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There will be a different mindset, not leave it to the last second before recharging and having alternative places to go should you have issues parking outside your own place or the most convenient on street location. @alex_b @Adam @figgins @Stuka Welcome any further views since your positive posts

Wondering how those who bought EVs without off road parking are doing. About 10 cars in the street are EVs, most charged across the pavement some on 3 pin and some have installed charge points. I expect the latter makes good economics if you do higher mileage and charge off peak. Odd that the government has reintroduced the new car grant. The emphasis was charging infrastructure, rather than subsidising well off people. The manufacturers have responded by increasing the number of new RV models and with healthy fleet sales there is now a good market in second hand EVs I'd have had a national charge point scheme rather than looking to the free market - not sure if this is something we should be shopping around for. Anyone do V2G? It was supposed to be the in thing.

You have excluded the email I sent to One Dulwich questioning their position. Where he/they just gave me some old flannel. I don't see 1600 as the tip of the iceberg. Just a vocal minority. The majority, I expect, are just getting on with things.

Human error kills people. Not that the OP said this I hasten to add. As the OP and Sue says take it on the chin.

Wouldn't say be careful, just be aware of the blanket 20 mph and drive accordingly. You will hopefully appreciate the speed awareness course. That's a genuine comment 😁

They've got strong immune systems allowing them to eat a variety of food in a variety of conditions. I expect most have various parasites. There again the neighbour's cat seems to have fleas. We get as much, maybe even more, cat poo in the garden.

Roxy Beaujolais owner of the 7 stars.

https://www.thesevenstars1602.co.uk/ Reminds me of the Dog and Bell in Deptford, another out the way pub and another hidden gem ling since discovered. Both the Seven Stars and Dog and Bell have expanded into the adjoining buildings. Royal Oak in Borough. Yes, yet another hidden gem! Posts crossed re Royal Oak

Sadly discovered by the masses since I first went there. Used to be on good terms with Roxy. Great find.

At least two excellent choices, The Old Cheshire Cheese is easy to find but you can get lost once you are in it! Away from London the Crack (Ye Cracke) in Liverpool and the Turf Tavern in Oxford. Both down alley ways. Off at a slight tangent Sirena's Italian restaurant in the old Royal Doulton building, Black Prince Road, Lambeth. Down a set up of steps into Narnia. Sadly closed in 2016 due to redevelopment into office space. Good thread! (we were discussing the Cardinal/Windsor Castle near Westminster Cathedral which is hidden away on one entrance)

Difficulty is that you, some others on this forum, and First Dulwich are against measures to reduce road traffic. You look for faults in schemes, talk about some democratic ways forward that don't exist, and have no solutions. It's a fact that one Dulwich oppose LTNs beyond this area. I haven't a clue what this playbook is you are talking about, and where on earth have I said 'far right'??

One Dulwich appears to be against all LTNs. If that is not political, what is?

Had to Google ginnel and forgot where COI was. It's the Windsor Castle formerly known as the Cardinal. Like Many Sam Smiths pubs a wonderful grand Victorian place. I won't comment on the beer and post COVID prices rose to catch up with the going rate. As a spoof thread it has turned into something useful. I was sad when the Paviours went, an Art Deco New York interior/Savoy Hotel that should have been listened and the Old Rose, turned into new offices/flats. The Laughing Halibut remains but the Grafton has shed all its Goons' memorabilia. Still like the Speaker even post Dennis the ebullient former manager.

I met them when they ran the Morpeth near Tate Britain, before they retired, and they moaned about running the Woodhouse. I don't recall them being grumpy when at the Woodhouse (apart from their mixed attitude to families), just not particularly helpful*. They'd get many more punters in on a lovely hot day but put no extra staff on, I could say more but I'd be getting too personal. Did love the place irrespective of them. I used to love the Clock in the old days, and the Buck in Petty France and the Royal Oak near Strutton Ground and the Morpeth. Common denominator is that they are all very different to when the Brewery was running and they were part of the Youngs estate.

It's a bit simplistic blaming cats for the decline in bird populations, it's human activity as a whole in particular land management and farming practices. Climate change no doubt is beginning to damage numbers, the changes in the season are already creating issues with the food not being around at the right time in the nesting season. That said our domestic cats are an introduced species, so bird predation on birds is not natural; the number of indigenous wild cats in the days gone past would have been pretty small and tiny now down to a few 100 in Scotland. Many urban birds are semi domesticated as they rely so much on people to feed them, and some such as goldfinches are doing very well. And I have never seen an urban cat with a dead bird, mice - yes. An article from the Natural History Museum on bird decline https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/may/britain-has-lost-73-million-birds-over-the-last-50-years.html

It was such a lovely pub. I drank and occasionally ate there for many years. It had a locals feeling about it. It had the most grumpy couple who managed it, and an outrageous gothed up person behind the bar. Then it went through several makeovers and it was never the same again. Bums on seats. The plastic grass, little cabins, relatively expensive alcohol, ubiquitous menu, all brings the punters in. Pub business has changed. The brewery who ran their pubs so well has long since gone. They don't need my business and my sense of nostalgia to survive.

Nowt to do with the exhaustive conversation on LTNs but looking at the article what is Reform proposing for 'fixing our broken society'? When they seem quite happy to sow the seeds of division.

I loved the Woodhouse. It's been awful for years. I cycle up Sydenham Hill to go to Sydenham or Crystal Palace.

They were rightly fined for driving in bus lanes. The wrong process was followed. This comes across as being in favour if drivers flouting the rules.

I used to work with various Trading Standards teams two decades ago. They were much better resourced then and you could deal directly with individuals. @Pugwash can you give a phone number, email or link to contact Southwark please.

I expect a lot of dog owners are not aware/bothered about the carbon footprint. But there again this applies to non-pet owners as humans are the main species responsible for global warming. To have a clearer conscience offset by sustainable and active transport, eat less meat and look for sustainable dog food. Ps I love dogs but never felt the need to own one in London https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/shopping-guide/ethical-dog-food

In deed but we can also look at ourselves and reduce our meat consumption. Dogs unlike other carnivorous pets can have a vegetarian diet.

Safer Neighborhood Team. This sort of thing is nothing new.

I cycle up there. How else would I get to Sydenham Hill? Anyway as said this is a spoof thread.

https://sdp.org.uk/ The SDP seem like a lovely party. Why did you leave? A good alternative for those traditional Labour voters who don't like immigrants and are defecting to Reform