Hilary Jane Smart

Mother, mathematician, modeller (of the financial variety)

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@ReadingClowncil The opening hours are here https://t.co/HamFulFgFc

I'm hoping @readingcouncil will respond but maybe need some time to investigate. I wouldn't expect an emergency response from a twitter account: I probably would have called 101 if I needed one.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

There are people locked in here with buggies as well. Are you paying the pool staff to be here until 6? Why weren't we warned the gates were being locked early?

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

Hi @ReadingCouncil we are at Christchurch Meadows Paddling Pool. Your website says it is open until 6pm at weekends. We are locked in and the loos are closed. No one came to say that they were shutting it. I will now have to climb out having recently had a hospital operation.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

This morning there are no bookable men B appointments at the Reading Oracle Boots store, and there is talk in the local Facebook group of a confirmed case at a different school to where the original case was found.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

Hey @BootsUK I'm asking you to increase the availability of meningitis B vaccination appointments in Reading. You may have seen in the news that there has tragically been a teenager who died locally of meningitis B. 1/3

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

In the store in the Reading Oracle, the next available appointment is in the third week of June. If I look in Cambridge or London I could get an appointment next week. There is clearly demand for this locally: can you assign extra staff in the short term to help meet it? 3/3

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@thameswater Not that I saw, I think it was all running down the pavement towards the junction.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

Hi @thameswater water coming up from the pavement outside the RISC shop in Reading. What3words is sting natively loaded.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

In the library to finish off the reading challenge and Mr 5 loved this so much that he asked for a "forever copy" for home - I nabbed the last copy available from Amazon! Recognised the author name as @MrEagletonIan who wrote Nen, a previous firm favourite! You have a fan!

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

A few days ago I went into @FourbearsBooks and my nearly-three year old son asked Alex to find him a book about mermaids we don't already own. (This becomes an increasingly difficult task with each visit). 1/6

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@thameswater Wallet shop regard

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

Hi @thameswater not sure if this is yours but there is a stream of water bubbling out from the bottom of a garden and flowing down the path by the Milestone Centre in Caversham, Reading (the is the footpath going under Northbrook Road).

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@thameswater It's not meant to be a link, twitter added that, it's the what 3 words.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@thameswater Hi it's https://t.co/RPzb5vsxeV.regard

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@CyclingCardiff @criticalmassrdg @readingcycle The ones going 30mph uphill without pedalling aren't legally bikes.

But if an illegal ebike is behaving in a way that makes it indistinguishable from a legal (assist speed limited) ebike (or even a normal bike with a strong rider) -why worry?

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@CyclingCardiff @criticalmassrdg @readingcycle Yeah, I get that, but please don't campaign to stop legal responsibly ridden ebikes from having access to cycle and shared use infrastructure. If we don't make the distinction I worry legislation will target both. We don't want to push those families back into cars.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@CyclingCardiff @criticalmassrdg @readingcycle The majority of parents that I know who carry more than one kid on a cargo bike require the assistance of a battery (at least uphill) to do so. And I'd say the ones I know cycle responsibly.

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@Adele_Thames Is this harming you in any way or is it just any excuse to have a dig?

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

@DanWuori My older boy met his brother in the hospital, but he was at home with his Grandpa when we bought baby home. He ran to greet us when we arrived and called to Grandpa, "It is Mummy, and Daddy, and MY baby!!"

[Hilary Jane Smart @SmartHilary]

Hi @readingcouncil these traffic lights by Forbury have been down for over a week. Based on past experience of pedestrian light repairs I guess they could be out for a while. This is a key bike route over a busy road. Any chance of temporary lights @Redcaversham ?