Bistro, Reading food blogger has found newbury Options

[Rdg]

http://ediblereading.com/2015/11/06/brebis-newbury/

For all those people who say they wouldn't go out/shop in Newbury but would go to Reading instead - here is a reason for people to do the reverse

[Simon Kirby]

http://ediblereading.com/2015/11/06/brebis-newbury/

For all those people who say they wouldn't go out/shop in Newbury but would go to Reading instead - here is a reason for people to do the reverse

That was interesting, but when I got to the bit where she said " it has a decent market" I realised that she'd got confused and wasn't in Newbury at all - perhaps she'd gone too far and found herself in Marlborough?

[Andy Capp]

Reading's a toilet and rubbish for driving in or around. It also makes our roads look like free-flowing billiard tables.

[Simon Kirby]

http://ediblereading.com/2015/11/06/brebis-newbury/

For all those people who say they wouldn't go out/shop in Newbury but would go to Reading instead - here is a reason for people to do the reverse

French cuisine isn't my thing. I'd prefer a variety of vegetarian restaurants but Newbury is quite provincial in this regard.

[wabbit]

Reading's a toilet and rubbish for driving in or around. It also makes our roads look like free-flowing billiard tables.

A toilet? Really?...strange then that it is the second most prosperous town in the country. Have you ever lived there? Do you have a business there? On what criteria do you base your prejudices?

As for our roads looking like 'free flowing billiard tables' - you clearly weren't trying to negotiate the Robin Hood roundabout any time today. It was gridlocked.

[je suis Charlie]

****! I'm going there! Confit de Canard! Fois gras? My kinda nosh!

[Cognosco]

A toilet? Really?...strange then that it is the second most prosperous town in the country. Have you ever lived there? Do you have a business there? On what criteria do you base your prejudices?

As for our roads looking like 'free flowing billiard tables' - you clearly weren't trying to negotiate the Robin Hood roundabout any time today. It was gridlocked.

So you don't approve of the improvements then?

Just wait until they have installed the proposed new junction that is going to serve the new Faraday Road redevelopment that some Council member declares will not have any effect to traffic flow?

[Andy Capp]

A toilet? Really?...strange then that it is the second most prosperous town in the country. Have you ever lived there? Do you have a business there? On what criteria do you base your prejudices?

I work there and I hate everything about Reading: beggars, traffic lights stopping traffic for no apparent reason, pot holes like its been bombed, the worst hospital for access I know, mad road markings (that are worn-out), crazy ad-hoc one-way systems, Cemetery Junction, IDR, etc...

It has one advantage compared to Newbury: greater shopping options.

As for our roads looking like 'free flowing billiard tables' - you clearly weren't trying to negotiate the Robin Hood roundabout any time today. It was gridlocked.

Try Reading in every rush-hour, or when the M4 shuts.

[Andy Capp]

Just wait until they have installed the proposed new junction that is going to serve the new Faraday Road redevelopment that some Council member declares will not have any effect to traffic flow?

Yes, it is now possible to have many more traffic movements without any affect on traffic flow.

[je suis Charlie]

Yes, it is now possible to have many more traffic movements without any affect on traffic flow.

Tis majic thy knows

[blackdog]

As for our roads looking like 'free flowing billiard tables' - you clearly weren't trying to negotiate the Robin Hood roundabout any time today. It was gridlocked.

There does seem to have been a major increase in the frequency of RTAs these days - when you get several at the same time it's hardly surprising things snarl up.

[Exhausted]

As for our roads looking like 'free flowing billiard tables' - you clearly weren't trying to negotiate the Robin Hood roundabout any time today. It was gridlocked.

The grief today was caused by the A4 junction with Fir Tree Lane where somebody, who wasn't doing anything to dig or fill in the hole they had made at the side of the road, coned off the whole inside Eastbound lane reducing the traffic to a single lane. This impacted right the way back to the Robin Hood screwing up traffic from Shaw and from the North and traffic trying to go under the A339.

The journey from the Robin Hood right through to the Garden Centre roundabout at Benham Hill took me 45 mins this late afternoon. If there had been a man on site, I might have asked what was going on but as there wasn't and nobody seemed to be doing anything, I am none the wiser.

Is there any control by the council when this happens.

[blackdog]

The grief today was caused by the A4 junction with Fir Tree Lane where somebody, who wasn't doing anything to dig or fill in the hole they had made at the side of the road, coned off the whole inside Eastbound lane reducing the traffic to a single lane. This impacted right the way back to the Robin Hood screwing up traffic from Shaw and from the North and traffic trying to go under the A339.

The journey from the Robin Hood right through to the Garden Centre roundabout at Benham Hill took me 45 mins this late afternoon. If there had been a man on site, I might have asked what was going on but as there wasn't and nobody seemed to be doing anything, I am none the wiser.

Is there any control by the council when this happens.

There was a lot more than a single hole causing problems this evening - I was told there was an M4 closure and accidents on A339 by Sainsburys - it was backed up from the A34 at Speen to the Robin Hood.

[Cognosco]

There was a lot more than a single hole causing problems this evening - I was told there was an M4 closure and accidents on A339 by Sainsburys - it was backed up from the A34 at Speen to the Robin Hood.

With all the new proposed developments and no planning regarding traffic and other infrastructure, as usual, perhaps it was a trial run on how life will be in the future?

[On the edge]

With all the new proposed developments and no planning regarding traffic and other infrastructure, as usual, perhaps it was a trial run on how life will be in the future?

Not as we know it.

We'll have a fairly minimal rush hour, because as a retirement / dormitory suburb there won't be too many jobs in the immediate vicinity. Shop workers needed for the town centre coming in by the train which is returning after taking the Reading or London office based people in. Leaving the big mass who'll live in the town centre apartments and don't need cars.

It won't be too bad, as the marketing description which kicked off this thread demonstrates!

[motormad]

I work there and I hate everything about Reading: beggars, traffic lights stopping traffic for no apparent reason, pot holes like its been bombed, the worst hospital for access I know, mad road markings (that are worn-out), crazy ad-hoc one-way systems, Cemetery Junction, IDR, etc...

It has one advantage compared to Newbury: greater shopping options.


Try Reading in every rush-hour, or when the M4 shuts.

Basingstoke is better than both Reading and Newbury combined.

Festival Place is the best thing locally.