Forum Topic

Getting older

As a whippersnapper, I could walk for miles without needing to rest. As I get older, I find I need to sit down more often. Where is the best place in Ealing to sit down? And on the rare days when I'm feeling energetic, where is the best place in Ealing to walk briskly?

Angus Peterson ● 6701d38 Comments

Sit in Walpole Park. Walk by the canal.

Graham Weeks ● 6700d

Agreed. Walpole Park is a delightful place in which to walk and sit down. My wife and I stroll thru the park almost every day and occasionally, we sit on our favourite bench and enjoy the trees. but not in this present weather - damp benches ain't good for my piles.  :-(

Gerry Tan ● 6700d

There are a lot of early risers on this forum. Another symptom of advancing age. I think the girl who resented getting up before noon while at university in the 70s must have been someone else.

Susan Kelly ● 6700d

In Response To:There are a lot of early risers on this forum. I am two hours ahead of you at present.

Graham Weeks ● 6700d

You could walk briskly up Horsenden Hill and then sit on a bench at the top to admire the view.

Barbara Yerolemou ● 6700d

You could walk briskly up Horsenden Hill and then sit on a bench at the top to admire the view.

Barbara Yerolemou ● 6700d

You could walk briskly up Horsenden Hill and then sit on a bench at the top to admire the view.

Barbara Yerolemou ● 6700d

And if I were on The Ridgeway Mill Hill looking West I might spot you Barbara.

Colin Vaughan ● 6700d

I know Ealing's big but has it more than one time zone?

Susan Kelly ● 6700d

Its not that big Susan, Mill Hill Ridgeway is in Barnet. Its just part of a cluster of Hills like Horsenden, that were rubble that was left behind after the last Ice Age. Being high you can see much of West London including Heathrow, and Windsor Castle on the Horizon on a clear day.

Colin Vaughan ● 6700d

I was referring to Graham being two hours ahead of the rest of us. Thinks: will he be able to see the lottery numbers tonight before the draw?

Susan Kelly ● 6700d

There at at least two time zones in Ealing:one where it is thought Ealing has not changed since the 1950s,the other where Ealing has changed beyond recognition and reclamation.

Alan Brainsby ● 6700d

Referring to the original question of this thread:How about a brisk walk towards any bus stop when the bus has a greater chance of arriving at it before you although you might have hailed the bus.A good resting place then would be the seat under the bus stop shelter.Sorry, should not boast. My local bus stops, all four, are equipped with shelters and seats.

Alan Brainsby ● 6700d

Now that would be a thing Susan.

Colin Vaughan ● 6700d

Parts of Uxbridge are like that Alan. Most of it looks like a Mini Dallas now.

Colin Vaughan ● 6700d

Its about time for Planning Enforcement to be equipped with bulldozers. Infringements would plummet!

Robert Darke ● 6700d

I did post in another thread that i am in Riga, Latvia, for a week.I do not do lotteries.

Graham Weeks ● 6700d

You wouldn't have to do the lottery yourself, Graham.

Susan Kelly ● 6699d

Do your bus stops still have glass in them Alan? Where are they? They should be declared a national treasure.

Penny Crocker ● 6699d

Re :- "I know Ealing's big but has it more than one time zone?"          xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    no, but it's inhabitants sure have. Sorry, couldn't resist that.

Tony Price ● 6698d

Penny, all four stops' shelters have glass in them and none has been noticeably vandalized. Sometimes there is a little graffiti on the transparent panel over the information sheet on the actual bus stop post. And the light to illuminate that information works too!Perhaps it's because they are in a higher class neighbourhood. Well they're on top of a hill!! ;-)Two of the stops are on Castlebar Road and two on Castlebar Hill.So if they get vandalized I know where to look. ;)

Alan Brainsby ● 6698d

I don't understand that, Tony.

Susan Kelly ● 6698d

I guess he means we are a load of old f***s, living in the past Susan. Maybe, but I;d rather be in my time zone than his anyday.

Colin Vaughan ● 6698d

Re :- "I guess he means we are a load of old f***s, living in the past Susan. Maybe, but I;d rather be in my time zone than his anyday."            xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx      well you guess wrong, I would never be so rude, and my time zone, as you interpret it , is the same as your's I would imagine. WHAT I was saying before relates to the multivarious inhabitants that our Borough now has, ie from every corner, longitude and latitude of the world.

Tony Price ● 6698d

Ah well why didn't you say so Tony. your right of course, and as your caution would seem to dictate one has to be careful so as to not atract the wrath of the PC brigade, although the chattering classes are not so much in evidence in W5 as they are in 'the other place'.

