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Signed - it?s been great to see some people making use of this while the Dulwich Estate lets it rot away until they finally browbeat Southwark into submission for a luxury flat development. Have you spoken to Andy Simmons - I think this is still in his area as councillor and he?s always been helpful on stuff like this in the past?

It was part of a discussion about the impact of the development on the ecology of Greendale but it did make me laugh. I guess everyone comes at it from the point of view of what's important to them. But I did learn that green woodpeckers like feeding on ants which end up on astroturf so it wasn't a totally wasted hour of listening in... ;-)

I was also pretty impressed by the level of scrutiny at the meeting - both that relating to the serious issues discussed on here (like use of MOL and charging schools for the facilities) and the not so serious (like the discussion about the impact on the blackberry bushes on Greendale and when realistically they would start bearing fruit again that people could pick after the works were completed). It certainly wasn't a rubber-stamping exercise! Everyone involved in the decision - including those who were very opposed to any changes to the astroturf area - made clear they saw it as a balancing exercise. I didn't watch the whole thing from the beginning - was Meadow present at the meeting or did they leave it to DHFC to make the case to the proposal? Smart tactics if they didn't attend I guess, as they would have been grilled by the committee but doesn't say a lot for their willingness to engage with the community or the process on a go forward basis if there was no-one from Meadow at that meeting.

Unless you are a Southwark Council leaseholder, in which case (according to Southwark) it is in breach of your lease to rent the property out. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2017/mar/southwark-cracks-down-on-short-term-holiday-lets-with-warnings-to-local-leaseholders

First cycle down Rye Lane this week (there and back, 8am and 7.30pm). Was a bit nervous having seen this thread but no issues with shared space that I saw. Plenty of pedestrians using the road, no crazy cyclists. There was a massive bin lorry driving in the middle of the road on way home so it?s still open to some council traffic. And shops were a lot busier than last week which is good to see.

You can also support Celia Hammond by buying food off their Amazon wish list or pick them as your selected charity on smile.amazon.co.uk. Like most charities, they?ve been hard hit by COVID-19 - a double whammy of fewer opportunities to raise money and an uptick in animals that need help. https://www.celiahammond.org/index.php/2015-02-05-15-54-51/support-us-online Appreciate not everyone uses Amazon but if you do, it?s an easy way to help a (fairly) local charity.

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Woman and cat clean ship of unwanted vermin before a nice long cat nap *claps*

Well it seems I must apologise. I had assumed that such a childishly worded post, which seemed specifically designed to draw a stream of strong responses from a forum like this (young person [check], invincible [check], won't wear a mask [check], don't care about others [check]) must be a lame attempt at trolling. And if it had been, I would still say you need to get a lot better at it - subtlety is the key to successful trolling. If it was seriously meant, that's a very different story. I've had coronavirus, not badly but it was still the worst illness I've had in ages. Even if I hadn't, I have enough respect for myself and the people I live with and in and around to want to do the bare minimum I can to protect them. Nothing I can say will change your mind - you're obviously smart enough to understand the impact you could have on others but choose not to give a shit about it. The last thing I'm going to do is engage with someone with so little regard for others and the area they live in and give them the attention they so clearly crave. P.S. Hope that was "middle class" enough for you.

2/10 - dontbesilly "must try harder"...

dande, in the time I spent writing my post, you put up yours! Ditto on the need to avoid ?either/or? (as they say).

I've just read back the last several pages of this thread, and really we're all mostly agreeing with each other on key issues like: 1. The need to reduce car use, particularly for short journeys; 2. The need to promote other forms of transport like cycling and walking for those who can in our area; 3. The importance of clean, healthy, unpolluted streets for all; 4. The need to have a joined up plan to achieve all of this. Where people disagree is whether the current measures are a considered step in the right direction to get things moving or a random set of measures that benefit a select few while disadvantaging many others. I don't think anyone is suggesting that care workers, tradespeople, people with physical issues and others don't need to drive. However, most of us aren't in that group and probably could do more, which would free up vehicle space for those who truly need it. I include myself in that. Five years ago I would have used a car to drive less than 3 miles to pick a few items from the shop. I used the bus to commute to work. Now, I'm cycling 8 miles to work and then the same back again - and that's with a knee that needs to be replaced soon (electric bike, is a godsend). I only really use the car for long journeys or big weekly shops. What is working for me won't work for everyone, but most of us are going to need to make these sorts of changes to our lives, now and in the future, to avoid a climate emergency. Also, most of us aren't "only" a driver/cyclist/public transport user - so it feels unhelpful to me to set it up as either/or. It's great if those who are benefiting from the current restrictions can acknowledge the negative impact those benefits are having on others and maybe help press for more changes to benefit everyone. Imagine if we could channel all the energy being expended on this thread into pressing for meaningful change in Southwark's approach to our area specifically. In fact, I can't help thinking it helps our elected officials to keep the debate at the "them vs me" level as it avoids them being held to account for the, frankly, piecemeal and general way that decisions about our area seem to get taken.

