this busy route it was remained uneven and prone to water-logging. The rebuilding work going on now looks more substantial so I hope that the desire path becomes a proper one.

Cedar Heights / Petersham Gate

The two bus stops by Petersham Gate have been renamed to "Cedar Heights / Petersham Gate", for reasons that escape me.

Clearly Petersham Gate is much more of a landmark than Cedar Heights (I suspect that many people living in Ham do not know where Cedar Height is) so I see no point in including the street name as well, much less the need to put it first and in larger text.

Convoluted tree

Until recently, the lovely curved branches of this tree in Martingales Close were hidden by its rather messy and shapeless foliage. Of course that foliage will grow back but I hope that the shape and the character of the tree remains visible for many years.

Bishops Close is wet

The first section of Bishops Close, nearest the Common, is decidedly wet with water rising up between the paving stones in several places.

The extent of the problem can be judged by the amount of water flowing towards the nearest gutter and the high-tide line on the pavement.

I thought that I would be a good citizen and report it to Thames Water via their website, only to find that four people had beaten me to it.

I am sure that Thames Water will be there very soon to fix it!

Avenue Lodge

Avenue Lodge has had quite a bit done to it in the last couple of years so it was good to find it in top form and making the most of the clear bright winter sun.

Red steels

I like to use the path that zig-zags though the Locksmeade development from Riverside Drive to Fisherman Close as there are usually interesting things to see and on this occasion that included a set of red steels.

The temporary ramp suggests that it is the house straight ahead that is being worked on though there is no other sign at the front of a project that requires this amount of steel.

Polo project

It is unclear what all the machinery at Ham Polo was doing but I just like to see big machines in operation. It also raises the anticipation that things may look different once they have finished.

Grey garden

I have shown the refurbishment of 43 Lammas Road a couple of times while it was in progress and this is the finished result and while the house looks okay the "garden" is a relentless and boring grey.

Largest Santa?

There has been the usual wide variety of festive decorations this year and I suspect that this Santa in Maguire Drive is the largest.