Author Topic: Didcot (Read 167634 times)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #425 on:** 16 January, 2013, 07:53:03 pm »

Are you sure it's not toxic fly ash?

slope · « **Reply #426 on:** 16 January, 2013, 08:13:26 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 16 January, 2013, 07:53:03 pm

Are you sure it's not toxic fly ash?

No! Ever since the republican Tories moved the county boundaries and Didcot went from Berkshire to South Oxford for more votes - the power station was built as a front to disperse airborne mind altering particles to make sure the working classes voted Conservative and bought their piss poorly built concrete panelled, rusting steel invisible strenghtened, asbestos infested council houses before they fell down. I think they called it empowerment or some such?

Bledlow · « **Reply #427 on:** 17 January, 2013, 12:58:18 pm »

I remember when my sister was looking for a house somewhere between Banbury & Aylesbury, she was sent details of one which met all her criteria for size & facilities, but was remarkably cheap.

Concrete slab built ex-council house, like many in villages in that area. Couldn't get a mortgage without first spending an unknown but probably large sum to patch it & prop it up. Would have made a good buy for someone who wanted a plot to clear & build a new house on, except that it was semi-detached & the other half was inhabited.

andyoxon · « **Reply #428 on:** 22 January, 2013, 06:20:46 pm »

Carmageddon in this area, and around Abingdon/Wantage etc. A34 closed Northbound due to 5 vehicle crash & beer can spill. I drove in today - and am sitting it out at work waiting for A34 to open and roads to clear.

PaulF · « **Reply #429 on:** 22 January, 2013, 06:50:55 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 22 January, 2013, 06:20:46 pm

Carmageddon in this area, and around Abingdon/Wantage etc. A34 closed Northbound due to 5 vehicle crash & beer can spill. I drove in today - and am sitting it out at work waiting for A34 to open and roads to clear.

Despite Radio Oxford's traffic report Wantage is quiet quiet at the moment (1845)

andyoxon · « **Reply #430 on:** 22 January, 2013, 09:02:51 pm »

Sounded as though the accident was at the end of the Milton/Didcot N'thbd A34 slip road. I wonder why Highways don't modify the closed off slip road between Drayton and Stevevnton so it could be used when needed.

slope · « **Reply #431 on:** 27 January, 2013, 04:33:14 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 22 January, 2013, 09:02:51 pm

Sounded as though the accident was at the end of the Milton/Didcot N'thbd A34 slip road. I wonder why Highways don't modify the closed off slip road between Drayton and Stevevnton so it could be used when needed.

My uncle Colin caused an accident and a kerfuffle at the end of that very sliproad. His 1 year old "flagship" Honda Legend lost all electrics and therefore will to live, or move an inch further. Cars behind kept jumping up each other's arses. It was hilarious. Even the cops nearly crashed when they tried to reverse on the roundabout to get to him! He was on his way back to Didcot and my mam's wake in the Bowls Club, after a sesh at the Crem in Headington. He's dead now too

slope · « **Reply #432 on:** 27 January, 2013, 10:03:05 pm »

"ARCHAEOLOGISTS have proved for the first time that people started dogging in the Didcot area as early as 9,000 years ago"

http://alturl.com/p7upr

Jaded · « **Reply #433 on:** 27 January, 2013, 10:08:06 pm »

Didcot was shut this evening.

slope · « **Reply #434 on:** 27 January, 2013, 10:22:12 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 27 January, 2013, 10:08:06 pm

Didcot was shut this evening.

U have the same problem with i being next to u on the keyboard?

mattc · « **Reply #435 on:** 28 January, 2013, 08:26:11 am »

Riding home last night we had a stunning full moon lighting the drying roads.
I don't think I've see a full moon over the power station like that before, it was like a homing beacon for the last 15-20 miles. The water vapour looked rather splendid in the moonlight.

One of my better cycling moments, especially after 120 miles.

[Can't comment on what was shut, sorry.]

Panoramix · « **Reply #436 on:** 29 January, 2013, 04:23:44 pm »

Today, I am celebrating my (brief) return in the UK by going twice through Didcot.

At my resquet the 16.12 to weston super mare has been delayed by 15 minutes so that I can fully appreciate today greyness of didcot.

madcow · « **Reply #437 on:** 29 January, 2013, 04:28:32 pm »

A colleague of mine has just bought a house in the older part of Didcot. He swears that he cannot see the towers from his house.
Is that possible?

mattc · « **Reply #438 on:** 29 January, 2013, 05:11:19 pm »

Short answer: yes

Actually the 'post-towers' houses are all built rather cunningly to minimise the view, but the 'old' bit won't have this 'feature'.

But think about it madcow - how many houses give a 360' field of vision?

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #439 on:** 29 January, 2013, 08:55:59 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 29 January, 2013, 05:11:19 pm

But think about it madcow - how many houses give a 360' field of vision?

There are quite a lot near the seaside .....

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #440 on:** 29 January, 2013, 08:59:56 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 28 January, 2013, 08:26:11 am

Riding home last night we had a stunning full moon lighting the drying roads.
I don't think I've see a full moon over the power station like that before, it was like a homing beacon for the last 15-20 miles. The water vapour looked rather splendid in the moonlight.

One of my better cycling moments, especially after 120 miles.

[Can't comment on what was shut, sorry.]

And to be fair when I was blatting down the A34 at Sparrow fart there was a magnificent sunrise over the cooling towers too.

Jaded · « **Reply #441 on:** 30 January, 2013, 12:34:04 pm »

A small raptor is circling, menacingly, over Didcot.

Andrij · « **Reply #442 on:** 30 January, 2013, 12:53:48 pm »

A raptor, you say? I would have thought dealing with Didcot called for something with a bit more oomph.

Kim · « **Reply #443 on:** 30 January, 2013, 12:58:32 pm »

"We'll be all right as long as they can't open doors."

PaulF · « **Reply #444 on:** 30 January, 2013, 01:14:10 pm »

When I got back to my car there last night I had a flat tyre

Andrij · « **Reply #445 on:** 30 January, 2013, 01:17:35 pm »

Quote from: PaulF on 30 January, 2013, 01:14:10 pm

When I got back to my car there last night I had a flat tyre

Count your blessings. If your car had been left in Liverpool it probably wouldn't have had any wheels.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #446 on:** 30 January, 2013, 06:41:30 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 30 January, 2013, 12:34:04 pm

A small raptor is circling, menacingly, over Didcot.

Are you sure it wasn't just far away? It was probably a Fell Beast that escaped from Mordor.

Jaded · « **Reply #447 on:** 31 January, 2013, 08:14:17 am »

Didcot. Festering sore in the oyster of Oxfordshire.

It's busy this morning with hundreds desperate to escape. To Slough, or Reading at the very least.

Jaded · « **Reply #448 on:** 01 February, 2013, 07:56:49 am »

Didcot.

It's still here.

although surrounded by an intimidating mist, as if Oxfordshire is preparing for excision.

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #449 on:** 01 February, 2013, 09:58:10 am »

It was dark and mildly moist as I pushed-on alone into the bustery headwind, past cooling towers and Daily Mail building.
Chavs yelled abuse from cars and street corners.
The normality that is Didcot