We haven't received anything for the last 7 days - guessing our postie is on hols. However, it's meant we've had to cancel a replacement bank card which was sent out 10 days ago, in case it's actually gone missing. The problem is that there's no obvious way to avoid having to do this next time either, assuming it takes as long again.

It was on the BBC website first as "Dulwich" and now updated to "West Dulwich".

redpost Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why would it have a negative impact? you can't > park on rye lane anyway, although quite a lot > ignore this and therefore endanger cyclists and > pedestrians plus delay buses. > > There is parking at morrisons, the back of ASDA > and quite a few pay and displays less than 100m > away. > > People will probably linger and shop longer now > there is less traffic. I don?t know. And it?s only been a few days so I?m cautious about making any big statements - but a lot of people travel there by bus and I can see the (short) walk might put some people off. But I agree people adapt quickly, so reserving judgment. It was just massively noticeable both times I cycled down today compared to other weeks.

Re travelling direct to Rye Lane Station by bus - you can?t stop directly outside - It?s closed to buses too.

I thought exactly the same when I cycled down it this morning. Part of the reason appears to be that there is a need to allow construction traffic in (so one of the barriers is a movable construction type barrier), with the result that all the delivery vans are just moving it out the way and driving down to do deliveries. They will all be on camera but don't appear to care. However, it was very noticeable how much quieter the shops on Rye Lane are than normal. Obviously you can't reach a conclusion on a few days observation, but if this keeps up, the road closure will have a massive impact on the profitability of those shops. As a cyclist it's great, but there's a much bigger picture here.

I?m not as experienced as others who?ve posted (and all good advice above) but I wouldn?t try and get to the front unless you have a clear way to do it on the outside. Just hang back out of fumes range but far enough into the road that no one will try to go around you/pull alongside too close. Generally drivers will give you the space you need that way. Also very much agree to on the importance of a lifesaver look behind - even when not manoeuvring. I find that when you look behind and show an awareness of the cars coming up - they give you so much more space and are much better about hanging back when space is tight. I am using the Citymapper quiet cycling route options and that also makes a massive difference. Adds to the journey but so much less stressful.

There was a very interesting edition of More or Less on Radio 4 today which has been doing a series of Covid-only programs for the last few weeks. They were looking at why - statistically - it appears the UK has performed less well at handling Covid-19 than other countries. I'm not going to explain this brilliantly but what they explained is that the UK had more of a series of outbreaks across the country than a primary geographic outbreak which then spread around the country (like China or Italy). In other words we had a series of infected people come into the UK, not just from China or even primarily from China, but with a significant amount of infection being imported from Europe and the US. This had a number of impacts - firstly the modelling that we were doing was based on the model seen in China/Italy/France etc - i.e. doubling of cases every three to four weeks. Because of the geographic spread of the outbreak in the UK, our actual experience of how Covid-19 spread was quite different - we saw a doubling of cases every 14 days at one point and we didn't catch it until it was too late because we weren't doing enough testing - again in reliance on a model based on what we had seen of the spread of Covid-19 in other countries that mass testing doesn't help until the virus is in general circulation within the country or area. That impacted lockdown, it impacted testing regimes and so on. It's worth listening to to make your own mind up, but it's a clear, coherent and backed up analysis. But the one thing it suggests wouldn't have worked is a lockdown of travellers from only one place or region. We would have to have locked down travel from all other countries and done it well before we were aware that Covid-19 had generally spread within the UK (i.e well before actual lockdown here).

