Think volume and not weight. Peppers, bananas, mushrooms. They take a lot of space but don't weigh much. If you want proof meet me at Fishers on Saturday. I should add that when I'm being really good I eat a lot of fruit to get my 5 a day. I often cycle home with leeks sticking through the top.
Another WBC employee.
I was in a flippant mood - should have placed a wink at the end of the sentence. WBC employee? Publican for 25 years then went into legal profession (the two seemed to go together somehow). Did do a short stint at County Hall back in the day though.
Meaning that i shop by bike & can get 25kg in a ruckack. If I added the panniers I'd be able to get 50kg back.
Normally rucksacks are measured by volume. I have a 25 litre rucksack, but I've never carried 25k in it. I promise you that my panniers carry much more than my rucksack but I doubt I've ever carried that much fully loaded. Like I said, think volume and not weight.
Normally rucksacks are measured by volume. I have a 25 litre rucksack, but I've never carried 25k in it. I promise you that my panniers carry much more than my rucksack but I doubt I've ever carried that much fully loaded. Like I said, think volume and not weight.
Who gives a stuff what the odd couple, , can get on their bike. I will do my shopping, and 90% of us probably will by car and I can get half a ton in the boot. I don't care about a couple of quid to park although usually it's free.
Hey, it's a shame that I haven't visited the forum for a while, I've missed this conversation. Oh well! Anything i can help with?
Rotorvator: What about all the other people who paid for their parking when you didn't? ..
We all get parking tickets occasionally, even me! Take them on the chin, or appeal if you think you've being treated unfairly. As spartacus says "Simples". No need to get nasty eh?
Hey, it's a shame that I haven't visited the forum for a while, I've missed this conversation. Oh well! Anything i can help with?
Hello Green Meanie,
Nice of you to come back to the forum.
Was it you who booked the dozen or so motorists who dared to park in the empty space reserved for coaches in the Wharf on Monday?
People who came into town to enjoy one of the major events of the year and apart from the Kennet Centre could not find anywhere else to park. People who will probably think twice before coming to Newbury again.
Was it you who booked the dozen or so motorists who dared to park in the empty space reserved for coaches in the Wharf on Monday?
People who came into town to enjoy one of the major events of the year and apart from the Kennet Centre could not find anywhere else to park. People who will probably think twice before coming to Newbury again.
Your guvnor must be really pleased with you!
12 cars would take the parking space of what, 6 coaches. Coaches carrying something like 50 passengers, modern double-decker coaches a lot more. So you'd be happy that 6 coaches couldn't park up because the spaces were taken by cars and would therefore drive their 300 odd day-trippers and long-distance stop-over passengers to a different town to explore and spend their money. Assuming 4 passengers per car, 48 people versus 300. Right, ok.
It's not like there are coach parking spaces dotted all over Newbury that they could use. and coach operators, having found their spaces taken by cars could possibly then strike Newbury off their stop-over/destination list and their 300 passenger custom lost for every day, every weekend, every bank holiday.
300 hundred shoppers? 300 OAPs bursting their neck for a piss more like.
Exactly the passengers might make it to the toilets but they are not stopping because Newbury is a tourist attraction unless of course they are frustrated property developers and have got wind of what happens in the town when the local contractor tells WBC what they want next. Are we fooling ourselves over this tourist thing complete with a tourist office. Let's see, the museum is just over there only it's closed because the council didn't keep it up to date. There is a nice cobbled market place but nothing around it to view with open mouthed awe. Of course we do have a new cinema but it's not very nice looking, the bus station is opposite. Very nice. You could have a look down our main shopping street, sorry about all the building works and the tented buildings. Parkway is quite nice, oh actually it's not finished yet and the only good bit has been taken away for another store. We do have a jewel in our crown, Victoria park across the river. Have a look now because next time you come back it may be a huge building site where the Pavilion will be.
If you want to go out of town there is Donnington Castle and Highclere Castle, but they are quite a way out. Oh, sorry, the toilets, they are over there.
Exactly the passengers might make it to the toilets but they are not stopping because Newbury is a tourist attraction unless of course they are frustrated property developers and have got wind of what happens in the town when the local contractor tells WBC what they want next. Are we fooling ourselves over this tourist thing complete with a tourist office. Let's see, the museum is just over there only it's closed because the council didn't keep it up to date. There is a nice cobbled market place but nothing around it to view with open mouthed awe. Of course we do have a new cinema but it's not very nice looking, the bus station is opposite. Very nice. You could have a look down our main shopping street, sorry about all the building works and the tented buildings. Parkway is quite nice, oh actually it's not finished yet and the only good bit has been taken away for another store. We do have a jewel in our crown, Victoria park across the river. Have a look now because next time you come back it may be a huge building site where the Pavilion will be.
