TfL...Grrrr

I went to a housewarming last night in Plaistow. I had not been there for about 5 years so I used Journey Planner on the Mac to plan the journey there. It wasn't complex. 202 bus to Blackheath, 105 bus to Bromley-by-Bow and 2 stops in the District Line.

Coming back I used LJP on the iPhone and this routed me back via Woolwich. It was near midnight so I didn't question the change of route.

I was to take the 473 to Roebourne Way, walk to King George V DLR take the 54 from Woolwich and the 202 again from Blackheath. Fine, but I got a bit confused...

The first bus went through London City Airport. I thought, hang on isn't this the same DLR line as St. George but without the walk?

I checked on my Tube map, but FileMagnet on my iPhone was too slow with the PDF in time for the bus stop, so I had to get off at the next stop and walk back (not too far). Walking up to the platform I noticed passengers coming down; I had just missed a 10 min interval train. Hmm.

At Woolwich it was all building sites; missing bus stops; darkness and no signs! It was a complete wild goose chase trying to find where the 54 was meant to leave from. I eventually found a board hanging upside down telling me to go to stop U. When I got there I found that the last bus had left at 00:06.

Hang on! What??!

It clearly says take the 54, but there was no 54 service at 00:21!

It should have told me to take the 53, which I missed trying to find stop U(seless) or what I eventually got, a 422. When I got to Blackheath, I saw if I could have got there a bit earlier I would have caught the last 202 to me in Catford. I instead just missed a 108 to Lewisham. Another 7 min wait and the 108 got into Lewisham just in time to miss the last 284 to mine.

Aargh!

Then the heavens opened, a cold torrent. 20 mins later 2 buses turned up. I took the less packed 225 to Hither Green and walked back ending up drenched.

Sigh. Hope you had a better weekend!

Hot Pot

So I was over at my friend, Seb's house and he was cooking something on the stove with a Le Creuset dish. I'd not seen one on the hob before, and he asked me if I cooked like this, cooking a big load of food to eat over several days, and I said no. And he looked at me like I was crazy.

So, I thought I would try it. Now, right now, I think of it, I should have simply made a ton of cous cous and meat, but instead what's on my hob is 4 handfuls of rice, a tub of chopped turkey thigh, a tin of corn, a chopped leek and some butter and water. Oh and a few drops of St. Lucia hot sauce (from my 2006 trip!) and a packet of spicy Szechuan tomato sauce. I'll let it bubble away for 20 mins and eat...some. I'll leave the lid on the pot, let it cool and put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow.

Hope it works!

Oh and if you've not heard of it, try listening to this, it's very good.

... Just tried it. Tasty!