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Hit & Run 24.07.09

Submitted by JMB on Fri 24/Jul/2009

Cabot Circus Car Crash

I hadn’t realised this was a suicide bid. The Evening Post has the story and some pretty grim photos.

Western Electrification

The BBC’s Dave Harvey writes a good post on the electrification of the Great Western Railway.

If you had a vital meeting in London, or were heading up to see a show, what would you pay to get there a minute earlier?

I ask because Transport Ministers reckon a minute of our precious time is worth £83m. You read that right. Today's plan to electrify the Great Western Railway costs £1bn. It will shave 12 minutes off the Paddington to Temple Meads journey. Value for money?

Snail Blowing

The Bristol Blue Glass factory demonstrates how to blow a snail:

Bristol Renaissance Faire

Gadzooks and hey nonny nonny. Herewith be verily some videos from the 2009 Bristol Renaissance Faire, Wisconsin (previously discussed here).

Lizard Watch

Local {journalist?} Tony Gosling discusses Common Purpose with Brian Gerish.

Cabot Circus - Does it make you nauseous?

Submitted by JMB on Sat 20/Dec/2008

A good percentage of Bristol's blogosphere (there's a list somewhere) are somewhat scathing of the city's new merchants' quarter, named for local hero Giovanni Caboto, or "John Cabot" as we prefer to call him.

Relax, people. It's a shopping precinct, not a philosophical statement. Prior to development it was a grotty car park and an Allied Carpets superstore so I don't feel that we've done too badly out of the transaction. Mind you, there's not much there for a sartorially-challenged gentleman like me, apart from the Apple Shop.

There is one bit of Cabot Circus that troubles me. (Two counting the absence of a book shop). When using the new parking structure, there is a pedestrian bridge that takes you directly into the shopping area. But, I find that I feel a little bit disoriented as I walk along this bridge.

It's not just me, as I've heard other pedestrians comment on the same thing. Here's a video I took today (with my Blackberry Storm).

Ah - so that's who they were.

Submitted by JMB on Thu 02/Oct/2008

I saw some of this bunch running around at Cabot Circus over the weekend. I had assumed this was some sort of new variant of "Goth" fashion.

Apparently it was a protest, political statement, performance art or something like that.

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