Cyclemonkey

Well you can't make festival infrastructure magically appear and disappear in an instantnl. The way people are talking you would think that it took over the whole park and Common and Peckham Rye park is the only green space in the area. There is room for everyone.

We went on Friday and Sunday. As seasoned festival and gig goers we found it well organised - lots of bars and bar staff, hardly any queues for toilets and they were still (fairly) ok at the end of the night. The site was nicely laid out although I agree the different stages could have been better labelled. We spent a while trying to locate the right stages. The crowd were very decent, a good chilled atmosphere, lots of people just happy to be dancing in the sunny weather. The exit at the end was a bit crowded but we got away fairly quickly as we were the minority of people getting a bus up Forest Hill Road away from Peckham. There were big bins and portable toiets on the perimeter so no need for any littering or public urination - I hope the reports of that were isolated incidents - sadly you always get some anti social people who do this (We used to live off East Dulwich road by the Rye and our little street was a regular spot for drunk men to have an alfresco wee.

Blackbird bakery sells very decent bread.

There is a music event at the Horniman - Days Like These - part of the Lewisham Borough of Culture.

Sydenham Hill desperately needs some traffic calming, people drive far too fast on it.

The "we need a SUV" to vist family/our second home in tne country special pleading is kind of funny. This is the UK not the Aussie outback. I grew up in a farm and we were a family of five, our family car was a Volkswagon Golf. I am not particularly supportive of this action but just note we often use one of those irregular verbs when talking about individial responsibility and climate change- Their choices are environmentally bad and indefensible, Your choices are selfish and not needed, My choices are perfectly justifiable due to my particular needs.

It makes sense that litter picking will be the very last job, no point it doing it before all the equipment is removed. As for grass, it will recover, it's remarkably resilient stuff. The festival looked very well organised and I hope everyone who went had a good time.

There is a reason why Wandsworth has very low Council tax - the services aee minimal and you pay extra for everything.

The threat to Roe vs Wade is awful and one feminists across the globe are concerned about. However not really a campaigning issue for local elections in the UK.

Pleaze do. It was early evening last Wednesday (20 April).

Last week my partner intervened when he saw three teenagers harassing a lone woman cyclist on that route. They gave him a bit of lip and slunk off, he reported it to the police non emergency number. Looks like people should be careful when walking or cycling alone on that route.

That development above M&S is rather ridiculous, it always seems to have chunks knocked out of it due to the deliver lorries, suggesting the space is rather over developed. I also realised, having to use E Dulwich station a number of times last month, it is very very close to the station, you can see rifht in to some of the flats

Mine swelled up and went green before popping and turning in to a nasty wound for a few weeks. It was pretty revolting. But as you say, better than TB.

Well said penguin. There are some rare serious side effects of the vaccine and we should not ignore or dismiss that but most side effects are mild and temporary. The yellow card system is well promoted and easy to use and everyone sbould use it to ensure all reported effects are studied and assessed. For the vast majority of people the vaccine is safe and protects against severe covid. Like many people I have a life long side effect of the BCG jab - a permanent scar about a centimeter in diameter on my upper arm. How many people would lose their minds if told the covid jab gave them permanent scarring?

Well having Haemophilia was a key bit of information you neglected to add in. Losing five pints of blood isn't a normal side effect of tooth extraction.

You lost five pints of blood when having your wisdom teeth removed? Ok.

Good the NHS got you the care you needed. Interestingly both of those "lowered" heart rates and BPs are still higher than my normal ones.

Oh I agree.

Money. Festivals pay to use these sites.

Do they? Apart from people with disabilities who needs to drive to the fishmongers or for a meal out. Note the word need here not preference or convenience.

It's still there - we bought ice creams there last weekend - I had wild cherry and limoncello sorbets.

Well they might drive here but many don't need to. The public transport is perfectly decent. Drivers complaining about congestion and parking always amuse me - the solution is in your hands.

I wasn't really aware of Gail's but a few weekends ago I went to Dulwich Gallery and afterwards went to pick up some late lunch to eat in the park. I went to Gail's and the sandwiches on offer were well presented but laughably tiny for the price.

But do all those people drive? I mean I go to a lot of different areas in London to shop and socialise. I don't ever feel the need to drive, due to these things called buses and trains that we have a good amount of.

We have no water on the Horniman side of Forest Hill this morning.