Breeding zebras in Finsbury Park

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Permalink Reply by Chris brock on October 22, 2009 at 18:29

I can only assume that Haringey Council's traffic management section (or whatever it is called) has run out of roads to put humps on and that was all they could think of to blow their budget on...

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Permalink Reply by alistairj on October 22, 2009 at 18:54

If they have any budget, there is an urgent issue less than a hundred yards away...

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on October 22, 2009 at 19:22

Perhaps, it was used in a film? Or maybe to test 'zebra painters' before they qualify?

And what untidy leaves.. lol not like our orderly German ones - lol:



p.s. notice the swept bike lane ** boast**

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Permalink Reply by matt on October 22, 2009 at 19:33

Don't worry, they've just finished spending a part of that budget on repaving Effingham Rd, to which I'm sure Councillor Adamou (a resident) will be very pleased!

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Permalink Reply by alistairj on October 22, 2009 at 19:34

Impressive Steve - but for a park (and especially as this is one of the less formal areas), a little naturalness is ok?

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on October 22, 2009 at 19:51

Alistair, I think you may have a point there :o)

BTW, on a serious note, here you could sue the council if you slipped on wet leaves.. so there's a method in the madness..

p.s. looking in the other direction:

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on October 24, 2009 at 7:48

I think it's fantastic the the authorities in Berlin have found a species of tree that drops in leaves in exactly the right place.

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on October 24, 2009 at 8:31

I suppose it's time to confess - the council workers had been out with their vacuum cleaners -

OT: If anyone can understand German & Italian - they'll understand the sign on this bin (spoken from No.1) :
Sei pico, Sei bello, Sei Berlin, Be clean, Be beautiful, Be Berlin .. and that from the grubbiest city in Germany.. :o)

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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on October 22, 2009 at 21:51

Ahhh.... that's Hackney Alistair.

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Permalink Reply by Caroline on October 22, 2009 at 19:28

It might be closed to motorised traffic but the road is used by cyclists and they go down this section at a terrific speed ....

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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on October 22, 2009 at 21:56

You should post some pictures of this behaviour, better yet a short movie.

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Permalink Reply by Caroline on October 23, 2009 at 9:41

Nah - I quite enjoy the frisson of danger on my walk to work, and in any case I like to reserve my ire for the motorists who sail through the red light at the Endymion gate crossing.

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