We're covering Slix in Stokes Croft this week, and we've noticed that it attracts some interesting clientele. It also sells burgers and chicken.Yesterday we looked at the corporate appeal of the area, with cars such as WP06XTR [...]
Breaking news: congestion in the city centre
Posted by Kimberly
"Mike" sends us a note to point out that the Evening Post has finally stopped going on about football stadiums and cyclists in shopping streets in nailsea, and instead focused on the key problem of the city: congestion caused by hundreds of students.As [...]
Slix Week 2
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, November 29, 2010
Documenting Stokes Croft is a full-time job.Which is why we have a company car, just like anybody with a proper job. And we like to park-up on the pavement outside Bank to monitor the competition.Not all cars are company [...]
Slix Week 1
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, November 28, 2010
We know that Stokes Croft is the centre of the universe.And at the centre of Stokes Croft is that most favourite eatery, Slix.Ignore the fact that it's next to Mrs Lovett's meat pie outlet, ignore any references to Sweeny [...]
Reminder :4x4 is useless on ice without studs or chains
Posted by Kimberly
Now that winter is here, can we drop a quick reminder to everyone driving around not to believe those "buy a 4x4 and cope with winter" adverts. Without studded tyres or chains, all four wheel drive will do is get you into trouble by hiding the problems [...]
Not driving: parked
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, November 27, 2010
While a darkness falls over kingsdown as new yellow lines and pay-to-park machines pop up, Cliftonwood is holding out against the resident parking plans. As they must! Were resident parking zones to pop up with their neat [...]
Selfish Parents
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, November 26, 2010
The same time we were getting a video of one driver, X108YDY, prepared to fight the anti-car city and use the secret rat-runs of Kingsdown, we were also getting some shocking footage of parents walking their kids to school. [...]
Friday Quiz
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tesco's in Lower Redland Road re-opened a while ago now.But it may just be causing a few local proble [...]
Clifton Problems
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Over in Caledonia Mall, Clifton, someone selfishly attacked a car doing a bit of smart-car parking, by pulling up their wipers Nearby, another car, KL51UUY manages to get by unscathed. We have mixed feelings here. Yes, smart-car [...]
Police work over the University
Posted by Kimberly
For some reason we could not get our van down Whiteladies Road and over to the M32 this afternoon, so had to divert up the hill and hit the Highbury Vaults for a few beers before continuing. One thing we could see was this police helicopter circling [...]
Double Jeopardy 2
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Back in June we covered the unfair persecution of a motorist, purely because they had the temerity to park across a dropped kerb.It seems this sort of behaviour by uncaring, irresponsible council officials is still going [...]
Dark side of the S2000
Posted by Kimberly
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Beware these animals may bite
Posted by Kimberly
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Wot no choc?
Posted by Kimberly
I love Christmas. Especially the oversized tins of chocolates that have become so symbolic of the festive season. As soon as Christmas season officially begins at the end of August I always make sure I buy at least three tins. One for the kids and family, [...]
Fake police warning notes?
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, November 22, 2010
We know it's illegal to pretend to be police, but is it illegal to put out fake police warning signs? Look at this sign here in Cliftonwood, telling off a car for parking on the pavement. Now look at the car. One wheel up. [...]
Pavement blocking: does it help us motorists
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, November 21, 2010
October's bike park movement on Cotham Hill was apparently to help the local cafe -the one that is being repainted as "manga manga" have some outdoor seating. Well, we don't know or care about that, but one thing that does [...]
Signs of Recovery
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, November 20, 2010
We posted a while ago about the Emergency Services, and we're pleased to be able to report that the Manor Park emergency service has now acquired a second vehicle.The addition of M758XWS to this essential 24 hour service [...]
Waste of space
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, November 19, 2010
Whilst we are always happy to park anywhere we want, there is a downside, as WU58ZFR demonstrates. This is the Downs, where thankfully no cycling is allowed.The problem is that if you can park a car on the grass you [...]
The blind bends of Clifton Vale
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, November 18, 2010
We love taking visitors from the US through Montpelier at speed, watching them in teror stamping the ground where the brake pedal should be, as we drive our van through at 40 mph with millimetres between us and the parked cars on either side while texting [...]
YA55VDY pulls out
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, November 17, 2010
People have been mailing us, where is the Yoghurt Van YA55VDY? Has some disaster struck Bristol's supply of dairy goods. The answer is no, the clocks changing just altered its schedule.It doesn't pull off without indicating from the buildout by Whiteladies [...]
