SimonM

Well you may be right...but my impression was they looked too small and fluffy to be the original three, although those 3 were not evident elsewhere. I knew the top layer of the bridge had vanished...I thought it might be wear and tear not vandalism. It's such a pretty part of an already gorgeous park, it makes you just despair doesn't it?

It looks like the new shop/cafe has inherited some amazing old tables from the place they took over! Anyway it is rather more spacious now.:))

Looks like there are some new fluffy goslings on the island in Peckam Rye Park Lake..... And on a topical note the Lake now has it very own collection of duck islands....wonder if they were donated by an MP??? Oh and the bridge in the Japanese garden is out of action - you cannot cross it at the moment.

So many favourite, quotable bits! I wonder how many times it will get repeated as the classic it deserves to be?

Nowt to delete, obviously :))

Before that European skirmish on the Wednesday there's a far more important game at Wembley on the Monday... SimonM (whose Wembley tickets arrived today...>:D<)

I fear I confused matters by adding Adjani to an already bubbling pot. Huppert has made so many films of every variety it seems a little harsh to categorise her on the strength of a couple of her more recent ones. Adjani wins any kinky contest between the pair though....anyone else see "One Deadly Summer"? :))

>Would you still fancy her if she hadn't been in all those kinky films?> I have liked her since "The Lacemaker" She is a most extraordinary actor. If you think her films are kinky you should really get out more >:D< Not sure if Isabelle Adjani is 50 yet but on my....I say..oh my!!

The final, hour-long episode of "Pulling".....utterly priceless!

Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Lunghi aforesaid,

Vauxhall City Farm

I liked the llamas, missed the otters...:(

I am puzzled by the apparent anomaly that Liverpool supposedly have the largest squad in the PL....and yet have somehow missed out on that strength-in-depth thing..

The European Eagle Owl is just awesome (I had a pic taken with him/her a few years back!) No sign of the Beast of Nunhead today though...

Betty Blue....

The problem with George is that he never had the chance to demonstrate his breathtaking skills at the very highest level as both Pele and Cruff did, each so very convincingly.

Football commentators on television....abolish the lot!

Sorry Leeds - really! And, whoever mentioned that Martin Chivers long throw, it was a real thing of beauty because he looked so effortless doing it... SimonM (whose Wembley ticket has been ordered)

Hardly ever a real queue at the Forest Hill Road one, when I have been...

Today the goslings are down to three, although the moorchicks seem to be thriving. As well as several on the lake there were three in the reeds of the Japanese garden. As I turned the corner by the side of the pond to go on to the small bridge I disturbed the heron sitting there, possibly after his lunch? The bridge seems to have had several stones taken from the top of the parapet...no idea why. The yellow and blue Irises ar enow blooming quite pslendidly everywhere, especially on the banks of the lake. In Dulwich Park I saw a trio and a quartet of mallard ducklings...

Nunhead has a gorgeous cemetery and Ayres. So those of us in ED should not get too smug! :)

Hmmm...so the Championship Playoff Final is to be Burnley v Sheffield United. And Burnley won both of the league fixtures this season....and United lost in the Playoff final in 1997 & 2003......:(

>>Oh and talking about helicopters, at a Members meeting of Kings COllege Hospital the other day, it was discussed that Kings is now the best hospital for heart and liver problems<< King's has been the "best" for livers for 40 years....

>>Switched on the telly during tonight's play-off semi final and was really surprised to see lots of empty seats at Brammel Lane. If Sheffield United cannot fill their ground for such a massive game then something is badly wrong.<< The current ground capacity is around 31K, and this evening's attendance was 26K. I don't know how many of the 5K shortfall was part of thePreston allocation. Wait til you see how many turn up for Wembley though!

Er...face painting? donkey rides???