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The food was decent and it was a good location but the service was poor, mainly because a fair few of the wait people couldn't understand let alone speak English properly. It got boring to repeat several times and to be asked several times when all you wanted was a nice cuppa and fried eggs on toast.

Lady D, you are a hoot! If you had an ounce of self-awareness you would see how each self-justifying retort just adds to the blanket of arrogant solipsism you managed to shroud yourself in on your first response. You sound high-handed, self-entitled and - frankly - a little bit socio(cycle)pathic. I'd love to know what your Green Party higher-ups - always aware that public opinion is very valuable to small, niche parties - think of your particular and peculiar take on sustainable transport and road safety!

Lady D, You are really on a sticky wicket here. By all means, come onto the pavement with your bike, but push it. That's the fair, social and reasonable solution. Do the right thing, and stop thinking that you won't knock anyone down just because you haven't done so yet in XX years.

LadyDeliah, Rules are not pick and mix, you know. Just do the right thing and don't put anyone else in danger. Your argument is so hypocritical - I don't want to be run over so I'll cycle on the pavement (where I might well knock someone over).

I rarely see any copper or their "wee, pretendy" counterparts asking pavement cyclists to dismount: indeed, I've watched them step aside for illegal pavement cyclists! Mind you, they probably need to be in threes at least before they do anything so potentially dangerous as asking a cyclist to not cycle on a pavement.....

This is my bugbear. I don't mind kids being on the pavement, as long as they don't whizz along like maniacs, but when you have a caring parent riding alongside too, thinking it's all right because their offspring is cycling on the pavement with them, that's super annoying. I ask cyclists on the pavement to get on the road; it sometimes works.

Tweet it, including your past disappointments with the manager, and see what happens. I suspect things will get better. @Kwik_Fit

Would a small, shallow pond - about the size of the base of a shower unit and about 8" deep - in a shaded area be a good bet? I could easily put one in but don't know whether the lack of sunlight will be a hindrance to attracting wildlife - frogs, toads etc - or a help. Thanks.

Why not ring 7525 2000 and report it to the council. Take some pictures, too, and email them to the council. Don't let it drop: fly tipping is a right pain and very antisocial.

Prang activity?

Going up Lordship Lane from the police station to the library will give you a fairly decent incline. Otherwise, try running up to the top of Goodrich Road and then up Donkey Alley, back down Dunstan's from Dawson's Heights and then back around again a few times for hill training.

I live near to FHR and have seen the bollards in their latest colours and when they were a lot less "accomplished"; they're better now. What cheeses me off about that stretch, though, is the higgledy-piggledy pavement. Can't the council pay for it all to be finished in a uniform way? And is there any way that that blue and yellow shop near the barber's could be spruced up a bit?

Foxes - and rats - can rip apart those flimsy refuse bags that street cleaners sometimes leave next to rubbish bins for later collection. If you see one of these bags not on top of the bin but next to it, just pick it up and put it on top. It'll help reduce unpleasant spillages and might stop a rodent or two from having a free dinner.

I asked Picturehouse Cinemas about coming to SE22 about six years ago, and got a reply from a woman who said they would look into it. Perhaps, years later, it will actually happen.

When the Chinese doctor was in situ at the butcher's you mention, she wanted to get rid of the tiles that featured cattle etc from when the shop was originally a butcher's shop. She was astounded when I asked her to keep them as they were historical as well as attractive; she thought them ugly and old-fashioned. I'm glad she kept them, now that the shop is back to being a butcher's.

Try Strada for good, affordable pizzas or Tas, the middle eastern place. Shake Shack is good but it will be - if the NYC experience I had - busy and more like an upscale McD's than a pub. NB - Five Guys burgers are large, so go for the mini option if they have it here in the UK.

Went about three weeks ago after a long absence and had a great time. The fish was good, the chips too and the mushy peas were spot-on. The service was prompt and friendly, the wine was cool and totally acceptable, and the child portion was good value and enjoyed by the eight year old. It wasn't too busy and therefore not noisy. I'd go again.

JohnL - Agreed. Although I didn't witness this event I've had plenty of times to wonder - sometimes aloud - just why the coppers come mob-handed to the most trivial event. And don't get me started on why PCSOs can never be seen alone - always in twos and sometimes in threes.

Burma is a delight and easy to get to from Bangkok. I was there in 2004 and had a great time. Rangoon, Inle Lake and Bagan are all must-sees; a good ten days is a minimum. It's not a southeast asian party destination, like some parts of Thailand, Vietnam and Laos have become, so he'd need to get that out his system - if at all - in BKK/Samui etc.

Hang around any convenient broom cupboard and wait for Boris Becker to pass by.

Try writing to Val Shawcross at the London Assembly. She is compiling a list of people's thoughts on London's bus service.

Tang activity

Anyone queued for tickets for one-the-day matches at Wimbledon? Easier towards the beginning of the tournament (Monday 24th) than later? Any advice as to what time to get there?

Louisa's Charm School

Saffron - There is no universal rule that says people have to take their cumbersome and bulky prams/scooters etc and then expect there to be somewhere for them to be placed. It's like people who drop litter, saying 'well, there's no bin nearby'. Common sense should rule. Don't expect there to be a place for you and everyone else's pram/buggy/scooter. Anyway, I doubt very much that prams get nicked in broad daylight in SE22 from outside chi-chi cafes.