QueenMab

Yes but other tactile surfaces are acceptable, eg studs.

I've actually found this document from TFL regarding standards for materials used in cycle paths, and it specifically states that the use of these "corduroy" surfaces "should never be laid in line with cycle movement as it can destabilise riders". https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/lcds-chapter7-construction.pdf I guess I will get in touch with the relevant people and see about getting this fixed as it's clearly unsafe.

Has anyone else noticed that the newly installed yellow, ridged crossing tiles across Green Dale feel a bit slippy to cycle over? They feel a bit perilous to me, and this is before they have even got wet. I can foresee someone coming off their bike along there before long, as I'm sure that they are an unsuitable surface for bicycles. Would be interested to know about other cyclists' experience along there.

Yeah that was their old policy. Their new policy is to force you to have a water meter and if you refuse they put you on a punitively high tariff which effectively forces you to have one. I was doing well with my policy of polite resistance which was to say yes fine I'll have one fitted but then not actually book an appointment or cancel the appointments they made. But then I was persuaded that it would be much cheaper anyway.

I got a water meter installed last year. I was told it would work out cheaper but it has turned out to be more expensive (we are only a 2 person household). I would hold off getting a meter wherever possible.

So long as people don't confuse the stories in their heads with reality, it's fine.

I feel sure someone might have a set they no longer use. I'm happy to collect at your convenience.

As far as I'm aware, they HAVE changed a lot since 2023 with regard to safeguarding, including the safeguarding lead leaving and being replaced. However I'm not sure this is the place to have the discussion, as the Forum is going to end up dealing with defamation issues if people have to be specific with evidence to back to their claims, or else people are talking in such vague terms as to make the discussion pointless.

I also used to go to this dentists but was similarly put off by their increasingly gratuitous commercial approach. Their dentists are a mixed bunch. I used to be with Pooja who is excellent. She now has her own practice in Wimbledon. (Wimbledon Dental Wellness), so I started going there instead. She's not NHS but her check-up fees are the same as NHS dentist fees and she has never tried to persuade me to have any unnecessary treatment done. However I would say if you are going to have botox or fillers done, you'd be far better going to see a dentist, who is fully trained in giving facial injections and has a through knowledge of anatomy. Not that anyone wants to have this stuff pushed on them when they're going to get their teeth done, I feel it starts to blur the boundaries between necessary medical services and spurious treatments that exist purely to play on women's fears about "ageing".

Get in the sea.

Sorry to hear about this, but it is good to let others know. I sometimes run around there. If it happens to me I will know it's probably a concerted campaign by some perv and not just a one-off accident.

Hi Rob. I'll probably have a few next week. PM me

I noticed Sainsbury's were out of rice pasta and dried pulses the last few days, but As Nature Intended on Lordship Lane has plenty. You can take your own containers to fill to prevent wasted packaging.

There's now a petition you can sign... https://www.change.org/p/enterprise-inns-save-the-palmerston-east-dulwich-se22

Nooooo. One of the reasons I used to like East Dulwich when I lived in Herne Hill was because it was easy to get to and park briefly for shopping or lunch etc. There are places with CPZs where you just wouldn't bother going because of the sheer hassle of parking. Think how many successful businesses the are in East Dulwich, which might well be jeopardised if excessive parking restrictions are put in place.

Yes let's all focus on what the nanny did "wrong", rather than the nutcase who tried to drag a child into a car. I'm amazed at some of the responses on here

There were police all over the place this morning, including at the school gates. Which would suggest this is being taken seriously by them, as such police presence is not usual.

I went a couple of weeks ago and it was chaotic. I'm hoping it was just teething troubles. Unhappy to see tea had gone up from ?1.40 to ?1.80 though. Also, tea was being served in pots but milk still dispensed from a rancid communal jug which doesn't really work when you've got a pot of tea so I had to go back to ask for a second cup to put the milk in.

Have you tried the Family section of this site?

Well I've been taking my son to school via that junction every day for the last year and a half and they have been there every day...!

The lollipop man and woman are not new additions, they have always been there, prior to the works being carried out. You'll notice they are stationed at all major junctions near schools.