Colin Vaughan ● 6698d

Actually Colin, I don't mind incurring the wrath of the so called PC brigade, 'cos they usually show themselves up as a load of buffoons, and racist to boot. And the " other place ", where be that. Upwards or downwards?.    And there is some new skullduggery afoot. Apparently now, those patently of foreign origin are able to class themselves as ENGLISH and not just BRITISH as hitherto, which is an absurdity. Presumably this is for the next Census so that the full extent of the " invasion " can be further covered up as the truth is beginning to dawn on most people. As I have said before, just travel by bus from Shepherds Bush to Uxbridge to see what I mean, plus of course, most other parts of London, and elsewhere. I read an article last week, albeit of the previous month, wherein the contention is the population of the UK could well be  already 77 million, way way above " official figures " as NO-ONE knows exactly who is here nor how many. The article was from the Independent. The last census is known to be a farce, doctored by the govt. in the attempt to hide the truth but who realise the cat is gradually coming out of the bag. So the new description of who is ENGLISH could well be designed for further camoflage.  New Labour are the most treacherous and traitorous govt. this country has ever had, not only given it away but lying / covering up in the process.

Tony Price ● 6697d

I think 'the other place' is probably the W4 forum. I got called a racist there for complaining mildly about the traffic congestion caused by the Mela in Gunnersbury Park. I would have made the same complaint had it been a Klu Klux Klan rally.

Susan Kelly ● 6697d

Yes Susan that 'other place' has what Stalin and Mao would term 'useful idiots', making contributions. They should count themselves lucky that they don't suffer a .38 calibre 're-education', which would be their lot once the despotic regime had taken over!

Colin Vaughan ● 6697d

I think there are fewer rude people on this forum.

Susan Kelly ● 6697d

Genial Ealing Susan, stay with us. Mind you it got a bit heated some time ago when the Tram(?) fanatics invaded the site, but thats another story.

Colin Vaughan ● 6697d

No rudeness please. We're Ealing!... plus contributors from Hanwell, Northolt,  Perivale and even Barnet.

Graham Weeks ● 6697d

Fewer angry people as well. Obviously hours spent queuing to get onto the Chiswick roundabout is bad for the temperament.

Susan Kelly ● 6697d

Am definitely more ladylike when posting here than on Chiswick - which generally seems to require a thicker skin - maybe because there are just so many posts there that you have SHOUT to make yourself heard.

Sara Nathan ● 6697d

Definitely Graham, civilised Ealing! Wonder if this anger over there is triggered  by feeling of rootlessness by a small number of 'transient members ' of the population , only a thought.

Colin Vaughan ● 6696d

From my council days I remember Chiswick as the Lib Dem ward in Ealing but IIRC that impverished Nulabour Hilary Benn lives there or he did. Definitely an area I could not afford.

Graham Weeks ● 6696d

"Wonder if this anger over there is triggered by feeling of rootlessness by a small number of 'transient members ' of the population , only a thought."What on earth does that mean?Reading Tony Price's contribution earlier in this thread, I see that anger is not unknown here either.  By the way, Susan Kelly is too modest about her "complaining mildly" on the thread about the London Mela that she referred to.  Her posts were vigorously written and contained enough wild assertions (like "how does it differ from a Sunday afternoon at Tesco?") to trigger a robust debate of the sort we enjoy on the W4 forum.

Richard Jennings ● 6695d

It's kind of you to take the trouble to prove our point, Angry Richard.

Susan Kelly ● 6695d

Re:- Reading Tony Price's contribution earlier in this thread, I see that anger is not unknown here either"              xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx        So might you be soon when the full truth dawns upon you, and bear in mind please that this Govt. always puts out vastly underestimated figures until organisations such as Sir Peter Greene's pull them apart and the Govt. are forced to revise them upwards time and time again. And note the crafty  pulling in of the previous administration, whereas the vast bulk of the influx has been encouraged by NL. The following appeared today :-          " More than two million people have emigrated to the UK in the last 16 years, it has been claimed.Migrationwatch said government figures showed 2.3 million foreigners moved to this country between 1991 and 2006.Only 8% of them - around 200,000 - were from Eastern Europe.Chairman Sir Andrew Green said: "As public concern has increased, supporters of immigration have tried to give the impression that the majority come from the new EU member states and that, in time as their economies improve, they will return home - thus implying that public fears are groundless." But the Government's own figures show that this is far from the case. "They also give the lie to those who claim that there is no point in immigration controls which do not apply to EU citizens," he said.The figures showed net migration in the period was less than two million as around 422,000 people left the country.Most of these - 212,000 - went to Australia and 72,000 moved to EU countries. Smaller numbers left for the United States, NZ and Canada.Sir Andrew added: "The reality is that those who come and stay are almost entirely from countries subject to immigration control. What we need therefore is effective control."

Tony Price ● 6695d