New Salisbury Avenue signposted cycle route

A sign has been installed at the Barking end of Salisbury Avenue, indicating a cycle route to Upney Station. There's a sign at the Upney ebd too, indicating 'Barking', but I'm not sure how visible it is from Upney Lane.

The problem is that the LCN signs in Upney Lane are based on the principle of which way to go to certain places using LC routes. According to them, the route to East Ham is not via Salisbury Avenue, but via Faircross.

Similarly the route to Romford goes in the other direction down Upney Lane. It's all very well signposting where network routes go if they go their directly, but no-one is going to go to Romford by the LCN route if it takes them miles out of the way as well as down main roads.

Public spirited

The railings in the area around Upney Station have recently been replaced and very smart the new ones look, too.

However, at the steps to/from Lambourne Road, the council didn't take the opportunity to clear the large amount of litter in the green space next to the steps. The workers pushed the litter away to a line a couple of feet from the steps and there it stayed.

This morning, I saw one public spirited man with an orange bag (recycling) picking up some of the litter - presumably the recyclable bits. Good on him! If only there were more like that - or even better fewer oiks chucking their empty cans, bottles, etc on the floor wherever they feel like it.