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Cable Car - Good news for Charlton?

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    VM: "I can't see anywhere to put my skis. I take it this cable car goes straight to the Beckton Alps"

    You don't need skis on Beckton Alps anymore. Just hiking boots.
  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    You have not heard of the cable car that goes from nowhere to nowhere?

    Wow. Can't wait to go on it.
    Unbelievable.....first you don't like puns and then you don't like cable cars! :0P

  • Red Fraggle
    Red Fraggle Posts: 635
    Ped got one all to yourselves, missed an opportunity there. Could have joined the...club, erm how high up is it? Taking some of the fun out of life hearing people being frog marched off of planes when having a lil horizontal- probs vertical mumba.
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    You have not heard of the cable car that goes from nowhere to nowhere?

    Wow. Can't wait to go on it.
    Unbelievable.....first you don't like puns and then you don't like cable cars! :0P

    The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
    Some people just dont get it.
  • Ped45
    Ped45 Posts: 44
    At my age RF, the six or seven minute ride isn't long enough! And with other cars zooming past yours in the other direction every ten seconds or so, there isn't much privacy! I'm sure it won't be long before some youngsters join the 280foot high club though! ;-)
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,232
    You have not heard of the cable car that goes from nowhere to nowhere?

    Wow. Can't wait to go on it.
    Unbelievable.....first you don't like puns and then you don't like cable cars! :0P

    I dont know what that symbol means at the end of your sentence but I am very much looking forward to going on the thing. Been posting pics about it all week elsewhere. Already got mates booked in to come and stay so they can too.

    But with all due respect, the puns are still shit.

    do one floyd.


  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    edited June 2012
    Will do - whatever makes you happy!
  • Red Fraggle
    Red Fraggle Posts: 635
    He hee Ped. In that case hope you had a cuddle. I hadn't heard anything about it till it opened. Shall give it a go on your recomendation, I mean the ride not the mamba lol doubt the sight of me & my spud fella would add to the view.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,813
    If the cable car was such a good idea, it should have been funded privately, and not from the cities transport budget. But if TfL are now into running tourist attractions, we'll see some interesting develops in the city.
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    If the cable car was such a good idea, it should have been funded privately, and not from the cities transport budget. But if TfL are now into running tourist attractions, we'll see some interesting develops in the city.
    I assumed the Emirates sponsorship covered it!


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  • If the cable car was such a good idea, it should have been funded privately, and not from the cities transport budget. But if TfL are now into running tourist attractions, we'll see some interesting develops in the city.
    Do TFL not fund the the TFL museum then?

  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,813
    TfL are paying about £20m of the cost.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    Some people just cannot help taking the joy out of everything, never happy unless they are moaning..
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,813
    If the cable car was such a good idea, it should have been funded privately, and not from the cities transport budget. But if TfL are now into running tourist attractions, we'll see some interesting develops in the city.
    Do TFL not fund the the TFL museum then?

    yes, but its a charity which has it had it's support from TfL cut in recent years, and has to sustain itself, unlike the cable car which pretends to be the best thing to happen to east London transport since the Jubilee line

  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    I actually think TFL do a great job.....London's public transportation is awesome. The tube is clean, frequent and safe. More buses than ever before.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    A marvellous addition to London.
    Well done Ken/Boris or whomever made the decision. Excellent.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,105
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mZRs9uvohU&feature=youtu.be
    That's me sold, I can't wait to go on it!

  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    That drop at the end looks superb, cant wait to go myself
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    Can you see The Valley from up there?

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  • DanDavis
    DanDavis Posts: 1,131
    Looks amazing! Is the space which was the Beckham academy used for anything else now?
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Can you see The Valley from up there?
    Not any more, its a housing development now :-)
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,859
    I successfully watched the video without sweaty palms and butterflies in my stomach! Want to do it, but know when the time comes I'll be bricking it. Would like to do this and the London Eye, which I bottled out of! I'm going to do them though!
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Lookie
    Acraphobia is fairly straightforward to defeat.
    My previous employment required abseiling, parachuting, so I have some experience.

    My best advice is to conquer your fear in stages, so climb up the nearest tower block and look over the side at increasing levels. Start each level by holing on securely, then before you move to the next level, look over without holding on.

    You will be amazed how quickly you can gain height and confidence.

    do it with a mate and talk through your feelings - it speeds the whole process up.

    good luck - the rewards are worth it!
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,631
    Lookie
    Acraphobia is fairly straightforward to defeat.
    My previous employment required abseiling, parachuting, so I have some experience.

    My best advice is to conquer your fear in stages, so climb up the nearest tower block and look over the side at increasing levels. Start each level by holing on securely, then before you move to the next level, look over without holding on.

    You will be amazed how quickly you can gain height and confidence.

    do it with a mate and talk through your feelings - it speeds the whole process up.

    good luck - the rewards are worth it!
    And wear brown trousers ;0)

  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Oh yes, and bicycle clips
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,859
    so climb up the nearest tower block and look over the side at increasing levels. Start each level by holing on securely, then before you move to the next level, look over without holding on.

    You will be amazed how quickly you can gain height and confidence.
    I'm gonna try, and have been trying, but bear in mind nothing in Bermuda is much higher than three stories! LOL

    Funny though, no problem on takeoff in an aircraft, just tall structures.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Same here - parachuting =no problems at all
    Abseiling off anything literally a metre over 150 metres and I used to have complete muscle freeze.
    Only solution for you is to visit the cruise ships' upper decks!
  • ct_addick
    ct_addick Posts: 4,338
    That's brilliant