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Barriers and perforated kerbs (about 2? into the road) have been put into place on Dunstan?s Road. Similar restrictions are now on Upland Road, parallel to Dunstan?s more-or-less.

It can be ??? to have someone install one so DIY is a better option. It?s a great idea. Sedum and succulents do well though plants that attract pollinating insects and other wildlife would be great to have if the right conditions are provided. Good luck

Is anyone else having broadband problems?

Open all windows on the bus/train and on the Tube where carriages connect to push through air from outside to dilute the concentration of any virus.

Complain to the organisation or business involved and CC your MP/councillor. (MPs require full address and phone number in any letter to them.) It's unlikely the MP will react to the email but the manager or owner will understand your seriousness about the matter.

Flocks of sparrows (I think tree, mainly) like fat balls in hanging feeders in my garden. They can?t always manage the pellets in the closed feeder with dispensing spout.

Fixed now. Good ol? Virgin!

It won?t be fixed till 2am! No TV on broadband

Flu jabs can lose their efficacy over time, so having them in November (before the hardest hitting time) coukd actually be a benefit. Social distancing and masks are likely to keep down infection rates anyway. Superdrug has a booking facility for the branches offering vaccinations. Streatham is nearest. Good luck

Metallic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Still so many adults cycling on the pavement! If > you are with your child it is perfectly easy to > keep level with him or her whilst being a few feet > away on the road. Yesterday I took an earlier > walk than usual just to have a look at cycling > behaviour and was appalled to see how many adult > cyclists are weaving in and out of pedestrians, > often with dogs or small children, on pavements > through EDG, Dulwich Village (the worst examples), > and even in the park where there is a SHARED > pathway. Yes ? our yummy mummy/daddy types think because they?re being green they don?t have to obey laws, even at peak times foot footpath use (school opening and closing). The trikes/Dutch types with the kid-carrying baskets are particularly irksome.

Also, Dulwich (SE21) is separate from East Dulwich (SE22). The former is greener and richer, but ED is also very pleasant and leafy and not ?poor? in any way.

Dulwich is not big, but if you?re going to be looking for work in central London you?ll want to think carefully about location because we do not have a Tube station and transport is ok, not brilliant. Some places are well served but others will require a longer commute. Check your accommodation address against a map with rail stations and bus stops on it. If you?re wanting to work within a 3-5km radius, cycling and buses will probably be ok.

Energy spent here could be better spent speaking (not emailing) the heads of all local schools to ask just what they do to support non-private vehicular transport to schools, pupils and staff. I?ve no irons in the fire (no car, no kids) other than living very close to a school, and I?ve done exactly this already. The least heads can do is keep pushing home the need to lower the number of car journeys associated with their school. Give it a try!

I?ve complained about lack of working machines and long queues in both countries and got civil replies (but not ones that changed anything, but at least I tried)!

I saw a small group of LTTs feeding on seed/suet in holders in the spring. Hopefully they?ll return. Mostly it?s house and tree sparrows since summer but I saw a blue titbit on a feeder last week.

I was replying to the OP. 🤷‍♂️

Does English exceptionalism also encompass complaining on forums unlikely to be seen by the offender about actions/non-actions after the event instead of there and then? I?d say yes. Even reporting it to the offender a day or so later would help.

I asked a cafe to put up signs reminding takeaway customers that face coverings were compulsory, which it did a day or so afterwards. If there?s a place not doing their utmost to remind patrons what they?re obliged to do, please ask it to put it right. The cafe manager was understanding and had already put in other measures so I?ll continue going there.

The person in charge has seen the thread and says the council is committed to planting trees on Champion Hill, and that the grass verges (I think this means the sidings) are not suitable for such planting. I replied, asking them to consider the chance of accidents especially amongst those with disabilities, pointing out the council?s obligation to take any rules or regulations in mind. I?m all for trees but don?t think these will be in the right place.

Trees were never in the centre of most footpaths, this one included. I?ll ask the Southwark trees bloke what?s happening. Trees are good, but not here, I think.

I saw about four squares with the word ?tree? inside spray painted on the footpath from DH station to the main road. It?s not a very wide pavement (but about 25% wider than, say, the footpaths in residential streets in SE22, eg CP Road) so is this a good idea, given the large footfall generally and peak hour crowds?

Believe me, Peckham will never be like HK. I know both places well. A twin tower of some 15-20 storeys does not make the area into the skyscraper forest that is HK. Peckham, like its neighbours, is no where near as beautiful, safe, inspiring, better managed or civic-minded as HK. Maybe if Peckham (and Camberwell and ED) became more densely populated it would force folk to be more mindful of each other. London isn?t anywhere near as courteous and humane as HK. If only it were. I don?t condone cheek-by-jowl living or towering blocks at all, but space is a premium in London. If you want good sized flats (not the small ones that developers now offer as standard) then building up could help achieve that.

People need houses more than trendy bars. Tastes change. You can?t stop the provision of housing because some people (many from outside the borough/area) like to have an overpriced Aperol spritz with view a for a few months of the year. (I?m thinking that some object to the towers because it would spoil the view from Frank?s. If I?m wrong, ignore this!) Towers of a certain height help stop sprawl. I agree that the palm trees are naff and not good for helping shade, absorbing of rain and pollution and encouraging wildlife. Deciduous native trees are best.

Please, whatever it may become, not another caf?. It?s unnecessary and clich?d. A centre used as a nature reserve or educational facility would be of use to children and adults. Sport is ok but it?s always a minority of the whole population that plays it, and when you split it into tennis/bowls/etc. it becomes even more niche.

Caravaggio! BNG - which part of Barry was it? I?m expecting it to be near the Rye. I?d love to see a bird of prey here.