Only me!

To the Council's credit. I reported the tree via their Web Site sometime just after 07.30 & it was cut up, chipped & gone by 10.30 Now my report may not have been the first .... but even if it was reported earlier, say 06.00 .... i think that's a decent response time. Don't suppose Southwark is awash with idle Lumberjacks is it .....

The circumstantial evidence is growing .........

It's in this weeks issue. There are red, blue, green & yellow.

If you like his work? (Simply drawn, engaging, stick people) oft seen around London Town... (attached) there are 4 different colour prints being given away free with the Big Issue. Could be a ruse to get you to buy 4 copies????? Who cares .... well worth the money anyway & now with added free Art! Go on ... remember that combination, open that wallet & invest!

Not drawn on a Saturday then?

Whenever there are two products that look the same & one is expensive & one is not ... there is the risk of substitution or forgery. This rule applies to everything. From clothing, handbags & trainers, through DVDs & now, clearly, into food. When a whole horse is able to be purchased in Country A, for a pittance, but once butchered now looks similar to beef, that will sell for many hundreds in Country B ..... there is an obvious mismatch in value & an easy profit opportunity for the unscrupulous. Which it would seem has been being taken. We have been tolerating & even joking about dodgy or knock off products in branded clothing, for many many years. Are we really now surprised that the same thing is happening in food. A month ago we all thought that our food supply & regulation mechanism was in good order & keeping us safe. This morning on the Radio it was described as dis-functional & hopeless & it didn't get that bad in a month! It's obviously been in a state for ages ... we just didn't know. There are clever criminals & lax officials ... we seem to be in a place where the two have crossed swords & for various reasons the criminals have won. I bet any quality butcher with provenance of it's meat & a photo of a cow ... will be very busy over the next few weeks & months. Unfortunately I predict a sharp rise in prices for this sort of "trustworthy" meat. With corresponding bins full of now worthless ?1.00 ready meals.

I wondered where the ED Police Horses went too. Now we know .... into all those unfeasibly cheap burgers, meat balls & ready meals. If the Police Station did became a supermarket .... it would be like closing the circle. Very Zen. Very ED.

"who gives a damn whether you live in SE22 or SE15" Your Insurance Company?

If it's just an "overground experience" that is required, rather than actually using it to go go anywhere .... why not get on a normal train at ED (no steps) & change to the train of your desire at PR? Same platform & rarely a wait of more than 15 Min's. Dalston or Clapham await .....

If you are so lazy & knuckle dragging that you can't get out of your car to pee ....... what chance is there that you will have the brains to get out of the car to fly tip your piss into somebody else's bin??? I'm completely unconvinced by the theory that all this is attention seeking or planned ..... I fear we simply have an anti social arse-hole in our midst.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/heathrow-sets-flightpaths-for-early-morning-planes-8381177.html Saw this on the EStandard site. Maybe a little early morning respite is on the cards? No maps to help determine exactly where the zones will be .... but fingers crossed.

We did have a door to door rep last eve. (Worlingham) But his ID was in order, he was from Love Film trying to drum up business for the postal DVD loan scheme. Pleasant chap doing a pretty tedious job ... guessing 90% turn down rate? Pretty soul destroying i would think.

Within six months. That's excellent. Good news thats it's such a top priority.

Yep. As you enter the road from Crawthrew, you have two no entry signs in front of you, so you have to turn right & on each side of the road are clear signs that it is a one way street. There is nothing to hint that a bike may be coming towards you. Is that normal? A one way street in which two way traffic is legal. Seems odd.

The people who could & maybe should care about this, the safety of the community & road users in general .... just don't. They are not accountable, have nothing to fear if somebody else is hurt .... so it actually matters not to them that the situation is dangerous. There will be weasel words of sympathy, excellent explanations & hand wringing ..... all to no avail. As nothing is being done. But what actually we have is power without accountability. A very dangerous combination & one that often leads, as in this case, to inactivity, lethargy & inertia. In a normal business, somebody who dilly'd & dallied & procrastinated like this would be sacked, in short order & somebody with skill, ability & who had a sense of duty would be appointed.

