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We were there around 1pm quieter than usual, staff on stalls all wearing masks and the guy at the LL entrance acting as marshal was very good at stopping people and asking them to don their masks. We felt pretty safe there, much more than formerly.

We were there around 1pm quieter than usual, staff on stalls all wearing masks and the guy at the LL entrance acting as marshal was very good at stopping people and asking them to don their masks. We felt pretty safe there, much more than formerly.

please do report this. Its this attitude of selfishness and disregard for following the rules by the few that has contributed to the horrendous death toll from Covid. I bet the same revellers dont wear masks on the tube and chain (falsely) they are 'exempt'

Brian up the hill Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In answer to NewWave any anyone else who would > like to volunteer, the conservation officer for > the Wood is Sam and his email is > [email protected] > The website link specific to the Wood is > https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/nature-reserves/syde > nham-hill-wood-and-coxs-walk > > At the moment, volunteer workdays are suspended > and when they do restart, it is likely that > numbers will be limited by social distancing > protocols. In the brief period when they had > resumed, volunteers had to book book via > Eventbright and groups were limited to a maximum > of six. > However, let?s be optimistic and hope that it > won?t be too long before we can get back to a more > normal situation and that groups can be as large > as necessary. > In the meantime, enjoy the Wood and the pleasure > and mental balm it brings. thank you!

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Previous post implied they could if they wanted. No it didn't it stated that they DONT charge entry to their reserves and that membership of the london wildlife trust helps support their work. especially now.

Brian up the hill Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No-one is suggesting an entry charge for the > Wood. > > Its great to see so much support. At the moment, > volunteer work is suspended and given the way > things are developing, I would imagine it will > some time before it will restart. Even when it > does, the groups are limited to six for social > distancing protocols. Hopefully, when this > situation is passed, we can go back to working in > groups of the size that can make a difference. > > In the meantime, AylwardS suggestion is excellent. > The London Wildlife Trust has lost a huge amount > of income from having no school visits or > corporate team building days. If you can, becoming > a member would be a great help. > Here is the link again, > https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/support-us/join-us > > And thank you again for all the appreciative > comments. Thank you I shall join tomorrow. Its the least I can do because the Woods have really helped me during last year's fear and uncertainty and I will no doubt be relying on them to provide more of the same in the coming months.

Brian up the hill Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am a volunteer in Sydenham Hill Wood and I can > assure everyone who is concerned by this incident > that the London Wildlife Trust has had nothing to > do with it and has no knowledge as to why it was > done. The council seemingly is in the dark too. > > In addition to the locks on the entrances, the > lock to the gate at Peckarman's Wood/tunnel > entrance was cut off and replaced with another > hefty padlock. We can only guess but the theory is > that there was an illegal gathering, perhaps on > New Year's Eve and that locking the gates was to > keep out unwanted "guests" and the authorities. > Presumably supplies were brought in by car through > this gate. Of course, the cost of rectifying this > falls on the Wildlife Trust as the padlock will > have to be removed and replaced. This was an act > of gross selfishness and stupidity, which resulted > in people having difficulty in finding a way out > as dusk fell. > > We work hard to maintain the Wood and the last > year of so has been extremely difficult. Lockdowns > have meant the suspension of volunteer work so any > repairs have been done by the conservation officer > himself. Footfall in the Wood has increased > threefold and this is reflected in the increased > amount of damage. > > We know that the vast majority of visitors love > the Wood and appreciate what we try to do but not > everyone sees it that way. We have seen fences and > dead-hedges destroyed deliberately and even the > handrail on the steps up from Cox's Walk bridge > being ripped up and thrown onto the cordoned off > section of the bridge. > > However, if anyone is interested, there is a new > blog explaining what is done in the Wood and why > is is done. > This can be seen at > https://woodsworkinsydenham.blogspot.com/ Thank you. And thank you for all you do- Is there anywhere that we could register ourselves for volunteer work once the current Pandemic calms down? The woods proved a real godsend for me (and I'm sure many others) during the spring and November lockdowns and also in the 11 years I have lived in the area. Its a magical place and I get so sad that there are the few that dont respect it

creditwheredue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Last time I was up there, people were bypassing > the blocked off bridge by going down the slope and > up the other side as well as hanging out > underneath it. This part of the woods had been > fenced off for years and nature is probably taking > a bashing due to it. I wouldn?t be suprised if > the council or Estate have taken more drastic > action. Like everywhere right now, footfall had > increased everywhere, bins are over flowing and > dog shit bags, masks and litter are everywhere. Its so sad! People have no respect, I have noticed overflowing bins there and rubbish scattered around. Woodland is sacred. We are so incredibly priviallaged to have this on our doorstep. It has been a lifesaver for me mentally in the past year and it would be a terrible thing if due to the selfish lazy few this wonderful amenity was taken from public use.

