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I saw two swifts on Landells near Sylvester around 7am Saturday.

I'm sure the parents dropping of several kids, trying to get to work or running several errands would love you to tell them how unnecessary their driving is Maybe they could organise their lives a little bit differently to allow for walking, cycling, car-sharing or bus-riding to school, even one day a week. Stop defending ingrained, selfish behaviour. Yes, it?ll be a bit of a drag but if you?re (you?re = any person, not the writer of the above) invested in your health and that of your offspring, whose future may be badly affected but climate change, you would at least consider rearranging your life at least one day out of five.

Denmark has ditched mask requirements even though its vaccine programme isn?t as good as in the UK. Singapore has decided to state publicly that it won?t do a daily tally of cases and will treat it like flu. Daily Mail quoting Singapore government Singapore may STOP counting Covid-19 cases

What a great idea. Also, if you?re not into the idea of a group litter pick, please just do your bit when you can to complement this and other very much appreciated organised efforts. Just picking up the odd can or bottle and putting it in the nearest (recycling) bin is worthwhile.

I agree with the clutter aspect - wasteful and potential distractions for drivers. Clean up the streets and hoardings, add some nice street art if anything, and more mini-parks and trees, cycle hoops, etc. to help footfall grow and businesses thrive.

Spend it on cleaning up shop fronts, fixing dodgy pavements and planting a few more trees?

I am the opposite of self-righteous - how could I be when I am acknowledging difficulties and problems on a number of fronts and presenting an in-the-round view? Take a step back and understand that nobody is making a personal attack on anyone else because we are unknown to each other and we cannot know everyone's personal situations unless told - a lot of irateness could be avoided if this were acknowledged! Not all things are possible all the time and that all personal predicaments and future events cannot be factored in when discussing public facilities. This does not make me crass let alone dismissive of anyone. (As it stands, nobody at all has parity of opportunity to use this stop because there is no opportunity - the stop is closed!) Of course it would be preferable if every bus stop could stay open at all times in all circumstances so that as many people could use it as their first preference but that would be an impossibility. Covid has made us aware that services and finances are finite and that humans - able bodied or not - are adaptable and pragmatic, even when there is some personal cost to making those adaptations.

The shelter means the footpath width there is narrowed by about a half so in the early days of the pandemic the authorities thought it would cause people to be too close to each other.

Yes, I agree tehre are few things to consider but it is all about the greater good, don't you think? I think preventing build up of traffic and an increase in noxious fumes at a narrowed section of the road trumps the occasional inconvenience to a much smaller number of people. It's a truism, but you really can't have it all. Also, is your statement about elderly or disabled people based on your own experience or that of a person you are close to, or are you conjecturing how every such person would think? I know a few disabled people and they have a variety of views on many different things and don't like to be seen as a unit. The wheelchair user is also highly mobile and would not balk at an extra two minutes' wheeling, so that is a concrete example of someone who would not be inconvenienced despite their body's limitations.

Reply from Alleyn?s over its attitude to travelling to school The School places high priority on encouraging pupils and staff to choose active travel when coming to School. As shown in the travel to School surveys that we run at least once a year, we have seen a significant shift towards walking, cycling and scooting to School. We encourage active travel in the following ways. Messaging to pupils, staff, parents and visitors. For example, assemblies, eco-council and messages to parents Investment in facilities. For example, new staff showers, more bike racks each year and bike covers, new bike repair stations Participations in and organisation of various events. For example, Walk to School Week, bike servicing days, Bikeability cycle training, Hillsboro Road School Street. In terms of mass transport, around 350 of our pupils use our coach service, while about 150 or so take the train. We very recently lobbied the train operating companies serving North Dulwich station for more timely train services during their temporary timetable arrangement. 8% of our Senior School pupils travel to School by car, down from 13% two years ago. Active travel among our Junior School pupils has increased. In the most recent survey in November, 155 out of 239 cycle, scoot or walk, equating to 65%. Four years ago the figure was 43%. Our staff body, as a whole, tends to come to School from further away and driving is a little more prevalent. However, we are seeing good gains here too. 49% either cycle, walk or scoot, up from 37% two years ago. Driving is becoming less common. We plan to run another staff survey later this month to see if there has been any further change in habits since last year. Visitors to School, including sports teams, are encouraged to choose active travel via the travel page on the Alleyn?s website. I hope this gives a flavour of what we are involved in. Of course, we will continue our efforts in this important area.

