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Sundae · 05-24-2009, 10:12 AM

Watermead is a nice enough place when the sun is out.
It's just not as good as it was supposed to be.

It was conceived as a community on and beside water. But half the shops on the Plaza are closed and the local pub is now a Thai Restaurant (not so great for sitting by the lake with a single pint on a summer evening). The cricket pitch and the artifical ski slope were built on the wrong kind of ground - they suffered subsidance and were abandoned. The cricket pavilion is therefore now a private nursery. The running track was never built for similar landscaping reasons and is now just a muddy walk. The bandstands are never used except by the ducks, and the residents complained when the lake they moved next to was used - too noisy - so no boats allowed, except model ones.

So Aylesbury got a new housing estate with no facilities of its own and nothing for the wider community either.
I'm not bitter. I just bear 16 year grudges when I feel I've been gypped.

The English at play.
Crossing to the other side of the lake.
Picnicking and the climbing tower.

05-24-2009, 10:12 AM	#183
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Watermead is a nice enough place when the sun is out. It's just not as good as it was supposed to be. It was conceived as a community on and beside water. But half the shops on the Plaza are closed and the local pub is now a Thai Restaurant (not so great for sitting by the lake with a single pint on a summer evening). The cricket pitch and the artifical ski slope were built on the wrong kind of ground - they suffered subsidance and were abandoned. The cricket pavilion is therefore now a private nursery. The running track was never built for similar landscaping reasons and is now just a muddy walk. The bandstands are never used except by the ducks, and the residents complained when the lake they moved next to was used - too noisy - so no boats allowed, except model ones. So Aylesbury got a new housing estate with no facilities of its own and nothing for the wider community either. I'm not bitter. I just bear 16 year grudges when I feel I've been gypped. The English at play. Crossing to the other side of the lake. Picnicking and the climbing tower. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 05-24-2009 at 10:28 AM.