Blackheath and India

I’m off to India for 3 weeks with work… So you are left in the very capable hands of Mrs Bugle during this time. Sorry for the lack of updates recently – been very busy planning the trip, not to mention weddings and things…
Unless we go very far off track, and across to Pakistan, [...]

Blackheath Farmers Market on Easter Sunday

According to the London Farmers Market site, the Easter bunny has not cancelled the Farmers Market:
Easter Weekend
Some farmers and producers may be taking a break but all our markets will be open as usual over Easter.
UPDATE:
Most of the market sellers were there, but not the veg stall nearest the entrance. The milk & yoghurt [...]

Blackheath Circus

Wonderful photo of the Big Top at the Blackheath Circus, as of last year… I can’t find any really nice creative-commons photos of this year’s circus otherwise I’d add them.  There’s this one, but it’s copyrighted.  If you aren’t scared of clowns, then the current circus is on until 14th April – see their site [...]

Map of Parking in Blackheath

A new project… Inspired by Bugle-dad coming to visit, who doesn’t share my penchant for Oystercards (“Take a train? Don’t be ridiculous!”) I’ve had to spend a good while in a car trying to find somewhere for us to park. Aside from this revealing that I have little or no concept of [...]

Boundary markers

Every time I wander past this little stone, it makes me smile. I like milestones (although, I believe that this is technically a boundary marker, not a milestone). There’s something very Blackheath about it, especially the fact that upon closer inspection, it is not actually from the 1800s, but is an impostor! [...]

A new tipple for Blackheath

I’m not sure how long it has been there, but the Princess of Wales pub has started selling a very nice Pale Ale called Meantime… It tastes lovely, and is brewed in Greenwich (the logo is full of clockwork and compasses, flying around as bubbles). It doesn’t stop the PoW being a seething hell [...]

When is the next train? That will cost you a fiver…

There was a great free application for the iPhone, called “My Rail Lite”. Regardless of whether you believe the iPhone (or trouser Mac, as I prefer to call it) is the second coming or not, this was unquestionably a useful thing to have.  I used it virtually every morning to see whether I had [...]

1930’s propaganda movie filmed in Blackheath

Now here’s a real discovery… The rather wonderful building at the end of Bennett Park, named “The Blackheath Arts Club”, and adorned with a blue plaque, was home to the GPO Film Unit, as mentioned back when this blog was only a baby.

Having spent some time googling around looking for more information on the GPO [...]