A bridge at Bridge

The village of Bridge lies just to the east of Canterbury and probably derives its name from the fact that the high street provides the crossing point of the River Nailbourne for the A2, the main London to Dover road.

 But Bridge has another bridge, It carried the Elham Valley Railway over Pett Bottom Road which I cycle along most mornings. The railway no longer exists but the bridge remains.   

 If you think that calling a village with a bridge, 'Bridge' suggests a lack of imagination, I would point out that there is a 'River' near Dover and elsewhere it Kent there is a 'Ford' and two villages called 'High Street'.

BT - Always there to help

 

I shall not bore you with my struggles with BT and the 'Digital Voice' which they have imposed on my telephone (for customer convenience). Suffice it to say that they have replaced my telephones with gadgets which are too small to hold and which I cannot hear. They stop working if there is a power cut – I mean, it's unlikely that you are going to want to telephone anybody if the power goes down, isn't it? And they randomly filter my callers by cutting them off before my telephone has even rung but if I need help, BT are there for me. (see above) Of course, if my telephone is not working then I will want to email them, won't I?

Read the last line of the helpful email.