malumbu

Well you have got your way so no doubt you will be pretty pleased. I expect that this wont make a jot of difference to most cyclists. As for 99.99999% it is irrelevant. The big issue will be increasingly with illegal ebikes, many ridden by delivery riders. Hopefully little parliamentary time will be spent on the above change. If Starmer was braver he would take on the delivery companies, get them to PAYE their riders, provide legal bikes and training. But that is unlikely to happen. There will be some line about how it would affect hard working families who are just about managing. Much of the interest is due to two high profile incidents, and good to see that IDS has got something to put his teeth into, as he was dreadful as a Tory leader. https://road.cc/content/blog/iain-duncan-smiths-anti-cycling-crusade-anti-reality-310779 I tried to get some stats on the number of cyclists doing time, but couldn't find any. I came up with some stats on drivers doing time , this is not meant to be tit for tat but I found it interesting reading - https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/publications/item/motoring-offences-statistical-bulletin/ Over 300 a year sentenced for causing death by dangerous, or by inconsiderate driving, and a similar number for serious injury, Effort would be much better in improving driving standards for all road users, even pedestrians, through education, information, training and, yes, a little nudge as well. Royal Parks encouraging riders to be more considerate is not a bad thing. The only Royal Park that I regularly use is Hyde, where the cyclist speed bumps are a bit excessive, so difficult to go above 10mph! Cyclists causing death by dangerous cycling is around the same number as killed by cows, lightening and no doubt sand castles collapsing.

Pedestrianising Oxford Street is long overdue. I recall the fuss made when this was done in Trafalgar Square but now we'd never go back to how it was

Hope not, as need to put swift box back up. Sadly I was away and one of my tadpoles nurseries died, presumably from stagnant water. I have others and will take more care.

I don't put anything in my food waste bin, the veg all goes into the compost, and the rest feeds animals. Not a lot of the latter; whilst I am not bothered by the foxes, hedgehogs and badgers I don't want to encourage two of them. I hope to get a community award. Please nominate me. If I had neighbours who didn't do this I would name and shame on the socials. The street WhatsApp is a good start and fertile ground for such disputes.

A rather carcentric view of the world And this is not nudge. Nudge is low cost interventions such as texting people reminders to pay their tax/fines/encouraging parents to get their kids to do their homework as this is the cool thing to do. Cameron and Big Society. Not closing roads, widening pavements and other stuff to make things better for pedestrians. Why has this thread become yet another one going on about the victimised motorists?

Caught him a few years ago at a bizarre gig in Canterbury and know his London agent. Sad but he wants a well man. It was a pleasure to have seen him a few times, always different! Hadn't realised he had been a local.

Stewart Lee, who I have seen numerous times, played a gig 18 months ago in Peckham, turning up late and doing around 12 mins of an expected headliner slot. He has no social media presence and is uncontactable. I complained to the ticket agents and promoters to no avail. Obviously I wouldn't boycott a paper due to this incident. With hard copy print declining more liberal media need support irrespective of how easy it is to pick holes. The decline of regional and local papers has compounded the issue of so many drawing their information from the right wing/populist press, and unverified reports on social media.

So have you reported it?

Why are you blaming pavement widening on cyclists? If it was more bike lanes, secure bike parking and the like then that would be different. Can you show me proof that the pavement widening is all due to LCC/Southwark Cyclists. Being a member I'm not aware of any campaign.

Never heard of anyone who has put poisoned meat down in urban areas. You will find the vast majority of the population are nice people. Illegal killing of animals that take game happens in rural areas but that is a different issue Did you report the dumping of the meat to environmental health and the police? By all means speculate, I expect that it was fly tipping. Where it came from and why is athe question.... Foxes have great digestive systems and will eat most foodstuffs.

I was a late starter, just 17, when I started to go to pubs regularly. I'd been bought a drink by a family friend before that. We had several pubs that catered for under age drinkers, one 15 +, one 16+ etc till we graduated to the 18+ pub and felt really grown up. And at those young ages alcohol tolerance was low so you could nurse your drink for an hour or so. The curse of binge drinking came later.....

It was a better world where 15 year olds could get away with buying alcohol in pubs. They can still get hold of the stuff but better drinking in a pub with some adult supervision IE bar staff than in the park after dark

Why? Reviews of the Ford engine are OK. The mpg of the small direct injection engines is very impressive.

Did you complain to the manager? That's the starting point. Before going to the socials.

Maybe consider a stealth operation? Move your boundary a few cm every few months and hopefully they won't notice. They sound unreasonable in any case as your need us no doubt greater. Alternatively if they like cards and a flutter on the gee gees you could have a game of poker, start with pennies and if it is going well up the staked. Risky and may backfire which is how I came to live in a caravan, with only the clothes that Iwas wearing. But I would have regretted not going for it.

You have other threads to complain about cyclists and cycle routes. This thread was intended to be a constructive one.

I do like the Nunhead Gardener. Shannon's was cheaper but that is academic. Garden Centres have not benefited from Brexit, one reason that Shannons closed. The wildlife centre is good for native hedging, fruit trees and bushes and the like, and worth a stroll down to in any case.

On the matter of gender, raised early in the thread There were a couple of male tailors in the area, first generation Carribbean, I think there was a time when many emigrated with these skills Go back 60 years and you may have had a suit made by a Jewish male tailer in the East End Not sure if it is common to have males in this field of work nowadays although I expect Saville Row is still male dominated.

Surprised nobody has recommended Peckham wildlife centre: https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/nature-reserves/centre-for-wildlife-gardening Very close. Also the greenhouses at Brockwell Park Greenhouse, Google it, another wildlife garden, open some weekends.

Good heavens. There are always traffic works and congestion across London. It's not a wile conspiracy, it's been happening since the horse and cart

I've not had any success over the last three years. Repositioning it this year. I heard of some twitchers homing in on a nest as they could hear a swift, only to find out that it was a recording which attempts to lure swifts in. We only have a small number above Horniman Gardens. I've seen them close to ground in Sydenham and Clapham I think half the issue is disruption in and from their wintering grounds where there are less favourable conditions than in years gone past.

Most of us are not demonising drivers as a whole. Happy to demonise selfish, dangerous and inconsiderate drivers Incidentally it's a shame that you do not feel safe on public transport at night. I and our family have never had any serious issues over the years. Sorry realised that I said I would post about motoring on a thread that is about a pavement.

No sympathy, collect rain water, reuse grey water from the house. Plant drought gardens. Have yellow grass in the summer, it will turn green again,. Not sure why on earth we have this term hard working families - suggests that everyone else is lazy. Kids cost money and that can continue until they are well into adulthood! You make your own choices, and it is right that if you use more water you pay more. I expect most of us have cut our water usage since going onto a meter.

Has been cheaper due to the exchange rate, although now well up since 2020

@bilksy how's the renovations going? It seems a bit slow in recent times when I have cycled past. Will you be doing a launch/open house/Grand Designs - only saying half in jest I expect a number of us would like to see what you have done.