It's getting lighter a lot earlier. So it seemed a good idea to take Alfie out for his routine walk across Eaglestone Park. I can't avoid his eyes as he was sitting on the sofa watching me closely. But by the time we got outside it was surprisingly cold and the car had a layer of ice on it, which means I will need to scrape it off when I drive out later on this morning.
Alfie loves being let off his lead when we get to the grassed area, but unfortunately things didn't go as usual because the woman who has a large Alsatian and walks it from her wheelchair was crossing the park. Alfie's immediate reaction is to chase after the dog and make friends. He doesn't see any danger, but I don't trust this dog as the woman has no control over it. I don't want to see Alfie attacked. The bigger dog growled at Alfie and I ran after him to put him back on his lead. He wasn't going to be caught, but I did manage to catch him and we walked away at speed along the circular path and took a short cut back home.
Some time later. I've been to get my haircut this morning. Some while ago I went to get my hair cut at my regular place, Central Barbers, which has been in the Food Centre for years and I've been going there on and off since I moved to Milton Keynes in 2007. Then I went to the barbers in Monkston Park (which we found quite by accident when we went to buy something in the nearby Budgens store). Then it closed down, only discovering when I was waiting for them to open up and someone told me that the man who owned the store had gone out of business (for whatever reason.) The branch of Central Barbers moved into the main MK shopping centre and this I only discovered when I read the notice on the door of the boarded-up shop. They are now located opposite John Lewis's store in the shopping centre. I was there sitting outside the store at 9.25 and went in to get my haircut by a young lady who it turned out went to Shenley Christian Fellowship, but goes to the second service (I usually go to the 9.15 service, so it's unlikely I'd see her.)
I then went to the coffee morning within the café in John Lewis and saw the bereavement counsellor and we've set up a new meeting for Wednesday at 2.30p.m at Willen.
Walking through the shopping centre I noticed that some areas around Middleton Hall were closed off. Something to do with a gas leak. But I couldn't smell anything like gas. But when I came back out to walk through the centre on the way back to the car all the closed-off areas were re-opened. So one assumes that the gas leak had been resolved.
On the way home I decided to go to Waitrose, but I didn't realise until it was too late that I wouldn't be able to return home along Chaffron Way because there was some roadworks going on and there was a barrier up on the opposite late so I would need to find an alternative route home along Brickhill Street and then Child's Way. They're forever closing the grid roads around Milton Keynes, usually for other things such as putting in safety zones, which they've done along Chaffron Way. This consists of signs to get drivers to slow down as well as central kerbing and red painted areas. Whether this works I don't know, because from experience a lot of drivers don't want to slow at any cost. There's an element who won't adhere to any sort of rules and regulation. No matter what they're told or meant to do, such as slow down, as they should along Saxon Street between Milton Keynes Academy and the hospital, which is a 40 m.p.h, zone, they will not slow down. Probably because they know full well that they won't get caught and fined. You very rarely, if ever, see a police car around Milton Keynes. There's no deterrent to motorists who get round the law, not just speeding but tailgating and other misdemeanours. There used to be a 'smiley face' sign that lit up when you were driving at the correct speed. It was on the footbridge that takes the Redway over Saxon Street, but it gets taken away, but it's quite effective at getting drivers to slow down. It would appear that a lot of people don't realise that there's a speed limit or just ignore it anyway.
So, why don't they do all the road repairs at the same time? Surely it can't be too difficult to make sure they coordinate all this sort of work so that it doesn't inconvenience people.
Some time later. I've been to get my haircut this morning. Some while ago I went to get my hair cut at my regular place, Central Barbers, which has been in the Food Centre for years and I've been going there on and off since I moved to Milton Keynes in 2007. Then I went to the barbers in Monkston Park (which we found quite by accident when we went to buy something in the nearby Budgens store). Then it closed down, only discovering when I was waiting for them to open up and someone told me that the man who owned the store had gone out of business (for whatever reason.) The branch of Central Barbers moved into the main MK shopping centre and this I only discovered when I read the notice on the door of the boarded-up shop. They are now located opposite John Lewis's store in the shopping centre. I was there sitting outside the store at 9.25 and went in to get my haircut by a young lady who it turned out went to Shenley Christian Fellowship, but goes to the second service (I usually go to the 9.15 service, so it's unlikely I'd see her.)
I then went to the coffee morning within the café in John Lewis and saw the bereavement counsellor and we've set up a new meeting for Wednesday at 2.30p.m at Willen.
Walking through the shopping centre I noticed that some areas around Middleton Hall were closed off. Something to do with a gas leak. But I couldn't smell anything like gas. But when I came back out to walk through the centre on the way back to the car all the closed-off areas were re-opened. So one assumes that the gas leak had been resolved.
On the way home I decided to go to Waitrose, but I didn't realise until it was too late that I wouldn't be able to return home along Chaffron Way because there was some roadworks going on and there was a barrier up on the opposite late so I would need to find an alternative route home along Brickhill Street and then Child's Way. They're forever closing the grid roads around Milton Keynes, usually for other things such as putting in safety zones, which they've done along Chaffron Way. This consists of signs to get drivers to slow down as well as central kerbing and red painted areas. Whether this works I don't know, because from experience a lot of drivers don't want to slow at any cost. There's an element who won't adhere to any sort of rules and regulation. No matter what they're told or meant to do, such as slow down, as they should along Saxon Street between Milton Keynes Academy and the hospital, which is a 40 m.p.h, zone, they will not slow down. Probably because they know full well that they won't get caught and fined. You very rarely, if ever, see a police car around Milton Keynes. There's no deterrent to motorists who get round the law, not just speeding but tailgating and other misdemeanours. There used to be a 'smiley face' sign that lit up when you were driving at the correct speed. It was on the footbridge that takes the Redway over Saxon Street, but it gets taken away, but it's quite effective at getting drivers to slow down. It would appear that a lot of people don't realise that there's a speed limit or just ignore it anyway.
So, why don't they do all the road repairs at the same time? Surely it can't be too difficult to make sure they coordinate all this sort of work so that it doesn't inconvenience people.
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