If you want to go out of town there is Donnington Castle and Highclere Castle, but they are quite a way out. Oh, sorry, the toilets, they are over there.
If you read BrianB's post this was a day a major event was on in Newbury, so maybe bot just a toilet stop.
Exactly the passengers might make it to the toilets but they are not stopping because Newbury is a tourist attraction unless of course they are frustrated property developers and have got wind of what happens in the town when the local contractor tells WBC what they want next.
You could have a look down our main shopping street, sorry about all the building works and the tented buildings.
What is the percentage of shops in our main shopping street are tented and undergoing building work? 5% percent, 10% percent or is that being generous. Shops do need rebuilding/refurbishing from time to time or should they all be left untouched to eventually decay and crumble away?
Parkway is quite nice, oh actually it's not finished yet and the only good bit has been taken away for another store.
Well it will be a good addition to Newbury and with the move of several shops, would free up existing shop premises which will eventually have to be let at lower prices, thus freeing up space for more start up and cost conscious new shops to open.
We do have a jewel in our crown, Victoria park across the river. Have a look now because next time you come back it may be a huge building site where the Pavilion will be.
The pavilion isn't taking over the whole of Victoria park. Yes there will be a building site as they build it, but no, the building site will will not cover the whole park nor will the building be that huge.
I expect you probably complained about the new toilets being built, probably preferring those 60's/70's awful ones that were in the middle of the carpark
I am just pointing out that yet again, the regulars on here seem hell bent on TALKING NEWBURY DOWN at every opportunity.
A bus station is a bus station is a bus station. But it does bring people into the middle of Newbury.
And with it all the graffiti on the 'perspex' glass. In any-case, the bus station has been in the centre of town for as long as I can remember, and beyond.
What is the percentage of shops in our main shopping street are tented and undergoing building work? 5% percent, 10% percent or is that being generous. Shops do need rebuilding/refurbishing from time to time or should they all be left untouched to eventually decay and crumble away?
You are quite right and I agree, but I have no argument there. I am not that sentimental over many of the shops in the high street.
Well it will be a good addition to Newbury and with the move of several shops, would free up existing shop premises which will eventually have to be let at lower prices, thus freeing up space for more start up and cost conscious new shops to open.
It would be like that in theory, but models like that in Reading suggest that historic parts of town just go ignored and down hill.
The pavilion isn't taking over the whole of Victoria park. Yes there will be a building site as they build it, but no, the building site will will not cover the whole park nor will the building be that huge.
This is a matter of opinion, but it is a shame that green open space has to be turned over to developments when it might be possible for other areas to accommodate it/them. Once built, a significant part of the park will have been developed when you consider the skate park and the play ground area.
I expect you probably complained about the new toilets being built, probably preferring those 60's/70's awful ones that were in the middle of the carpark
Other than cottaging gays, I wouldn't imagine anyone would prefer the old building over the new.
I think cinema goers are more interested in the films shown within, rather than what the outside cladding looks like.
A bus station is a bus station is a bus station. But it does bring people into the middle of Newbury.
What is the percentage of shops in our main shopping street are tented and undergoing building work? 5% percent, 10% percent or is that being generous. Shops do need rebuilding/refurbishing from time to time or should they all be left untouched to eventually decay and crumble away?
Well it will be a good addition to Newbury and with the move of several shops, would free up existing shop premises which will eventually have to be let at lower prices, thus freeing up space for more start up and cost conscious new shops to open.
The pavilion isn't taking over the whole of Victoria park. Yes there will be a building site as they build it, but no, the building site will will not cover the whole park nor will the building be that huge.
Yes they are nice out of town places.
I expect you probably complained about the new toilets being built, probably preferring those 60's/70's awful ones that were in the middle of the carpark
I am just pointing out that yet again, the regulars on here seem hell bent on TALKING NEWBURY DOWN at every opportunity.
The whole point of the discussion was that Newbury is a tourist attraction. It isn't and never will be. The coaches come and go to let people out for a toilet break and to drop and pick up travellers, not tourists. We are not Oxford so let's not get carried away. For the locals, of course they don't really care what the outside of the cinema looks like but they are not tourists who would not be going in to see the latest blockbuster and as far as the bus station is concerned, the tourist would take one look at that and scuttle back to their coach. I am not talking down Newbury but just being realistic about tourism.
A bus station is a bus station is a bus station. But it does bring people into the middle of Newbury.
The bus station won't be there much longer, WBC have taken possession in readiness for the next major building site. I wonder which developer they will sell it to for a quid?
IIRC the buses were going to use Victoria Square as their Newbury 'terminus' - not sure what the plans are now that Victoria Square will never appear.
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, can get on their bike. I will do my shopping, and 90% of us probably will by car and I can get half a ton in the boot. I don't care about a couple of quid to park although usually it's free.