I don't think it is needed, to be honest. It is a very narrow footpath and the next stop is really not that far away. Faster journeys help everyone so a little bit of inconvenience for the few will help more - you know, community spirit, greater good, etc. Similarly, the two stops very close togetehr on Peckham Rye are an oddity.

I have been seeing tweets by US black people who say that their experience is more like a European's or Canadian's of any colour rather than an African's because culture should be and is the dominant factor. I tend to agree that a shared culture trumps all, and that even if you don't like some parts of teh culture you are in, it is still more likely that you, like it or not, share much, much more than you think or care to disregard. I like the fact there are differences but I don't fetishise them or use them to suggest anyone is better or worse than another simply for something they ahve no control over (eg. where and to whom they were born). Narcissism of small differences sums it up and social media amplifies it and gives it an importance and relevance it does not deserve. Basically, none of us is that special, so get over ourselves and just muck in while still holding dear certain aspects of one's background. (Which does not mean that prejudice is not apparent in many aspects of life or is overplayed.)

It soudns like someone somehwere, in the annals of time, missed it off and it has stuck, because we, the people, accept what is written. Seems odd that the two roads should have different forms.

Great news - please consider planting a couple or more. (I've got some apple and pear seedlings so will plant one also!)

I think there are other forms of prejudice that are prevalent in football - the clubs, the players, the supporters. Could there be a way of using a gesture or a symbol or a minute's silence etc. that would act to say all forms of bigotry are not tolerated in the game? (I don't like football and so have no skin in the game but I do recognise that the beautiful game is not that attractive in a number of ways even though it is immensely popular and brings great joy to many.)

Dunstans is a road of who halves (well, 2/3 really) with the bit from Goodrich up to the junction with Upland having larger houses and some really long gardens (though this is also the case with some houses between Goodrich and Underhill). The school traffic really could be a lot less but that would require greater input from the school (which pushed against LTNs and other measures, according to council members I have been in touch with) so that is a bit of a letdown. Dawson's Hill is great for wildlife and greenery and the short but strenuous walk up it can reward you with great views. Also, is there an apostrophe or not? Is it like King's Cross, where it was eventually put back after having lost it for years?

I agree that pettyfogging rules about bike sheds in front gardens are a pain, but I have seen some that are much taller than the average bicycle that, in small front yards, must affect the amount of light that gets into windows of the owner and the neighbour. Why do they need to be so tall? It's not a big deal but I don't like the idea that anything can be installed at any height; it just looks unpleasant when it could look more pleasing to the eye.

Yes - a mini power cut meant the alarm went off and lights wouldn't work but for only a few seconds.

I have seen more bees (bumble-type) on the pavement, not being able to fly or looking a bit bewildered, this year than ever before. I fed one some honey but don't know what happened to it. Is it too warm for them?

teddyboy23 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also the planters are going .not sure on the > date.instead the cameras will monitor the traffic > as in dulwich village .same times will apply is.no > through road between 8am 10am and 3pm 6pm That?s interesting. Has anyone else heard of this?

Dunstan?s at Underhill has 2 x monitoring strips.

Putting a child with no safety belt or helmet on a motorised, lightweight scooter ridden by someone who may not be much older themselves on roads and pavements is never a good idea, even in your Whatabout World.

Yeah, great idea - why not plonk a child on it and zip off down a crowded street, mount a pavement or two! Such larks!

I disagree - if you have a bus that ocmes every ten minutes and a car sitting outsdie, you are always going to choose your car, even if you know the trip will likely be a bit stressful and parkign will be likely hard to find. More buses won't mean those little journeys that add up will go away. Just walk more and you'll feel better for it. A trip of 1km in a car is less than a few minutes' walk. Sheesh!

Pedestrianisation looks great in teh sunshine (as well as in glossy brochures and blissed-out computer generated images) but not so much on a wet, November Tuesday night. It was fashionable in the sixties and seventies to tarmac over living streets but the results were often mixed, if not downright negative. Rye Lane sounds good in meetings and on overlaid agency videos, but really, is it better to have no buses at all?