Is Morden A Bit Behind The Rest Of The World?

Contrary to common belief Morden isn't such a bad place to live; Morden Hall Park (National Trust owned) near the centre, Northern Line starts/finishes here, three stops on the Wimbledon to Croydon tram line are near Morden centre, good road links in and out of London.

Looking slightly further afield Morden is practically next to Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common and of course the famous tennis courts. Heading in the other direction you'll find Mitcham Common - with public golf course. 30 to 40 minutes on the tube gets you to the heart of London's west end!

Property prices in Morden are also infinitely more reasonable compared to Wimbledon.

However, there are some areas where improvements could be made, for example:

• I keep reading articles and stories about how some areas, e.g. Camden, put up cycle hoops etc. to make the area more user friendly for cyclists. None of that ever seems to happen in Morden.
• With the exception of Sainsbury's I can honestly say that there aren't any shops in and around the high street I would set foot in; you won't even find a half decent chain coffee shop among the pound shops, greasy spoons, charity shops and halal butchers.
• Areas like Morden Park in particular are just big open spaces screaming out for something which would make them more attractive for people to use, e.g. jogging paths ... or how about paths for roller blading.

The basics are there, what is needed are just those little things which makes you want to use the place for recreational purposes and look after the place.

Here we go

Typical British bank holiday weekend; three days off, weather should really be great but is actually rubbish.

Read today's newspaper, watched the League 1 play-off final (Millwall beat Swindon 1-0), read various blogs and comments about the mess David Laws MP seems to have gotten himself into. Should really go for a run but keep thinking of excuses - slowly running out of good excuses though and starting a blog was the best of a bunch of poor excuses.

I expect over time to add random postings about random stuff which for some random reason captures my imagination or attention.

Wish me luck!