9.15 today - The bread "van".

Still there in the bus stop.

There's a lorry in the loading bay. And a van in the bus stop. Parked. And delivering.

A new tactic - Park on the other corner! The driver and his mate both walked straight into Tesco. The time? 3.40pm. At the time we walk past with our children on the way back from school. And you know what a "Community Support Officer" watched them pull up, and turned into Broadway Avenue (just ahead there), and walked away. Thanks for the help...

As I stood on the corner, looking over my shoulder to cross the road.

Front view

Thank you the Richmond and Twickenham Times!

for pointing out yet another Tesco bully-boy tactic. From page 5 of today's paper:

"Beleaguered Tesco stores in the borough have yet another complaint to deal with as residents declare that a cash machine has been set up at the St Margarets site without planning permission.

Residents in the area said that the previous postmaster asked Richmond upon Thames Council whether he could have an ATM, and they said no.

Now Tesco have erected its machine without applying for permission and this claim has been substantiated by the council.

A spokesman for Tesco admitted the ATM had been put in place without planning permission... 'It is not something we make a habit of'..."

If we had done it?...

See the application at http://tinyurl.com/4vf2f

Why not lodge an objection? Let's have an ATM, but in a sensible place, for the benefit of a local shop, not a multi-national - The community Post Office has said they would be wiling to apply again, with our support.

Snow joke...

And did you know that those pallets pictured below were finally picked up (by the usual huge lorry) at 8.45, in the middle of a snow storm according to one passer by - so not only was the pavement blocked, but another juggernaut blocked the road at just the time Tesco swore it wouldn't.

7.20 in the morning (ugh) - Pallets waiting to be picked up. Bear in mind this is a major pedestrian thoroughfare for the station, the bus stop, and the schools.

So this is what we had at 3.13 today, on the way to school - This is the view you would have if you were looking back over your shoulder, trying to cross Broadway Avenue... Could you cross safely with your child?

Front view

So here we are at 2 o'clock today - When there are supposed to be no deliveries - And does that look like it fits in the loadin bay?

Very bus friendly, you see.

A large lorry delivering now, at pickup time for the schools

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A few snatched photos from this morning at 8.40, on the school run. The same lorry was still there at 8.55. And may have been there later - The Council are supposed to be operating an enhanced enforcement regime between 8am and 9am - On the way back at 8.55, a bus took several minutes trying to get round this lorry - Snarling up the traffic in both directions as it tried to do so.

Just by the bus stop.

And on the way past.

Many thanks to the council for helping keep the Bus Stop clear - There is rear access, you know. Taken Monday at 3.42pm - Right at school pickup time again

a large Buxton lorry, half on the pavement, half on the road. About 10 minutes ago. Possibly not Tesco, but it doesn't say much for the new enhanced enforcement regime.

3, yes 3, cars in the bus stop.