PeckhamRose

Terry Jones and Michael Palin drink in the Clockhouse, you know. And I once saw that bloke wot played Sgt Cryer from The Bill in there. Packed with famous faces if you ask me. If it was Ewan McGregor, ask him where he gets his motorcycle washed would you? Mine's filthy and I can't be arsed.

Dear Gimme Get out from behind your computer and come along to a Police Ward Panel, where you will meet them AND the police AND the PSCOs and you can tell them your opinions to their face. You may have to give your real name though. The next Police Ward Panel for Nunhead and Peckham Rye ward (which includes bits of East Dulwich including the bit around The Gardens and a bit up Barry Road) is held at the Harris Girls Sports Academy school, 7pm Thursday 3rd December. You can find out from your local SNT -- (number is on the Southwark Website; do you want me to do everything for you? ;) ) --- when and where your own local Police Ward Panel is being held. Dare you.

Dear Gimme Get out from behind your computer and come along to a Police Ward Panel, where you will meet them AND the police AND the PSCOs and you can tell them your opinions to their face. You may have to give your real name though. The next Police Ward Panel for Nunhead and Peckham Rye ward (which includes bits of East Dulwich including the bit around The Gardens and a bit up Barry Road) is held at the Harris Girls Sports Academy school, 7pm Thursday 3rd December. You can find out from your local SNT -- (number is on the Southwark Website; do you want me to do everything for you? ;) ) --- when and where your own local Police Ward Panel is being held. Dare you.

My thoughts are with you Tricia and also I would like to add that it is wonderful there were witnesses. That's the best thing that happened: witnesses. When it happens and there's no witnesses it is an altogether very different thing. So as you see from above, we all care and we all know it could have been any of us. Take care of You and let your family and friends do the same too. Sounds like you're usually the one dispensing the care!

My thoughts are with you Tricia and also I would like to add that it is wonderful there were witnesses. That's the best thing that happened: witnesses. When it happens and there's no witnesses it is an altogether very different thing. So as you see from above, we all care and we all know it could have been any of us. Take care of You and let your family and friends do the same too. Sounds like you're usually the one dispensing the care!

I like your thinking. Specially as I like beer too! Nice idea indeed. I just rang Shephed Neame and they're not doing tours that day, just schools tours (seriously) which are booked up. Anyone else?

Is Russell the one in the north of the north island with the little white church? Ohhh yes that's fabulous. And - oh - Waikeke Island off Auckland! That's fun!

Done that! Thanks BellendenBelle - how the blinking flip are you! I need something treat-like for his birthday.

Those with faith who ram it down my neck via the state and state TV (BBC) make me realise just how un-advanced we are as a species. We all need stories to explain our lives and there is no question there are some great stories in the Bible. But I really believe (HA!) that in a thousand years time if we are still here, people will look back on these days when people believed in ThirdPartyGod, as a primitive time in human evolution. And when people do things 'in the name of God' and tell me they still consider they have free speech and free will they are simply not making sense. I do get upset (really) when religious people tell me I can't be of moral character without god's guidance. I don't NEED to stick of hell or carrot of heaven to do the right thing. I rely on evidence of people's reaction and my own feelings of having done a good thing. To my mind the simple explanation for it all is that we needed to make stuff up to explain nature, and some of us are still too daft* to realise that other humans are clever and scientifically explained nature, while the daft* believers stick to their religious stories. We now know for example that magic mushrooms grew in abundance around where Jesus made his more famous speeches. * you're offended by 'daft'?!

PMd ya. Oh - oh - oh and DON'T miss Rotorua with its sulphur smells. And try and get a flight over it in a Stearman airplane.

Thanks daizie! Anyone else got any ideas?

Ferry. But book. And also I have PMd you with an article I wrote about my motorcycle trip!

Yes Arrowtown was sooo beautiful! We found ourselves near there for Christmas Day. Oh and another recommendation is riding through Wine country, along the north of the south island. We saw New Year in in Dunedin! Lovely town. And Christchurch was lovely too, with fabulous Oxford Uni inspired architecture. And whatever you do, don't miss going up the Sky Tower's revolving restaurant in Auckland. Oh - oh - and don't forget the Coromandel peninsular south east of Auckland!

