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Also Ianr, did you have to go through the main entrance to get to the North Wing, or is there another entrance round the side? It isn't clear from the map they linked to from the text they sent me. There is a little yellow circle on the side of the North Wing nearest the river, with an arrow saying St Thomas' Vaccination Centre, but it's not clear whether that is just telling you to go to the North Wing, or whether that is a side entrance to the Wing so that you don't have to go into the rest of the hospital? Hopefully it will be well signposted as you arrive, though?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Had a major disaster this lunch time.. > > Discarded a lot of my starter and fed the > remaining starter with 50g Flour 50g Water > > Went shopping and on return my stater was very > active and ready to use. > > Filled my bowl with water salt and small amount > of sugar 5grms > as I was adding my starter the whole lot tipped > over and I lost the lot. > > Lucky I had not put the flour in. > > Fortunately I had kept the discarded starter to > one side so I have fed it and we are off again. > > I wonder if all this is worth it ?? > > Such Fun > > Foxy Oh no! Well, if you decide it isn't worth it, I get my sourdough delivered from Tesco with my groceries. I then slice it up and freeze it, and toast it from frozen. Not as nice as other sources, but comes to my door :)) But if you're going out to shop, M&S San Francisco sourdough isn't bad, and not a vastly inflated price, though the vastly inflated price places probably sell much nicer bread :) ETA: But unless they've changed since lockdown, M&S don't have the same sourdough every day, and I only like the San Francisco one. Also they run out quite quickly (though maybe not at the moment with fewer people shopping).

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Of course all weather pitches are a good thing, > but plastic grass in your garden? And the Dulwich > Woodhouse.... OMG has the Woodhouse got fake grass? Not that I've ever liked its "garden" much ..... but I never noticed it had fake grass :(

Thanks for the Tiny Forests links, mynamehere :)

Send them to the Peckham delivery office manager, to have for his tea break :))

chrisb0702 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i had some Xmas brownies from my aunt arrive > yesterday that were sent on the 15th Dec. Shame as > they were rock hard now You could try spraying them with water and microwaving them? Or having them with custard? (Great Cooks Of Our Time :)) )

Thanks, ianr x

AAARRRGGGHHH! Booked for St Thomas's on the basis I'd only have to get one bus rather than two, so probably less risky in terms of contact, and then saw in a post above that I'll get the Oxford vaccine rather than the Pfzizer. Googling, it all seems a bit unclear what the likely immunity situation is after you've had both doses. Not sure whether I should try to change! Anybody got any views?

Hooray! Got my Covid jab appointments! First one Friday ((could have gone tomorrow but needed time to mentally prepare, lol). All very efficient, done by text, choice of hospital, day and time 🙂 I'm in the over 70 group, no idea if it was quicker as I'm also in the extremely vulnerable group. Oooops, edited to say Covid not Flu, DUH.

Crikey, well done Foxy, I'm impressed! But you don't need actual baskets, do you? Couldn't you use any suitable container? Not that I know anything about making sourdough 😂

Thank you for a brilliant post, mynamehere ❤️

On Saturday I finally received (far too late to use it) my "urgent" item which was posted first class on 8 December. Today I received a gift card which I had ordered well before Christmas (When it didn't arrive, I had to send an e-card instead and will have to use the gift card myself). Still, looking on the bright side, at least they have actually turned up :) I was beginning to worry that Peckham may have had a bonfire :))

mynamehere Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All my neighbours are putting in Astroturf lawns > > https://www.jackwallington.com/17-reasons-to-avoid > -fake-lawns-how-bad-is-artificial-grass-for-the-en > vironment/ I bloody hate it too.

Will we get a choice as to where we have the vaccine? I am anxious to avoid public transport as far as possible.

twinhunters Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Christmas card posted 22nd December in Camberwell > arrived Peckham today 😡 At least you got it! I still haven't received an item posted on 8 December.

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Britannia waives the rules... 🤣

heartblock Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They are actually lying about failure to deliver. > Package not delivered due to ?unaccessible > driveway? ... I don?t have a driveway! This isn't one of those scams is it, where they say they can't deliver then ask you to send money? If not, are you sure this was Royal Mail and not another company? I had something similar to that once, and the driver had entered something wrong on the non delivery thing on his device, but it wasn't Royal Mail.

I've had two warnings (a week apart but arrived in the same post) for driving down Burbage Road at forbidden times (which obviously I wasn't clear at the time were forbidden). Yes, other cars were also doing the same. ETA: This was in December, so there must have been cameras operational then, but I have no idea where they were situated.

Clutterqueen Wrote: --------------------------------------------------- > > Can't believe that people are complaining about > Southwark needing to take away their Christmas > trees, especially in this day and age of recycling Southwark recycle the trees. The clue is in the title of the thread. They use them as compost and chippings in parks.

Clutterqueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems like Helen Hayes is still able to write a > column in The Southwark News today on her 'View > from Westminster' even though she has resigned > from the Labour Party. She hasn't resigned from the Labour Party! She is no longer a shadow minister. She is still a Labour MP! 🙄

Wasn't there some massive drainage work done in Dulwich Park some years back, or am I imagining it?

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why throw the trees away when many of them are > still proud and healthy ?! > They look great, all lit-up, don?t they ? > Ours will be up until March I reckon. > Happy Xmas !! KK, don't you know it's unlucky to leave decorations up after Twelfth Night? :)) :)) :)) Mind you, there's nearly always something somewhere in the house which I forget to take down (not this year I don't think :)) )

indiepanda Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Potential big waste of NHS resources and people's > time. Do the NHS not offer to email people about > appointments instead of sending a letter? I've not > had to book a hospital appointment (appreciate am > very fortunate) for decades so I don't know. If > they don't then the issue isn't just with Royal > Mail... I think it depends on the hospital and the department. Some departments text, and text reminders. Also some departments are a lot more efficient administratively than others. I've sadly seen too much of hospitals the last couple of years, and there is quite a lot of variation.

n dulwich northerner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just saw on ITV London news that police have > seized DJ gear in Dulwich Wood. The pictures > implied it was stored in the old railway tunnel > entrance. A friend of mine who works in conservation locally told me that an illegal rave was held in the tunnel. They broke down the doors. This has probably killed (at the time he did not know) a large colony of bats which roosted in the dark tunnel, who should not be exposed to light. I hope they find the bastards who did this.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Haven't eaten meat for decades but could be > tempted by squirrel > > https://hedgecombers.com/crispy-fried-squirrel-chi > ps/ 🤢🤢🤢