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jonsuissy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've had a PM from somebody wanting to cycle to St > Pauls. > Does anyone have any suggestions for a quietish > route? > Jon My work will be moving to St Pauls in the new year, so if a reliable route is established, please do share it here.

Ordinarily yes, but not in possession of bike at the moment. Would certainly be interested in joining this in a few weeks/months if it becomes a regular fixture.

This is the sort of thing they end up shutting a section of rail for to inspect for damage - any sign of services being affected?

titch juicy Wrote: > It takes 5 minutes to walk across London Bridge to > Bank Station. From the end of the bridge, perhaps. From Platform 15? No chance. I do that walk every day, and overtake most by virtue of long legs, but allow 15 minutes from the platform to my office, which is marginally closer than Bank station.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't they win the FA vase with a one armed > striker? Tony Ward? Think it's him, I also saw him play for Stevenage a few times in the early 90s.

Many a fun evening at Arlesey, round the corner from where I used to live. Nice, tidy ground, plush clubhouse, but lacking character. They do like a cup run up that way, mind.

Great - what're the details of the next round?

Search on here for Nunhead Aerials, there've been quite a few posts before. We had a new one fitted by them (him) recently, really good service and decent value.

I'm sure that everywhere has its good and bad days, but we had a Sunday Roast in the Victoria Inn on Bellenden Road a few weeks ago and can honestly say I don't recall the last time I'd had one as good. High quality meat, good variety of options, plenty of veg, and really tasty. It's also been pretty good on the two evenings we visited, although on one occasion the menu was far reduced.

Just in case anyone is plotting these on a map, detective stylee... There was one, less than 1/4 filled, on the corner of Melbourne Grove and Ashbourne Grove yesterday morning, placed neatly on top of one of the green telecoms cabinets. The bottle used to contain a fruity Volvic offering.

healey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've always been amazed at how poor the service > from London Bridge to Farringdon is, for example. > It should be linked up like Charing X - every 5 > mins or so. Given as the only (sensible) route from London Bridge to Farringdon is via Charing Cross, that would result in the scrapping of every other North-South service through Charing Cross. Somehow, I can't see that one getting the thumbs up.

cdaywilson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Panicking... the LB to Victoria line potentially > being axed! Do we know how likely this is? Kind of covered in this thread - http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,933821 Most of the stations will be covered by the East London Line extension, with the exception of the bit between 'Brixton' and Victoria.

Pretty certain that it isn't ending. See the planned network map at http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/cms/pages/view/30. However, in terms of timetables, don't think they've been published for FCC beyond the December switch yet, so if you're after a cast-iron confirmation between DMK and STP, think others might be better placed to answer. Series of badly put-together edits: It's possible that this story could have been misinterpreted http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromley/9878307.Consultation_over_slashing_of_Sevenoaks_to_Bedford_train_service/?ref=nt ? DFT's consultation document for future franchise is http://assets.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-23/consultation-thameslink.pdf , but that doesn't take effect for another year yet. From that document, this snippet: Crucially, it doesn't really mention the Sevenoaks service via Elephant & Castle... This later section does, though:

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