AllisonAdler Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really don't think it's the Council--apparently > the Wood Crescent gate has also been padlocked, > which has nothing to do with the current Council > plans. It also wouldn't have anything to do with > NYE revellers as it was all locked on the morning > of 2 January, not before (I'm there everyday). I > think it's rogue action as we had at the kissing > gate in March, so, anyone with lock cutters might > want to sally forth and help us all out (or in). does this mean that all entrances and exits to the woods are closed? They're where I go to recharge and decompress on my days off work-because I've been working I haven't been since wednesday. I'll be heartbroken if they've been closed to the public-please advise and let me if theres somewhere I can protest against this.

Amen to this!

whitstable, Leigh on sea or Westcliff on sea, also Worthing is good-great transport and near Brighton-we have friends who brought there (couldn't afford Brighton) and I loved the cafes and vibe

Matil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Skaters by default need reasonably tidy surface to > skate, so it's in our own interest to keep the > place (at least the tarmac bit) litter free :) All > work is done voluntarily by local skaters, so it > might get messier at times but it'll be cleared > eventually. Local business is also helping us by > taking bin bags, so it's truely a community > effort. It might not be always picture perfect but > we have system in place to keep the spot > functional and maximum number of people happy! I think its great what you're doing. That spot was a derelict tip and now you're actually utilising it and giving local kids a place to hang out and exercise and meet their mates. Well done!

jazzer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Agreed Amazon is a dirty word. > > The Govt can't do right for doing wrong. No one > expected the virus and just as they thought the > vaccine was going to start being rolled out a > variant of the virus appears and the number of > infections radically increases. > > Had Sadiq done his job and enforced and I mean > ENFORCED mask wearing (never seen a single Covid > Marshall) we wouldn't be in the current mess we > are in now. When I was last out on Thursday people > on buses were still NOT wearing masks, getting on > without one on and then after getting seated maybe > putting a mask on. It is a joke. Until we have > proper enforcement things will not improve. How > long will tier 4 last, I'm guessing till at least > the end of January and potentially till after 14th > Feb. > > It didn't help with the ridiculous scenes of > selfish people rushing to mainline stations in > London to "escape" tier 4 last night, even though > Chris Witty when asked about unpacking a travel > bag said yes, don't travel. At some stage all > these people will return over the coming weeks. Yes I'm sorry to say that the selfish or stupid behaviour of some has lead to us all being in tier 4. As I've said before I work in a busy store in Central london use 4 trains a day to and from work and have to face the disastrous interchange at Canada water every morning. at least 20% of people on public transport not wearing masks zero social distancing or any sign on marshalling on the escalator interchange at Canada water in the morning rush hour. People entering tube stations unmasked but not being stopped. In the stores in the west end large groups of customers unmasked-they are made to wear a mask upon entering the store but the moment they get inside they remove it and social distancing also goes out the window. Its heartbreaking-my employers have tried really hard to ensure our safety by putting lots of behind the scenes procedures in place, temperature checks, free bottles of hand sanitiser for all, providing masks etc etc but we dont have enough security to approach every customer walking round without a mask-we had a load of redundancies in October because of Covid no doubt there'll be more. I have friend who lost his retail management job during first lockdown and has found it impossible to get another. No one could have foreseen the new more infectious strain of this virus but if people had just obeyed the rules maybe we wouldn't now be in this mess-I hate rules-I was a punk in the 70's and have always danced to my own drummer-but this is life or death and there is a section of society who actually dont think the rules apply to them, or realise that by not wearing a mask and taking precautions they could kill somebody's mother, etc etc But back on topic.. My heart breaks for small independent retailers and restaurants We must all try to support them any which way we can-now and in the future-dont buy from chains, be it food or clothing or whatever Try and shop small and shop local. Your loved ones can wait to get a christmas present- dont buy from Amazon if the local shop offers a click and collect or delivery option.

absolutelizard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why would a national newspaper care about this? > There's plenty of far more important things going > on in the world right now. > > No doubt pocket money budgets are far higher in > East Dulwich than 95% of the country anyway, so i > wouldnt go pestering the editor of The Guardian > just yet. Thats nasty and unnecessary you dont know the posters financial situation or her daughters-go get a life and troll elsewhere.How about mums net ?