Indeed. It is for sure a surprise to see a bike coming towards you down a one way street. As you drive down Spurling Rd from Crawthrew there is nothing to inform you that it is a two way street. In fact don't the arrows at the junction seem to indicate that it is a one way street? (I will look again this eve) Is there such a thing as a sign to identify a one way street but with Bikes allowed to travel both ways? With the parking on both sides road markings probably won't help .... so what to do?

There have been oodles of mostly sensible posts on here for many many months, years even, about this junction. Members of the Council are aware & swift to offer words of comfort. "In hand", "consultation under way", "plans drawn", "waiting till after the Olympics" to quote but a few ..... BUT The fact that there is still NOTHING happening is clear proof that a blatantly dangerous junction, with lights phased by somebody who has never actually sat & watched the flow of the place, identifies that it/we/road users just don't seem to matter. What's up? Nobody who votes in Southwark been run over yet????? If there was a live mains cable sticking up from the pavement that shocked even one passer by .... it would be fixed pronto..... Immediately even! Why not the proven dangerous phasing of these lights?????? If somebody in a position of responsibility would like to cease with the many weasel words & actually DO something .... it would be greatly appreciated.

Can't wait for the day my kids leave me there & then they sod off for some retail therapy!

Worlingham Road has also been "done" & yes, in the short term it does look drastic. But .... having seen it a few times before, the trees do seem to come back at least as vibrant & maybe even stronger. They have also replaced the few tress they have had to remove over the last few years, so all in all, my observation would be that, short term visuals aside ..... the trees seem to be being looked after OK.

They don't seem to be working in line with the tracks & the area of works does seem to stretch on back under the bridge, to where the bus stop is now. But judging by the high tech kit & the large number of chaps beavering away, I still recon they will be finished far far quicker than the wastes of space & leisurely set of sloths currently working at the lights by Alleyn's.

& again yesterday. Crawthew Grove/Lacon Road junction. So only a few yards from previous site. Many many bottles. 12+ originally all neatly lined up on the pavement edge. Now all just laying in the kerb leaking. Sick saddo is back in his/her cab i guess! Disgusting.

Waving one's hand in front of someones face & saying in your best Jedi voice: "This is not the dangerous junction you are looking for! The web says so..." is probably not going to work ..... But Hey Ho ... I gave it a shot. I really really hope it's not serious when the inevitable happens.

I'm saying that the reality on the ground from my experience, is that the Crossing at the entrance to Grove Vale is positioned badly. For those cars leaving the roundabout. Adding complication & therefore risk, to an already complicated road junction. Thats all. To say my evidence is "anecdotal" may be correct, but it is also a fact. I have had at least two near misses where I have stopped for pedestrians & the cars behind me, joining from Lordship Lane, have struggled, with screeching tyres & shocked wide eyed glances, to avoid running into the back of my car. I cannot back it up with a web survey, nor with a bank of sworn independent witnesses who can verify the "close shave" ...... that would almost make it onto the NSA web site. Just saying ..... if it's intention was to make the roundabout less safe? .... then .... from my perspective, it has worked.

Sorry James, i didn't look at a web-site to gather my impression. I sat in my car on the roundabout (as i do almost daily) & comfort yourself as much as you like with e-facts .... on the ground, the crossing at the entrance to Grove Vale is problematic.

Agree about the close shaves now being caused by the crossings around the roundabout. Although it seems to be the last addition, on Grove Vale, that is the biggest offender. Several times I have turned right from East Dulwich Road into Grove Vale, stopped at the crossing to let people cross & watched in my mirrors as cars coming from Lordship Lane emergency brake to avoid hitting my car. It's a busy roundabout, that demands full attention. Watching the crossing as you enter the roundabout, judging best when to enter the roundabout & just when you are on it .... you have to stop again as the car that crossed in front of you has stopped to your left ..... while still on the roundabout! At the same moment that your eyes are looking right! Not a good mix..... Agree it's the driver's responsibility to be vigilant etc ..... but this junction demands a very high degree of multi-tasking ..... & as always, when a car driver gets this tricky manoeuvre wrong ..... it's the pedestrian that will go to hospital. The crossing on Grove Vale needs to be moved or removed. As where it is now doesn't seem safe.