12 June, 2009

Tube Strike, MotorExpo 2009 and Crossrail...

...lots been going on, just having a rather unusual week, hopefully everything will be back to normal soon! Managed to make it up into town yesterday (on crutches), despite the tube strike -
Travelling around central london from london bridge without the tube
- they were giving away these guides to help people make their way around London without use of the underground, the unhelpful advice for people wanting to get to Canary Wharf was just to go to Bank and get the DLR (like *everyone* wouldn't already have thought of that)...as it was, somehow, despite every single other tube line being down, the Jubilee line was actually running (albeit with minor delays), so it wasn't actually that much of a trial to get in and out of the office...

Anyway, when I got here (although I'm not really going to have much of a chance to look around it, in my current state), I found that the 2009 MotorExpo was in full swing, the reception of One Canada square having been turned over to all manner of Aston Martin automobiles (and even the odd wicked looking Tesla) -
Motorexpo 2009
- and outside has been similarly transformed -
Motorexpo 2009
- although I must say, the number of hungry executives drooling over the exhibits seems to be considerably down on last year...

In other news, work is proceeding apace for the London crossrail station, they have turned the corner now if you look closely, and from the looks of things, they are going to complete a box using these metal tubes -
Canary Wharf Crossrail building
- and then drain out the water and actually dig down to build the station, so I have the perfect vantage point here in order to spy on them... ;)

3 comments:

-MR X- said...

You do realise its Friday right ;-)

I'm relying on you for my supply of links!

Unknown said...

Sorry! Not had time for link collection this week!! :(

Anonymous said...

well done fink... friday's were just too predictable!! thanks for breaking the habit... you can keep us on our toes.... he he...