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Appears to be a burst water main, and the water at Herne Hill Junction looks to be a metre deep! Impassable, so avoid, traffic already building up.

I would strongly advise against cycling through the Rotherhithe tunnel on health grounds alone - it is not well ventilated from car fumes! I do the route via Greenwich foot tunnel daily, it is 10k each way from ED. 28-30 mins for me on a single speed fixy so probably quicker if you have gears. Typical route which involves traffic, but you can do this almost traffic free by heading over Telegraph Hill behind Nunhead. http://email.strava.com/wf/click?upn=FLdFplb9Rd0LY-2BmLy3OryvDDptMqBn6AAC1cAG-2FGDgJxgOBXaKFNA3i58hYZSC0oX9DIArKzqXHhF0OYe-2BXJDdBZUPlzHjLZcWNGjc0aJG2bm3h3EQ-2BkoZC4WTS05MM6X9OGelyznmRh7EZkyCS9mQ-3D-3D_UZ-2Fw3Bg8EOda-2F-2BSazO07kdPKHtvvoMTAxTUThB0UZbLZavDT

Hear, hear...Bravo!

Skip-gate update: Items clearly identifiable have been returned to their rightful owners (what were you doing dumping a bag of stuff with your medical records in...?) Seriously people, use your own dustbins!

Dear residents of SE22, To the very few of you who have politely rung our doorbell asking if you could deposit a few small items in the skip outside our house, thank you. To the dozens of you who seemingly haven't bothered, please please stop dumping your crap without asking or learn some basic manners. Or just pay for a skip, like the rest of us. Very annoyed, Crawthew Grove

I agree on the ground anchor point, very secure. Have also wired the shed into our burglar alarm system and it doesn't hurt to put a sign on it to that effect.

Couldn't agree more Jeremy. ED is a great place to live, I've been here since 2002. As others have already said, relative to some other areas of south London within the circular is still good value. Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As I was saying, not all bankers (even traders and > other front-office) are rich, and even those that > are might not want to put all their money into > property. If you want a sub-million pound house > with 4/5 bedrooms, within an easy commute to the > City and Canary Wharf, East Dulwich would seem > like a reasonable bet.

Not all true, I am a (ahem, front-office banker) and proud owner of a 4 bed house near station bought in last 16 months for c.600k. If you search hard enough, the properties are there. If you bargain even harder, they are there for the right price. benmorg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > chantelle Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > also plenty of bankers and other City types in > ED > > and environs ... shhhh. > > Sure, but they're invariably back-office staff.

ortuke Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tandoori nights or the mirash for me... I have to agree with Ortuke. She has excellent taste.

Hear hear Penguin68. I think ratty is just being a sourpuss - the signature says it all !!

mollieo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We are city workers who work late and there is > never any fresh food left in co-op on the way home > at 8:30 and all the local shops are closed by > then. We only moved here in September and we > starve and never have any food! We need a proper > supermarket. Please get an M&S or Waitrose which > is fully stocked and open late. Likewise, we are out most days. Agree that an M&S or Waitrose would be ideal, but there is always just being organised and having your shopping delivered late once in the week.

What a fantastic idea Ortuke.

ClareC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you :-) > > Is it slippery on the paths or is walking OK? Have you eyes?!

Tessa, this is really excellent news. Thanks for your efforts.

This has to be the funniest thread I have ever read on the Forum. Bring on the ED class war! Would DJKillaQueen volunteer as leader of the militant anti-Waitrose crowd? Maybe Pearson could front up the right...

KFH paid c. 80k pa lease on the old Woolwich unit.

ClareC, do you know how i can organise an appointment. Does a security alarm help?

James, thanks for doing this. Should we all expect a visit from our local friendly bobby? FTR, we called the police just after we had disturbed our bikes theives and they arrived within two minutes. Sadly too late to catch the thieving little pikeys..

And/or alarmed? I recently moved to Crawthew and had our bikes stolen from our (locked) shed out front in the middle of the night right under our noses. Did they just lever the windows? Interested to know whether the police think this is opportunistic or planned...

Eater81 - if you don't like it around these parts, then I expect you know what you ought to do.....

Suzannah Harker last night giving me the 'glad eye' sitting outside Liquorice.

A similar thing happened to us at around 4am on a Wednesday a couple of weeks ago. Both of our bikes were padlocked in a bike shed outside the front of our house in SE22 and stolen from right under our noses. We were woken by the noise of the lock being broken through outside our bedroom window but they were already making off. The police arrived within a couple of minutes but sadly too late to catch the pair of pikey little hoodies. Beware - they are obviously scouting the area for 'easy' targets and returning in the middle of the night.

Thanks for the advice, snorky.

Yes, it is just a pick of my car by a kerb. It could've been taken anywhere! There wasn't another car in sight - so it is not even as if I was depriving a local resident of a space. I realise it's unenforceable - it's just really annoying!

I recently received a parking ticket (which I am appealing) for parking in Hayes Grove: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|hayes%20grove#t=l&map=51.46278,-0.07785|17|4&loc=GB:51.46278:-0.07785:17|hayes grove|Hayes Grove, London, England, SE2 The issue is, I was parked on the road (not in the private spaces which are clearly marked) and I could see no sign indicating parking restrictions whatsoever. The letter I have received from Parking Control Ltd suggests that they think I was parked on private property. Surely it is still a public highway? Has this happened to anyone else, or can anyone shed some light on the situation?