St Pauls School Run problems.
Posted by Kimberly
By way of the Legacy Printed Press, we see this video of a car being forced to push a Ford Ka out onto the road by the school entrance to Cabot Primary School.The comments on the E.P. Article are pretty polarised.On the one hand, this is someone exerting [...]
KTT86LT takes the easy direction on Marlborough Hill
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The Bristol Traffic Project is a Big Society project, a community database of those people bold enough to stand up for their rights in an anti-car city. Today we are pleased see it at work.This is Marlborough Hill, "nominally" one way. We say "nominally", [...]
Problem Bus Stops
Posted by Kimberly on Monday, November 15, 2010
Our commentary yesterday hinted at bus problems in Crow Lane, as a result of criminal activity in the area.Over here leafy Redland Road this is less of a problem, and the brave owner of EF59VBA is even comfortable leaving [...]
Bus work in Henbury
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, November 14, 2010
We see a bus, here on Crow Lane, Henbury Why is that unusual? Well, FirstBus are stopping buses coming past here from 18:30 onwards as it is too dangerous -the drivers keep being robbed. They may go through the area, but [...]
Custom Modification - Yamaha FZ1 Fazer ABS Limited Edition
Posted by Kimberly
The Yamaha FZ1 Fazer ABS Limited Edition body kit comes with official body kit parts, screen and wheel rim stickers and a pillion-seat hard cover. it also comes in classic Yamaha customer [...]
Dark Turbo
Posted by Kimberly
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Dark Turbo, originally uploaded by M.Alreshaid / [...]
Nissan GT-R
Posted by Kimberly
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The Bloomsbury Problem
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, November 13, 2010
Another issue we had with the Russel Square area is that this marked a clear attempt to bring cycle-friendly infrastructure into the inner city, rather than, as in Bristol, leave it places where we hope it doesn't get in [...]
Walthamizing Russell Square
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, November 12, 2010
Crap Walking and Cycling in Waltham Forest recently popped over to inner London to denounce the area for having a parking space.Interestingly, this bit of the city exists in our database, but it was actually so depressing [...]
Today's the day
Posted by Kimberly on Thursday, November 11, 2010
Last chance heads up.If we don't get out and complain now about the Greater Bristol Bus Network (GBBN) proposals for Whiteladies Road, we could end up with this:How, exactly, do we get our White Van from Cribbs Causeway to Baldwin Street if we allow [...]
Keiths Driving and Parking School
Posted by Kimberly on Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Along dovercourt road, we see a member of Keiths Driving School and a paying customer getting their paveparking right.Note howthe wheels are all alignedit is further in than the nissan micra, so should avoid being scraped [...]
Secret Cliftonwood Parking
Posted by Kimberly on Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Everybody knows that there are no parking problems in Cliftonwood, and that is why its citizens recently rejected the imposition of a CPZ. However, what fewer people know is where the "secret" parking slots are - the [...]
Intermission
Posted by Kimberly on Sunday, November 7, 2010
Whilst we all get hot under the collar about the problems that putting Bus Lanes up Whiteladies Road are going to cause, and the onerous parking restrictions that will be put on us as a result, here's something to think about:Tax dodgers, parked for [...]
Custom Modifications Yamaha FZ-1 Fazer
Posted by Kimberly
Real-world performance that will make your everyday ride extraordinary.The Yamaha 2010 FZ1 a cutting edge sport bike with a twist. Unlike most other machines in this class, the Yamaha FZ1 features a state of the art [...]
2nd2none shows how it's done
Posted by Kimberly
Yes we've seen this car before. The miracle that is an internet-scale index/search engine tells us we saw WR08HXK in exactly the same place in Chedworth Road, Horfield, back in March.Well, before your customers are ready for the pavements of Monty, you [...]
Alloy wheels are for outsiders
Posted by Kimberly on Saturday, November 6, 2010
Footage of someone on Cobourg Road managing to get their car out safely.This is why in inner city Bristol you don't want alloy wheels. They may be a status symbol for some drivers, but they are clearly not people who have to drive round the anti-car [...]
Conceptual vehicles by Timur Mutsaev
Posted by Kimberly on Friday, November 5, 2010
Timur's website portfolio. Timur on conceptships.Keywords: video game vehicle concept art by concept artist timur mutsaev entertainment software magazines traditional digital concepts fantasy science fiction sci-fi russian [...]
