Monday, 16 November 2009  Why I didn’t shop at Chingford
Sainsbury’s  Cycling back to Walthamstow on Sunday morning I
thought I'd call in at Chingford Sainsbury's. You simply can't
get Horse and Hound in Walthamstow, Leyton or Leytonstone, but
you can at Chingford Sainsbury's.  Among other things I'm on a
desperate hunt for celery soup, which is an increasingly rare
commodity in this part of East London. But all the lovely lolly
I might have spent there I didn't (you'd be surprised how much
alcohol I can pack on my bike - it's one reason I keep having to
have my spokes replaced).  The reason? All the cycle stands had
been blocked off. There's some sort of construction work going
on along the edge of the car park. It was perfectly obvious that
there was no need to block off the cycle stands, as that area
was just being used for storage of building materials. But it
was obviously done without a moment's thought on the part of
either Sainsbury's management or the contractors working at the
site. Because everybod