I've been watching with interest the building work that is currently going on the opposite side of Oldbrook Green to The Cricketers public house. There are three constructions on Oldbrook Green, all built to a similar style. I think one might have been a public convenience, but it is closed off with fencing around it, another a sort of strange brick construction with a brick roof and this supported by posts and the third, at the furthest side to Oldbrook Boulevard and on the patch which leads to the city centre, what could have been used for storage but has certainly seen better days and built to a similar design to the other two. Workmen have been working on site to the right of this construction, starting off with the foundations (well, how else do you start a building?) and gradually building a wall and as I write this, the brick-work is more or less complete and it now has the trusses in place for the roof. It would appear that they are renovating the main building, with the gable-ends being replaced and repainted. But I'm intrigued with what the new build is going to be. It isn't particularly large and the height matches the rest of the original building. I thought at first it might be used as a cafe, tea kiosk or similar, but I can see no windows or even doors in it as it rises. No sign at all of what is going to be. The workmen appear to be restoring the rest of the site, with a low wall being built of brick to one side. I will just have to wait patiently to see what it turns out to be. Probably it will boringly just turn out to be somewhere for them to store equipment, such as lawn mowers, wheelbarrows and whatever else is needed to tend the grass on Oldbrook Green.
Walking past the 'mystery building' later on Thursday, I noticed that there were metal gates now installed to the side of the area where the mystery building is being constructed. They have sharp-pointed tops to the metal bars, so it begs the question; what needs to be protected by metal gates and why the sharp spikes along the top? It makes me wonder if it's going to be a storage area for valuable items, because who wants to climb a gate and get cut by spikes? Just an idea. It looks as if they're making a sort of yard area which would explain the wall that they are building.
Oldbrook Green, the actual grassy area that is, is really soggy. At the furthest side, opposite The Cricketers, it tends to flood when there is heavy rain. Part-way along the path the actual path gets flooded and when I'm out with Alfie I have to negotiate this flood and Alfie doesn't really like getting his little paws wet. Walking on the grass is somewhat like walking on marshy ground, or at least sponge. There is a dip in the grass which tends to fill with water when it rains and it's been like a water feature, or at least, a pond. Over the past few days there have been ducks on there, an almost perfect place for them to have a paddle.
I took Alfie out at around 10.30 and as we walked along Strudwick Drive, along the fence that encloses the community garden belonging to Dexter House, Alfie stopped as he often does and came face-to-face with a black cat which was inside the garden and just inside the metal gate. Alfie began to bark at the cat excitedly and even tried to get through the gap in the gate, but, fortunately, he was too broad to squeeze through. The cat made the typical 'don't-come-near-me-or-I'll-scratch-your-eyes -out' noises, which didn't really bother Alfie and the cat just stared at him. It was definitely a question, 'who's going to blink first?' sort-of situation, but I decided to move on, so I pulled gently on Alfie's lead and we continued our walk along the pavement. I think it's the closest that Alfie has been to a pussycat!
Even more blossom coming out on the trees around Oldbrook Green, this time it's white. I presume it's hawthorn or May. But isn't it too early for blossom? We're barely into February.
The mystery woman who keeps stopping cars along Oldbrook Boulevard has been seen again, standing on a traffic island near The Cricketers pub. It was frosty and bitterly cold at just before 7.30 yesterday morning. I have mentioned this on Nextdoor, the social media site I recently discovered and then subscribed to. It would appear that quite a few other people have come across her, but it would appear that nothing has been done to try and find out first, what her name is, and second, where she lives. The police have been informed of her activities, on several occasions and I have spoken to someone at Milton Keynes social services department, but until we know her name and where she lives it's impossible to deal with this issue. It is more a safety matter that concerns me, because she is putting herself at risk by standing in the road and the fact that she keeps asking for money will eventually cause further problems.
I have now been told where this lady lives, but I'm not going to divulge this information on here, but it should make things easier as we begin to find out who this lady is so we can deal with this issue.
(Friday morning) I've been out with Alfie, around 7.10. It was frosty and foggy, but it was great to be out so early.
I've been sent some dog food from one of the market survey companies. Great, because it means I don't have to buy any dog food and as the current food for Alfie is about to run out and I was going to have to buy some more, probably from Lidl or Sainsbury's.
Walking past the 'mystery building' later on Thursday, I noticed that there were metal gates now installed to the side of the area where the mystery building is being constructed. They have sharp-pointed tops to the metal bars, so it begs the question; what needs to be protected by metal gates and why the sharp spikes along the top? It makes me wonder if it's going to be a storage area for valuable items, because who wants to climb a gate and get cut by spikes? Just an idea. It looks as if they're making a sort of yard area which would explain the wall that they are building.
Oldbrook Green, the actual grassy area that is, is really soggy. At the furthest side, opposite The Cricketers, it tends to flood when there is heavy rain. Part-way along the path the actual path gets flooded and when I'm out with Alfie I have to negotiate this flood and Alfie doesn't really like getting his little paws wet. Walking on the grass is somewhat like walking on marshy ground, or at least sponge. There is a dip in the grass which tends to fill with water when it rains and it's been like a water feature, or at least, a pond. Over the past few days there have been ducks on there, an almost perfect place for them to have a paddle.
I took Alfie out at around 10.30 and as we walked along Strudwick Drive, along the fence that encloses the community garden belonging to Dexter House, Alfie stopped as he often does and came face-to-face with a black cat which was inside the garden and just inside the metal gate. Alfie began to bark at the cat excitedly and even tried to get through the gap in the gate, but, fortunately, he was too broad to squeeze through. The cat made the typical 'don't-come-near-me-or-I'll-scratch-your-eyes -out' noises, which didn't really bother Alfie and the cat just stared at him. It was definitely a question, 'who's going to blink first?' sort-of situation, but I decided to move on, so I pulled gently on Alfie's lead and we continued our walk along the pavement. I think it's the closest that Alfie has been to a pussycat!
Even more blossom coming out on the trees around Oldbrook Green, this time it's white. I presume it's hawthorn or May. But isn't it too early for blossom? We're barely into February.
The mystery woman who keeps stopping cars along Oldbrook Boulevard has been seen again, standing on a traffic island near The Cricketers pub. It was frosty and bitterly cold at just before 7.30 yesterday morning. I have mentioned this on Nextdoor, the social media site I recently discovered and then subscribed to. It would appear that quite a few other people have come across her, but it would appear that nothing has been done to try and find out first, what her name is, and second, where she lives. The police have been informed of her activities, on several occasions and I have spoken to someone at Milton Keynes social services department, but until we know her name and where she lives it's impossible to deal with this issue. It is more a safety matter that concerns me, because she is putting herself at risk by standing in the road and the fact that she keeps asking for money will eventually cause further problems.
I have now been told where this lady lives, but I'm not going to divulge this information on here, but it should make things easier as we begin to find out who this lady is so we can deal with this issue.
(Friday morning) I've been out with Alfie, around 7.10. It was frosty and foggy, but it was great to be out so early.
I've been sent some dog food from one of the market survey companies. Great, because it means I don't have to buy any dog food and as the current food for Alfie is about to run out and I was going to have to buy some more, probably from Lidl or Sainsbury's.
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