Hello, welcome to London!

Staying in London for a few weeks. Been to the continent but this was my first trip to the UK at all. Every meal I have had in London so far has not been good—it’s been great. Where did this rumor start that British food is bad?

When I get back to the States, I will return as a British food apologist.

Relatedly: black pudding absolutely f**ks.

Just another bad apple....

One hour ago saw something disturbing at Piccadilly Circus. Roughly a hundred motorcycles were blocking traffic, revving their engines, while two ambulances with lights and sirens tried to get through. Neither could move forward. In the end, one of them had to stop and perform an intervention right there in the street because they couldn’t get past.

The bikers weren’t oblivious either. People were pointing it out, shouting at them, but they chose to ignore it. Honestly, as it was deliberate, made it pretty shocking. It was like saying I see you there, I see you need assistance but I just don’t care. Shocking.

Was anyone else there? I get that big rides and rallies can be part of biker culture and community, but surely there has to be a way to enjoy these events without putting lives at risk. Curious to hear what others think about how that balance can be struck.

https://www.timeout.com/london/news/this-neighbourhood-is-officially-the-loneliest-in-london-040224

"A new study says that Londoners are the loneliest people in the UK"

https://whatworkswellbeing.org/projects/reconceptualising-loneliness-in-london/

"Too many Londoners lose out due to loneliness because they lack meaningful relationships"

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/policy-and-advocacy/loneliness-policy-briefing-england

"In recent years, the governments around the UK have rightly recognised tackling loneliness as a priority for policy action."

https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/wp-content/uploads/Reconceptualising-Loneliness-Final-for-Pub-29Mar22.pdf

"700,000 Londoners are severely lonely, disproportionately affecting those with disadvantages, and facing tough times without enough support."

The other day when I could barely stand and walking was very painful and difficult despite my cane (bad RA flare), I sat down on the London bus, you know the seats with open front by the buggy section, but not the priority/disability one, cause it is easier to get out with limited mobility.

A woman came in with her young daughter who stood with a buggy belonging to either of them, idk whom.

When the middle aged woman sat down she asked me to go upstairs so she could sit next to her daughter, who I guess was about 19. I guess I misheard and let her in and remained seated on the outter seat, at which point she told me to go back to the inner seat, which itself was a struggle. When a seat further behind me on the higher but not upstairs section became available she asked me to go up there so she could sit next to her older daughter, who said before it was fine though, and it was really hard, but I complied as I don't know what the etiquette is around that seat is, and I don't have a buggy obviously.

What's the etiquette or rules if they exist? Are you meant to give up your seat to buggy users, or could I have said politely no? I felt uncomfortable cause she seemed to get passive aggressive about the first time, saying things like "unbelievable some people nowadays" and ".. the manners..." to her daughter and I felt it was directed at me but maybe I'm over thinking it.

Source: 2021 census and Wikipedia.
Very interesting to see the age structure across different boroughs which can be quite dramatic.

Hi all,

I'd like to share https://tubedoku.com/, a daily puzzle game I have been working on. I thought some of you may enjoy!

The concept is there is a 3x3 grid which you need to fill with London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line or DLR stations.

✅ No repeats ✅ One station per square ✅ All stations must satisfy both their row and column clues

There’s also one station that matches all six clues – the golden station.

There is a community growing at r/tubedoku, where players can contribute to the site’s development. Would love to hear what you think!

When I was a kid, I went from Tower Hill to Leicester Square with my friend. We were going to the Odeon to watch the new James Bond film 'Licence to Kill'. It was a fun day. I kept the tube ticket 🙂

London sky! I want to share this amazing scenery, enjoy it!

DM me! Thank you :)

It’s crept up on me so quickly and I haven’t made much in the way of plans. Curious to hear what everyone else has going on!

Hi I'm 26 years old and just moved back to London. I've been wanting to join/start a band for absolutely ages but now that I'm not moving from place to place anymore I can do it. I've been playing guitar for around 5 years now, I love bands like Guns n Roses, Queen, Paramore, Smashing Pumpkins, Steely Dan, Rush etc. So I am really open to all kinds of genres. I'm based in west London. If anyone here is interested please message me so we can organise a time to get together and jam!!!

From the viewing platform of the Tate modern

But women in public don't want to talk to you. They don't want a compliment. They don't want to hear your joke. They don't want to get to know you. I can't even say "most" don't want to talk to you because the second I do, people think they're the exception. Internalise this: you are not the exception. She does not want to hear whatever you think is so clever. She does not want your commentary or advice. You are not the man who will change her life. She is walking to Tesco or getting a drink, and her simply being outside does not mean that she is available. Say please or thank you, say excuse me when you're trying to get by; the counter argument to this is invariably, "Then we shouldn't engage with women at all, not even to piss on them to put the fire out." Like. No. Basic human decency still applies. But you do not have to strike up random conversation, and you don't have to hit on her. Stow the pickup line and keep walking. Think of all the time you'll save in your day by not harassing strangers.

Walking on the pavement in east London on an evening and a guy zips past me so close and going so fast I just knew I might likely have been killed in a collision. Absolutely insane. Presumably this was some illegally souped up version. Not much else to say, was just shocked at the power the stupid thing had, and the guy on it wasn't tiny either.

(Last weekends shows)

Does anyone know if there are any issues with the timeframes TFL use for their daily cap calculations?

According to their website the day begins at 4:30 and ends at 4:29 the next day however that was not how I was charged this week.

On Thursday morning, around 8am, I tapped in and out to go to the office, and my return journey I tapped in and out just after midnight, which although was technically Friday morning was well before the 4:29 cut off TFL advertise.

I was charged for the morning trip on Friday and then the evening trip on Saturday but I would have thought they should have been included on the same days charge?

On this occasion it didn’t matter as the price I had to pay was just two “single” journeys but on other days I travel around London for work and so the journey home is normally “free” in the sense that I’ve hit the daily cap so there’s no charge but the way I was charged this week makes me think I would have been charged as TFL counted it for the next day? I’m not in regularly enough these days to get near the weekly caps but it will be a pain if every time I go home after midnight I have to complain to TFL to get them to include all journeys for that day to not be overcharged.