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We have an obesity and type 2 diabetes time bomb, yet you are saying this is a personal choice. It's not my personal choice for the taxes that I pay towards the NHS and social care to be heavily weighted in supporting this growing cohort. It is right that the authorities to encourage all of us to get off our arses.

In deed it was. Personally not sure why the judge based the decision on draft guidance from the dying days of a failing government. Lambeth have published the outcome https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/statement-west-dulwich-street-improvements-ruling/ You can read it yourself And whilst you are at it details of all the other LTNs in Lambeth, they aren't going away nor are the numerous ones across the country. A battle has been won by the 'pro-car, anti healthy and sustainable transport, with no answers to addressing poor air quality and reducing carbon emissions' but not their war. https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/streets-roads-transport/low-traffic-neighbourhoods

Back garden mowed on Monday, some of it for the first time this year. Not a lot of interest in this grassland, but hoping for the promised rain this week as it needs it. We use no tap water in the garden apart from conditioner tap water for the pond when rainwater storage runs out, very early this year. Purple clover, buttercups, rattle and ox eye daisies looking great in the front. Seeds sown did not germinate due to lack of spring rain. The meadow will be cut by hand when flowers die back, white clover will be out shortly and cutting the rest back may encourage the purple clover to flower again. Loads of bees Fun time is when the grasshoppers appear.

Just found a link for LB Southwark wildlife and ecology. Suggest all those listing in disgust to read some of this. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/culture-and-sport/parks-and-open-spaces/ecology-and-wildlife

My word, we are in agreement on something! It's good that there are wildlife areas. I cultivate one too. But this thread is a bit knee jerk. Time would be better spent lobbying Southwark and other big landowners to create more wildlife havens.

Variable speed limits in particular M25 help to tackle congestion. 60 mph on free flowing motorways is to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. M4 being an example Neither directly relevant to roads off South Circus beyond smoother traffic means less emissions including smoother driving technique, reducing braking and acceleration and better anticipation of road ahead.

In the great scheme of things it isn't bad, and certainly not grid lock.

Rye Hotel as was. Liked it, a bit dilapidated, had charm. Not so happy about later incarnations and the name change Perhaps change the title. I'm using this route regularly and it is wrong to use the term grid lock. I expect some with strong views aren't actually using this route.

issue is that half truths, scare stories and conspiracies about particularly on social media, one of the reasons we got Brexit. If people read articles with an enquiring mind that would be a different issue, rather than posting stuff because it meets their agenda. People will remember the Torygraph article due to it's headline rather than the detail which is more balanced.

So if it doesn't interest you why did you post it? If the article was titled Milliband to consider energy prices I expect it would not have been posted. Unsure if you have said positive things about Labour

In posting the link, that you may or may not have read, did you have a view? I don't believe you are neutral. It's a sensationalist headline but misleading. The heat pump sector is crying out for reduction in electricity costs and this is one way it could be achieved. Time would be better spent taking time to digest the article.

The works will still need to be done. Whatever time of year there is some inconvenience. And no doubt complaints on this site. Anyway, happy to be proved wrong and await sight of Ellie's response.

And? How do you think that will change things without a massive injection of cash??

Good luck on that. I expect you will get an "oh dear, sorry you live in London and there are road works fairly frequently". I am in correspondence with her about the Government's position on Palestine. I've decided not to raise her sister's handling of the economy. She wasn't great about improvements to the train service but very good reports on personal welfare type stuff. Out of interest what do you expect our MP to do? Privatise the utilities, with an injection of cash to upgrade them, and a massive local road improvement programme? Good luck on getting that through the Chancellor. Although I expect Farage has promised at least some of this.

4 times cycled, but 3 times to/from Bath/Castle Carry station, once the whole way and back from Oxfordshire, very pretty. Very wet on way back, And broke an rear axle (pre quick release).

Have a chat with him about employing voluntary litter pickers, they do this at many festivals, in return getting free entry.

Thanks to Coe and Lard for playing this, hadn't heard it for so so long, This is a poor recording, but predates the punk explosion of the late 70s, so ahead of the game....

It sounds like we live on different planets, I just go with the flow, generally, and when unhappy take it up with the relevant authority. I have found this frustrating at times but life is too short to be angry all the time. I visited Carmagedon when volunteering at Glastonbury a few years ago. Not the best photo, scrap cars that they have done wonderful; things with, but it's a bit out of the way so 98% don't visit. Just found out it's forerunner was the wonderful Mutoid Waster Company, older hippies may understand what I am on about (When Glastonbury was great) https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/carhenge-returns-for-glastonbury-2025/ Its total gridlock around the festival nowadays, hence most years I cycled when I was a regular.

In deed, in years to come we wont think of the 2020s as the great plague, record temperatures, but as the time when all the traffic stopped. Biblical.

I don't eat meat but if I had an air rifle the various vermin would be very afraid. I've trapped squirrels in the loft, I wont go any further on that one. The Horniman Nature Reserve rats will take on any of yours, apart from.... Cox's walk which takes on another level. During Covid it felt like you were in Hamelin.

And they could cull the rats too! Perhaps they could come to a deal with Gala 😁 Ps I expect that the rats feed off food dropped throughout the year, and still see people feeding the ducks with bread.

Well aware that many secondary school kids do very short journeys by bus. Downside of free travel, but far more upsides.

Not really sure why SE22 is getting upset about Brockwell Park. I expect more people around here attend the festivals than are inconvenienced by it. But it supports my view that many like to complain even when not directly affected. Football grounds move. Attendances change. Demographic too,not old blokes in flat caps or boys in short trousers with rattles. Arsenal attendances at the Emirates are over twice what they were in the late 80s at Highbury. Much more disruption in N1 nowadays. DHFC tripples what they were 15 years ago, but good news is much quieter than the past.

It's a light hearted comment

Thought a bit of balance was useful, for many there are loud disturbances over much of the year. Not sure if several days of noise from a festival is worse than the asses who regularly use lounge power tools, in particular to cut through steel. This forum is anything but positive. I was being a little mischievous. Yes loud DIY projects and builders working out of hours does get my goat. But not enough to start a thread of proper rant.