Hi all. This time last year you were kindly recommending restaurants in Paris for me to take MrPR to. He did not even know I was taking him to lunch let alone that it was in Paris so it was a lovely experience and we had a great time. I often try and do something like this - one time we stayed overnight in a boutique hotel in Bayswater, another time I took him to a matinee at the Savoy, another time to Dennis Severs House in Spitalfields (highly recommended!). This year I have earned very, very little so can't afford to splash out in quite the same way. Aside from having a bring a bottle party or inviting friends he has not seen for ages over to the pub, can anyone recommend anything imaginative and fun? I checked my meagre airmiles but we only have the one day and can't stay overnight anywhere. I suppose we're talking ?100 tops. But that would be a stretch! Thanks everyone for any suggestions!

Oh let's all meet up then EDKiwi! Hammer Springs was fabulous! As was the North of the North Island, and also on the south island going to Omarama to go gliding (one of the two best places to go gliding from In The World), and - ohhh I could go on, it was a fabulous country. The road from Haast to Wanaka is one of the most fabulous roads in the country. Possibly the world!

I spent two months going around all of New Zealand on a motorcycle and have photos and records of the place we stayed at. Feel free to PM me and come round for an hour or over to Clockhouse one evening, and we'll show ya!

Edgar Kail. A road named after him leads to Sainsburys and Dulwich Hamlets. He was a footballer for Dulwich Hamlets who went on to play for England in the 1920s. Or indeed Boris Karloff as previously mentioned. The 'Did you know that?' corner: Raymond Chandler indeed went to Dulwich College and at the time the headmaster was one Mr Gilkes (there's a Gilkes Crescent off East Dulwich Grove). Mr Gilkes said he could not stand hearing boys swear, and indeed when Mr Chandler became an author, no matter how awful a situation Philip Marlowe was in, he never ever swore.

Become a member. It's Free. You do not have to do much. But you get to be invited to meetings and learn how the systems work and most importantly meet people who run the admin and meet the Chief Executive, and ask him difficult questions too. See my signature thingy below for more info.

(Is that my plumber Eric getting in touch with his feminine side speaking above?) I miss them both. There, I've said it.

Blackheath of course Southwark Park too. The above are both free. Dalston Heights on a clear night for a distant view of loads of them!

Larger bins where you don't have to separate stuff out will be in Southwark soon. I did Not Tell you that!

I agree with what PeckhamBoy said. And 10th worst for recycling means what? 10th worst for people who bother to use the services? Or 10th worst in as much as the council don't bother recycling. I know for a fact this council is very good at recycling and are building a big new facility on the Old Kent Road, and having been to a council 'partnership'* meeting, I also learned things are improving even further very soon. So what Does 10th worst mean? * I hate the use of that word 'partnership' but that's what it was called! It's a bit like everything has to be an experience now. "What was your shopping experience / patient (sorry 'customer' experience like?" etc etc!

Well one of the important issues for me is that the stuff being injected is not a 'live' vaccine. When I had flu vaccination 15 yrs ago it was 'live' and gave me a life threatening asthma attack as a result. Now, those vaccinations are synthetic and I have had one each year for the last 5 with just a sore arm for a few days as a result The swine flu vaccination is (and I can't remember the exact word but it's something like - de-activated, in that it is not live but it is effective. Having weighed pros and cons I am going for it. I may also get an asthma attack as a result of getting swine flu so if I have the jab I'm kinda covered as best I can. Thank you to the scientists and the NHS for saving my life and keeping me healthy (even if I can't afford all my prescriptions!)

OMG Boris keeping to another of his manifesto promises? I'm scared - I'm really scared - I never voted for him but he keeps doing the right thing! But indeed yes there are quite a lot of similar things around London (I ride my motorcycle around London quite a bit) where there are two or three road works with traffic lights not connected, in one street. So thanks for letting us know he intends to do something about that!

It won't last long, then Paddy Power or BetFred will move in.