I'd go a bit further than that and say you are collecting and processing personal data (salary and age bracket is personal data) without clearly setting out the purposes for which you will use it or how long you will retain the data for. Appreciate you're not asking for names but that doesn't obviate the need to manage data collected in the UK in accordance with the DPA2018. Out of curiosity - are you the same Nick Milford that is currently employed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy? I'm assuming not, as he finished his MSC at UCL a few months ago, but some clarification and assurance around that would be appreciated. Edited for spelling.

There was a kind of competition on the forum to name the Actress. The Bishop came first and the Actress was by the same team. The name was a runaway winner. Not sure the thread still exists but will have a look.

BT provision can be excellent - but it depends where you live in ED. We're at the Library end of Lordship Lane and have Fibre with Halo 1. You get great speeds and it's rock solid - one or two major outages in the last several years and those affected most of the country, not just ED. However, some parts of ED (esp near Goose Green) don't have the same coverage and get very low speeds with no prospect of being upgraded in the near future. There are a few old threads about this. So worth checking what service BT can offer you - if they can supply fibre it's fast and reliable in my experience.

If they are in the carpet in a defined area or room - this stuff - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carpet-Moth-Killer-Kills-500/dp/B005EGVCX4/ref=pd_lpo_201_img_2/260-1659908-4409656?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B005EGVCX4&pd_rd_r=4ec9063a-52c3-482f-9ee8-bcd64f14c8f6&pd_rd_w=Mvoda&pd_rd_wg=bS6f1&pf_rd_p=7b8e3b03-1439-4489-abd4-4a138cf4eca6&pf_rd_r=28YDYJ30XZCMFTY1MN10&psc=1&refRID=28YDYJ30XZCMFTY1MN10 Worked for us when nothing else did in a similar situation. You do need to move as much of the furniture as you can. What you need to kill is the eggs/larvae as much as the moths - this does that and we?ve had no reoccurrence since. Sticky traps for the moths in the meantime - including some on the floor under furniture to catch the females who don?t fly as much/far.

Hi Sue, I've only taken a three or four different bus journeys but (on that limited experience): a) depends on the bus - that time should be much less busy but I've been surprised how many buses are full (i.e. reduced capacity full) even at non-peak times; b) definitely; c) all buses are running at reduced capacity so you can sit where you like and remain socially distant. In practice, the last bus I took had lots of people bunched up together (not from the same household) and the rest of the bus was empty. But you should be able to find a socially distant seat easily due to the reduced capacity; d) can't help you there. Generally, observation of social distancing seems pretty poor to me on LL - not helped by the inability or unwillingness of those in charge to block out part of the road for an extended pavement (like they have done on Rye Lane).

Some encouraging signs for me too - still getting irregular deliveries of post, but two important letters sent from the US turned up this week. One was posted on 13 May, one on 6 June and they arrived within two days of each other (the June letter came first) so it does suggest they are getting to the bottom of the backlog.

Effra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Water does not hydrate you > In 2011 the EU banned drink manufactures from > claiming that water can prevent dehydration. > > EU officials concluded that, following a > three-year investigation, there was no evidence to > prove drinking water prevents dehydration. > > Producers of bottled water are forbidden by law > from making the claim and will face a two-year > jail sentence if they defy the edict. > > The move was criticised as being both at odds with > science and common sense. > > The NHS, which says dehydration occurs ?when your > body loses more fluid than you take in?, advises > drinking fluids to help ward off dehydration. > > from the Express Have you actually read the EU decision? It is in relation to a specific food advertising claim put forward - not for a real product mind you - but by two people who have been very critical of the EU's oversight of food safety. They were upfront in saying the wording was designed to get the ruling that it did. The claim made was: The regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration and of concomitant decrease of performance. The ruling made absolutely clear that the EFSA supported claims that drinking water is good for normal physical and cognitive functions. If the wording had said that, they would have approved it. However, this particular wording was rejected because water on its own can't prevent dehydration and because it isn't the regularity of drinking water but drinking water at the times you need it which prevents dehydration. From a personal perspective - I think the EU does some things really well and some things poorly, but just repeating "curated" anti-EU content without context drives me insane. There's lots you can criticise the EU for without relying on this sort of bullshit article (with apologies to admin).