Mick's Monopoly challenge

    May 24, 2022     The Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) finally opened today - several years late and a few quid over budget*.       Of course, I had to try it out. But I didn’t join those who queued at first light singing  Purple Train .         *Four billion pounds over. But, as Pete points out, that’s only 20% over budget which is not unusual for a project such as this, e.g. Wembley Stadium 200% over; 2012 Olympics 225% over.       Canary Wharf Elizabeth Line station …                         Today                                                                   2015     I travelled as far as Heathrow in the west; and Abbey Wood in the east where nearly all the p...

      I live east of Monopolyland - in Wanstead on the Central Line. Apart from Whitechapel Road and Water Works I did fritter away some time in my own patch during covid, starting with Bow Road, not to be confused with orange property Bow Street .... November 25, 2020      Whilst continuing to check out the London Mural Festival I found myself in Bow Road and happened upon plenty to comment about. Then I got a bit carried away. Are you sitting comfortably?      The  only real claim to fame for Bow Church is that in 1795 its rector Samuel Henshaw took out the first patent on a design for a corkscrew. One wonders how they extracted their Duke of Yorks from their Aristotles before then.        Fun fact: Cork enthusiasts are helixophiles.            ......  the reason I came to Bow Road was to tick off this fine mural. It looks like the street artist only realised he’d made the...