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After experimenting on several routes, I think the best way into the city is Get onto Camberwell Grove. Benhill Road. Across Burgess Park. Portland Street. Carry on right to the end where there is a new u-bend cobbled cycle path. Cross at the zebra crossing and follow the new cycle path to new Kent road. Cross new Kent road at the lights opposite Falmouth Rd. take Falmouth Road. Left onto harper road. Right onto brockham street, round trinity church sq, left onto trinity street. Great Suffolk street. Right onto Southwark bridge road. Cross river. Follow cycle path to guildhall

This used to happen on McNeil Road in Camberwell. This resulted in the council removing the recycling bins and replacing them with large boulders.

Interesting times for buses. I've pretty much given up using buses because they take too long and are very crowded at the times I want to use them. I'm sure they're slower than they used to be, probably because of Uber, Amazon Prime and population/economic growth. I now have a belt-drive bike which is very little maintenance and I'm sure e-scooters are going take off in the next couple of years. This essentially leaves buses for the elderly, disabled, ill, parents with small children and drinkers.

I would be surprised if the density of offices around the Blackfriars end of the city is anywhere near as high as the density of offices around the London Bridge end, particularly with all the new towers going up. So it doesn?t make sense to me to substitute one for the other, particularly when Thameslink already serves Blackfriars from South East London.

You could just order an Uber for them. Or offer to go and buy them a bottle of washing up liquid or whatever they?re after. If their collecting for charity, ask them for details of the website and give online Etc

Nice one. Thanks v much.

I assume this is verboten. Other than politely asking the person doing it, what measures can I take to discourage this happening again and filling everybody?s gardens with acrid smoke?

I recently discovered that the brilliant Which Local? has been shut down and been replaced by the much inferior Which Trusted Traders. Which Local? was fantastic because it was funded by Which? subscribers so it mitigated the chance of fake reviews and there was no incentive for Which? to advertise terrible tradesmen. All the local tradesmen I found on Local were brilliant. Conversely I can see that on Which Trusted Traders there are tradesmen with great ratings whom I know from experience to be terrible. Which Trusted Traders is just like Checkatrade, rated people and all those other questionable websites: funded by the tradesmen themselves, which presents an obvious conflict of interest. Does anyone know of a website similar to Which Local? Or would anyone be interested in helping set one up?

Who does decent charcuterie around Dulwich/Peckham/Camberwell? Christopher's on Red Post Hill? Can't remember if the Cheese Block does meat. I imagine Bellenden Road must have some. Perhaps Duggard and Daughters in Herne Hill? ED Forum seems to be missing a charcuterie thread so I'm starting one.

Thanks James Barber. How will they know where to put additional bike parking if there is no facility for people to report full bike racks? How much do you think it would cost to create a website where you can upload a photo of a full bike rack with a time and some GPS coordinates?

I suspect it is just an outlier, unless all the other classes show a similar imbalance.

What types of academic researcher would be interested in this? Medics, health economists, anthropologists, geographers... Fascinating I think.

Good calcs by njc97! 1 in 971 chance of 60 boys or more if picked at random and the population is 50/50. But I think a "fairer" test is what are the odds of >=60 children of the same sex. So 1 in 486.

Is there an online facility for highlighting inadequate bike parking in a particular area? Have been to several bits of central London recently where every bike rack was full.

If temperature is a problem, just buy a wetsuit.

I have had lots of work done to my Victorian house. In my experience roofers are by far the most unreliable tradesmen. Don't turn up for quotes. Incorrect quotes. Don't get back to you with quote. Lazy. Poor quality work. Good luck! I feel so strongly about this that when I get more time, I plan to get together with others (possibly from ED Forum) to produce a set of detailed reviews for SE London roofers. Make sure you get detailed photographs before and after the work. Keep a diary of what was done when.

I have broken my key and need a new one urgently. Don't know the brand, but have the old broken key. Thanks

Significant Virgin cable problems for the last fortnight in Camberwell too. Has been working fine for the last 24 hours.

Correction: You cross Upper Thames Street using dedicated cyclists' traffic lights. Then there's a short cycle track to Cannon Street.

I find this the safest and most pleasant route into the City from Camberwell: use LCN23 and CS7. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0nK-Atnkav8Qm93WkhRcDVHOTQ/edit?usp=docslist_api Southwark Bridge has a walled off cycle path. The map segment on New Kent Road also has a dedicated cycle path shielded from the traffic by the pavement. You cross the A3 and Lower Thames Street using dedicated cyclists' traffic lights It would be quicker for me to go over London Bridge, but it's best to avoid Walworth Road and the A3.

I bought my four-legged horse for ?200,000 in 1998. Can you believe it? According to rightmare it's now worth ?2m!!!! Luckily, I think you can get still get a three-legged nag in Nunhead for about 500.

The amount I see people coffin' up for these things. They must be borrowing up to the hilt. I blame the Russians.

Does anyone know of a laundrette open late around the top of Dog Kennel Hill or near Denmark Hill station? From an old post, it looks as if there's one near the Police Station, but I'm trying to minimise the travelling... Any suggestions appreciated. My washing machine is on the blink.

John Major lived at the Camberwell end of Coldharbour Lane (#144 I think) and in Burton Road by Myatts Field. Herne Hill hmmmm...

Field-of-vision testing kit is a good idea.