The Station Squirrel

“These commuters are nuts”, and other obvious humour…  I guess these videos must be by the same person who took this photo.
Don’t forget that The Blackheath Society holds regular events to tidy up the green areas around Blackheath Station.  The next one isn’t scheduled yet according to their website, but I’m [...]

The more it snows…

Tiddlypom… Mrs Bugle took this shot this evening, despite me complaining that it was too cold, and please could we get back to our nice warm home. I’m sure you’ve all taken many artistic shots of the lovely snow, so if you have, please send me the links!
Can’t remember who mentioned it on [...]

The passenger squashing quota…

Coincidentally, Southeastern Trains had a sort of open day today, where a number of their senior managers were standing in Charring Cross station, ready to answer questions.
So I asked them whether there is any quota that they have to meet in terms of “how squashed are the passengers?”. The answer was revealing. They are [...]

Blackheath ready to swallow oysters?

Simon writes:
Southeastern trains will be using Oyster Pay-as-you-go within the year, so I thought that people might like to know about a brilliant discount you can get if you have a Railcard. It is little publicised, but you can get Railcards (Young Persons, Senior, Disabled and Forces) added to your Oyster card. This will lower [...]

htaehkcalB is no more.

Something to gawp at next time you’re on the platform.. The back-to-front sign has finally been replaced by a new, bigger, bolder, and altogether louder station sign for the hard of noticing…

The Umbrella People

To the couple waiting for the 7:12 to Charing Cross at Blackheath Station…  It had been raining, and it was really windy…

They threw their umbrella on to the grass verge, because it had turned inside out.  No need to keep it with them, or find a waste bin.
I’ve seen the people who give up their [...]

Ferreting about…

Just saw the ferret man again. Mrs Bugle and I have seen him by the bus stop before. Maybe it is a stoat, or a weasel – I’ve looked it up on google, but the results are inconclusive. Hope he got a half fare for the little rascal.

About 6 minutes 10 seconds [...]

Act of God applied to Blackheath Station

Is it me, or does it look as though a meteorite has struck Blackheath station? A couple of days ago there was plaster all over the steps on the way down to the London-bound platform, as the Bugle was making his daily trudge towards The Worldly Auntie… I looked up, and there [...]

Peculiar little estate agents hut to be turned into disabled lift?

A while back, when leaving the station, I noticed a planning permission form tied to the pedestrian crossing. It was a planning request to turn the funny little booth that currently houses “The Blackheath Property Company” into a lift, in order to make it easier for disabled people to get down to platform 1 [...]