Brockley Life

It must be time for some rainy weather again. The company to whom Lewisham Council have outsourced the upkeep of Parks maintenance is mowing the grass. Their timing seems impeccable, Wait until there is rainy weather and then mow the grass. Then leave all the cuttings laying to get soggy and fester in large lumps. It is almost as if the original contract included only "cutting the grass" and said nothing about removing the cuttings. To be fair there does seem to be some attempt a few days later to hoover up the debris with a large vacuum machine, but it is usually too late. Why can't they cut the grass when the weather is dry and pick up the trimmings as they go?

The roads around Hillyfields are a lot quieter (and safer) at the moment. The contractor for the gas company have dug up the end of Harefield Road where it joins Tressillian Road thus providing road closure on one of the the main Rat Run routes through Brockley.