20 is Plenty

Fun with the 20 is Plenty campaign this week. Me and Steve from St Albans Cycle Campaign here suggesting improvements to signage.

Cue a couple of comments on the Review website that 20mph is infinitely more dangerous than 30mph. Interesting theory. Will come as a shock to RoSPA and the Dept for Transport.

(Picture from St Albans Review)

Shock as theatre goes 3-D

The Alban Arena panto this year offers a star attraction of "Cecil the 3D seahorse".

Panto-goers in the past may have criticised some of the celebrity performers at the Arena for being flat, but I don't think they were literally two-dimensional.

So I'm not sure why anyone would want to put on special glasses in the theatre, in order to see a character in "3D". Take off your glasses and look at the actors, folks!

Council goes laptop dancing

I got a letter from the District Council this morning telling me they've had four laptops stolen, including one with all my personal details on it.
NOT encrypted.
Great.
And because the information was in the form of a scan of my postal ballot application, they've also got my signature.
Oh yes, and 14,000 other St Albans people got the same letter today too.
But it's OK, the Council assures me, there's no record of which way I vote.
Phew.

New hope for St Albans Odeon

According to The Review, James Hannaway, the master of Berkhamstead, is now poised to do up our beloved Odeon.
Good luck to him!

There's a toilet outside my house

OK, it's green. I should be grateful for that. And there are those occasions when you just can't wait to get into your house to relieve yourself. But on balance I would rather there was NOT a toilet outside my house.

Bunch of Miserable Councillors

My automatic Google search of all things St Albans offered up this wonderful treat today: a website devoted to "glum councillors" staring at potholes.

No surprise that the site is celebrating the many achievements of our own St Albans councillors in this field.

Enjoy: http://glumcouncillors.tumblr.com/post/234840022

Get on the Wave

Do come along to the family-friendly 'Wave' Event in St Albans this Saturday 7th November, to raise awareness of the forthcoming National 'Wave' Demonstration - it will only take a few minutes.

The 'Wave' comes ahead of the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen, to let our leaders know we want a safe climate future for all (see http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/the-wave).

We will meet outside the Alban Arena/Council offices at 2pm. Please dress in blue (to look like a watery wave!). The local press will take a photo. We hope as many local members of the Climate Change Coalition will come along, including Friends of the Earth, WDM, Oxfam, Sustrans, and Greenpeace.

Oil goes off the boil

Between 10 and 20 years till the oil starts to run out?
Better start walking more.

Trams for the Abbey Flyer

Interesting news today that trams are to replace trains on the Abbey Flyer route from St Albans to Watford.

The promise is for a much more frequent service. You wonder how long it will take to do, but if the end result is anything like the great service in Sheffield, I'm all for it.