Brockley Life

A pleasant walk over Hillyfields this morning. Spring is definitely in full swing with the Horse Chestnut trees just beginning to unfurl their flowers. On the less mown edges of the park Cow Parsley is shooting up. The trees are filled with bird song. I was able to watch two Jays protecting their nest area from both a marauding Magpie and a crow. Speaking of which the kids are back at school including the black crow legs of the Prendergast girls.

The contractors are out on Hillyfields digging up along the pathway between the tennis courts and Vicars Hill. I understand that the surface is being relaid to allow a cycle path. It seems a bit futile really as the tarmac surface on the underlying clay will stretch and crack again within a few years. The council should study the road building techniques of the Romans and then enrol local offenders on community service to build the pathways properly. Build it right, build it once.

Going down Vicars Hill it is obvious that the speed humps are missing on the newly laid road surface. Motorists drive as fast as they can up and down the steep hill in the narrow gaps between the parked cars, seemingly oblivious to the 20 mph speed limit. The council should actually enforce this speed limit and install Average Speed Camaera's (SPEC's) on the worst race tracks around Brockley.