Reading, the biggest town.
- What happens when councils take control of buses?www.bbc.co.uk What happens when councils take control of buses?
More people are using buses in Reading where they are publicly-owned - will others towns follow?
- Electric buses: Reading to get 24 new double-deckerswww.bbc.co.uk Electric buses: Reading to get 24 new double-deckers
Reading Buses secured a successful bid from the Department for Transport.
- Caversham Lakes water sports venue at risk of closure after planning failurewww.bbc.co.uk Caversham Lakes water sports venue at risk of closure
Operators Cosmonaut Leisure failed to apply for planning permission before opening in 2020.
I am completely unsurprised. The entire place felt like it had been hastily assembled when I visited. Kinda like a pop-up shop. At the time, someone told me that they hadn't applied for prospective planning, and it made so much sense. The site was designed so that anything valuable could be shipped away quickly if the council denied retrospective planning. Which makes sense I guess: When your primary product is watercraft and inflateables, all you really need is a few portacabins and a fence.
Bonus reading: STiR reviews the private island.
- Trespassers pose for photo on Calcot Mill level crossingwww.bbc.co.uk Trespassers pose for photo on Calcot Mill level crossing
Network Rail says the Reading footage follows a rise in the number of trespass incidents on the line.
- Plans to build 12 tower blocks on Forbury retail park submittedwww.bbc.co.uk Reading: Plans to build 12 tower blocks on retail park
Developers want to build 820 flats in 12 tower blocks at Reading's Forbury Retail Park.
- Reading car meet: More than 300 caught by speed camerawww.bbc.co.uk Reading car meet: More than 300 caught by speed camera
More than 300 are snapped by speed cameras at a large gathering in a Reading car park.
- Urinal appears on the side of Sonning bridge over River Thameswww.bbc.co.uk Urinal appears on the side of Sonning bridge over River Thames
The same Sonning bridge has seen previous additions including a post box, front door and telephone.
- South Western Railway to strike 3rd-8th Julywww.readingchronicle.co.uk RAIL STRIKES: 'Severe delays' as Berkshire hit with more strikes next week
PASSENGERS are being told to expect “severe delays” as Berkshire is to be hit with more train strikes next week.
This is in addition to the RMT strikes on 20th, 22nd and 29th July.
- Purple Turtle Playhouse Plans Revealedreadingonthames.com Purple Turtle Playhouse Plans Revealed
When Reading’s Purple Turtle crops up in conversation, you always know it’ll be accompanied with a smile and a story. And now its owners are writing another chapter with the submission …
- Repaint of the Reading Rainbow
Following some eagle eyed readers reporting it's disappearance the other day, I'm happy to say that the Rainbow is back, and brighter than ever.
- Newbury pronunciation…?
Is Newbury pronounced:
- (2 syllables) New•brie; or,
- (3 syllables) New•b'uh•ree
I really need to know, and Wikipedia says nothing!
- Explore Reading's Kennett Meadows this saturdaywww.eventbrite.com Explore Reading’s Kennet Meadows
A guided walk to explore the Kennet Meadows between Coley and Southcote
As part of the Reading Climate festival, a guided walk around the ancient meadows between Coley and Southcote is being run this weekend. It's a lovely area of town, and worth a visit.
Walk meets at 10:00, at the corner between Circuit Lane and Sylvan Walk, and will take around 2 hours. 51.44042, -1.00469 ///intervals.middle.icons
I am not the organiser, however I will probably come along.
- We are now transmitting directly into your discord. Do not be alarmed.
Thanks to some very efficient work, the Reading discord server is now receiving posts from /c/reading.
This is a positive change, as it allows users to keep abreast of both this community, and the existing one. To join the Discord, https://discord.gg/mVesAGrwRM
If you are reading this from the Discord...Hi! Plz send bus pics.
- Has anyone ever successfully transferred trains at Reading station?
The platform numbers on the display boards don't use decimal, or are somehow encoded with the wrong number until 30 seconds before the train heads off.
And given the doors close up to 45 seconds before departure, -15 seconds just isn't enough time to storm up the escalator, run sideways and fall down the next escalator to the correct (and-now-empty) platform.
- Hello Reddit refugees and greetings to the Fediverse!
Hello and thank you for being part of the Fediverse experiment. This Community is run by some long term Discord and Reddit community members - as this is a whole new world it's possible many of us have different names - I am LordWarfire from both Reddit and Discord and wanted to welcome you to this new place.
Please make yourselves at home and let us know what you'd like to see here and how you found us!
For anyone who found us via the Fediverse - this is a Community for the town of Reading in Berkshire, rather than for the thing you do with books. I know, it's confusing. We even pronounce it differently - welcome to "Redding" :)
Thanks!
- I am a happy little Redingensian.
The weather is lovely today, isn't it?
This is mostly a "test post: please ignore", but I just had to comment on the sunny weather.
