Sally Eva

It's not the time of year to push cycling as an alternative, I know, but on Wednesday we are running one of our rare Winter Bike Trains. Full details are on the whats'on thread. The weather forecast for as far ahead as Wednesday is a bit meaningless but it's not actually bad at the moment. If you are interested in the WBT or want help cycling anywhere else because of the strike(s) you can text me on 07842 640 207 or pm me any time

Direct service on 37 bus. timetable here: http://londonbusroutes.net/times/037.htm. Take about 10 mins stop on rye lane just south of PR station. Should be reliable at this time in the morning and also you will be at the start of the route

"There are also zebra crossings, which work well at Goose Green " I take it this is ironic. Take a look at this thread. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1756172

I knew (slightly) someone who worked in the Bradenham block on the albany Road. It was very difficult to park around the block. In great indignation she told me that she had driven from her home (in East Dulwich) driven around the Bradenham area FOR HALF AN HOUR and then had to go home and catch a bus. Not many buses on that route

A Mum at my daughter's primary school was horrified that we walked to school. She drove because of all the pollution

Crisis at Christmas are still advertising for volunteers. http://www.crisis.org.uk/pages/volunteer.html Try www.bermondseycares.wordpress.com to volunteer to help with their Christmas party Peckham has a Foodbank and the Robes Project runs homeless shelters in Southwark and Lambeth throughout the winter.

0207 708 8587 -- direct line. You are complaining about cars parking on the pavement which is an offence everywhere in London.

Cafe G on Peckham Rye West. Sofas and good coffee

all three have made progress through Crowdfunding and the Greater London Assembly https://glacf.commonplace.is/overview

Also, congratulations for doing 20mph in London.

Oh well, that's one excuse for loud threatening revving behind me out of the window. I now know that drivers behind me are doing it on purpose not just because it's difficult not to. nunhead_man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "drivers almost can't drive at 20mph without their > engine making a terrible noise -- it's longing to > go faster " > > I'm afraid that's rubbish Sally Eva - I have a > motor with 350 bhp - two stage turbo flat 4 - > that happily burbles along at 20mph in third gear > at 2000 rpm at 20mph in London and goes into > roller skate mode when on motorways

sorry, I'm probably out of date. I don't watch TV or go to the cinema much so I don't see adverts for cars. What I am trying to say is that cars are advertised for speed (or were last time I noticed) and that, in practice, it is impossible in London to do these speeds and this causes frustration which finds an outlet in dangerous overtaking. Brief bursts of dangerous speed in other words

I don't think I'm talking so much about the power of the car as the gearing -- it's the 0-60 in 30 seconds bit -- drivers almost can't drive at 20mph without their engine making a terrible noise -- it's longing to go faster -- if they go up a gear the engine in tugging at them. There's no comfortable place in which to do 20mph. It's quite hard to drive slowly, and it shouldn't be. Quite small cars are geared like this, I think.

I wonder if it's because cars are designed (and sold) on their power and acceleration. People buy them -- and then all that power and acceleration is useless to them. These statistics are a few years old http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2012-11-19/tfl-average-traffic-speeds-are-less-than-20-mph-in-london/ but they show that the average speed across London is less than 20mph and across central London less than 10mph. What use is a car that does 0-60 in under 30 seconds? Even the most brainless petrol head must get some suspicion that he is paying a lot to get an advantage over someone else and he's just not getting his money's worth. So all that frustration comes out. He'll show you............ Forget about him and have a peaceful evening

The other approach is not to buy second-hand mobile phones. Gumtree is a good source of doubtful phones. And don't hand over cash for second-hand mobiles in McDonalds -- people do, you'd be surprised. What would not surprise anyone is that such mobiles stop working soon after purchase and the mobile phone on which the buyer contacted the vendor doesn't work any more and the buyer has no address, landline etc. The police are no help -- they consider the above to be a variation on receiving stolen goods.

Lewisham cyclists do this sort of thing. Train out to Kent and then cycle around. Or Southwark Cyclists Healthy Rides -- those may be more pootling than you want -- they are slow and easy paced around local backstreets and central London. Have you looked at Skyrides which include children if you want to take them with you?

Am I misunderstanding something? Are we talking about Red Post Hill? The 37 goes along this road for about 50m. this 50m is largely non-residential having the station and the bridge and tracks underneath the road on either side. The value of the properties alongside the road is just not relevant. People in cheap houses -- even public rented housing -- have children and gardens and like to sleep at night. How much anyone paid for their property and whether they have lost money on it (hypothetically) is simply not relevant. The money doesn't buy exemption from the needs of others. The poor have more understanding of this than those who are used to buying their own way. That's all.

"I can't imagine why someone would pay ?1.5m to live on a street with three buses (and one of them a night bus) trundling down it daily!" Some people use buses and therefore would not be offended by a street with 3 buses (one of them a night bus) trundling down it daily. Maybe people with ?1.5m to spend on a house don't use buses but other people do. When you spend ?1.5m you buy the house and the garden but not control over the road outside. Other people are still permitted to use it and even poor people on buses are permitted to be driven along it. Trying to see other people's point of view (see RH's post) can be very liberating and even re-assuring. The noise is not an attack on your entitlement to peace and quiet. It is the sound of other people going about their legitimate business.

What do Bike Trainers and maybe-Bike Trainers think of the Bike Train? The answers are here: http://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/bike-train-survey-results/

when I was young, when a car broke down and had to be pushed out of the way, other drivers would get out of their cars and help. Nowadays etc Mind you that was a long time ago

Permanent residence is slightly more complicated than living here for 5 years. You have to have been exercising Treaty Rights for 5 years continuously and be able to prove it. Exercising Treaty Rights means working, looking for work, being a self-sufficient student or a self-sufficient person. Self-sufficient means not claiming state benefits and having comprehensive health insurance (not the NHS).I think an EHIC card is acceptable under some circumstances but that's something to check.

There are adverts for paid-for cycle training popping up on the forum if you live work or breathe in Southwark you can get free cycle training here: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200123/cycling/446/cycle_training/1

I think Dawson Heights mostly needs leaving alone

During strikes they generally close the mail boxes physically ie obstruct the slot. I think they have given up on the "next collection" labels. Part of the un-civilising of every day life. Ditto 9am collections and second deliveries

If you have three cyclists in the house you will be saving so much money you can take taxis everywhere you don't cycle