My Husband will be seeing his 96 year old mother and saying hello on christmas day from the garden-happily she lives with his sister so will not be on her own. In order to take extra precautions he's having a covid test (through his employer) this week and we will be isolating from each other in our house (luckily we have spare rooms to do so) and taking precautions in our home until he's seen her. I will not be visiting because I use 4 trains a day and work in a busy oxford st store therefore we have both agreed that as the weakest link in the chain its best I remain in London for christmas day. I think anyone who doesn't have a serious think about how safe it is to visit elderly relatives for Christmas needs to stop and think again.

They are selling good ones in Plough DIY that clip onto glasses about ?12 for 2

I'm posting this some weeks after the fact mainly because I've been waiting for a resolution on what happened and recieved none. On 24th Nov due to a coll?gue of mine recieving an alert telling her to self isolate my manager advised me to book at test-the only place I could get one for that evening was at Christal palace. I was allowed to leave work early to go straight there having booked online and received confirmation of the booking via email and text. 48 hours later no results-my manager said he couldn't allow me back into work until I'd received a negative result (The colleague who'd been told to self isolate had meanwhile tested negative)-Following the guidelines I had meanwhile been self isolating at home since the test, unable to leave the house. The blurb on the website says not to call about results until 6 days have passed and none have been received I waited 6 days..phoned the number given went through the relevant questions and after the telephone operator checked some things she confirmed that I had been both scanned IN and OUT of the test centre correctly so she would need to escalate things to find out what had happened to my test and that I should hear something within 3 days. At this point having no symptoms I persuaded my manager to let me go back to work. I waited 3 days heard nothing called again-went through the same questions and again was told that yes-the test centre did everything correctly I was scanned in and out so now they would investigate WHERE my test was and why I hadn't got the results. By this point I was looking into it more out sheer incredulity and anger that something as important and potentially dangerous as a covid test result could just go awol. I'm 60years old and responsible, I self isolated I didn't gad around while I was awaiting the result-but supposing I wasn't responsible? and had Covid and carried on going out and stuff with no sign of my test result? I've now phoned 3 times been told same thing we'll investigate-you should hear back within 3 days. I've still heard nothing. This isn't good enough! And if its happened to me it begs the question how many other tests have been lost in the Labs? I cant blame the centre because it seems they did their job but at some point the chain broke I'm wondering what percentage of tests this happens with? and what if some of these are positive? I cant believe I'm the only person this has happened to so I'm putting it out there.

tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really like these houses! Such a refreshing > change from the traditional Victorian terrace > layout. My brother lives in one. However, it's > impossible for anyone with very limited mobility > to come to stay so not great if you have elderly > parents. At least in a 2 storey house with loo on > the ground floor an older relative only has to get > up and down the stairs once a day. To be honest this depends on the house, as ours has a downstairs loo and back bedroom/study as well as utility with sink, some neighbours have downstairs shower rooms too.

Annie5 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > KidKruger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Last year when dark I stopped a young guy on a > > bike on the pavement by the old fried chicken > > shop/ bus stop next to MeatLiquor. > > He was wearing a balaclava and the road (LL) > was > > not quiet enough to warrant cycling on the > > pavement, especially for a guy big enough and > ugly > > enough to wear a balaclava. > > I pulled it off his head as he went past me and > my > > dog and told him to stop trying to intimidate > > people going about their own business. > > He was casing (along with a couple of cohorts) > the > > pavements for prey. > > Probably never done a day's honest work - > arsehole > > ! > > > > Good for you, very brave I thought the same! wish I had the guts to do that. Some weeks ago two teens on bikes circled me as I walked down LL about 3pm-one cycled alongside me on the pavement his friend on my other side cycling in the kerb-so I was in the middle-it was really scary I just stopped at the nearest bus shelter where happily there were people.and they moved on but the one on the pavement kept looking over his shoulder at me as they cycled away. I felt because I was a lone older woman they were trying to intimidate me and maybe rob me.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I find WR meat does not taste any better than > supermarket meat but Liberetto?s produce tastes > like something I remember eating fifty years ago. > > I couldn't agree more. Agree-I'm not a fan of WR prefer the Butchery or Liberettos if I can catch them when they're open.

we got this too-always check the senders email before you respond.

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?ve got my eyes on a 1970s townhouse in Sydenham. > Looking for feedback on what it?s like living in > one of those in terms of the space but also noise > from neighbours. The walls seem pretty thin. Thank > you. We live in a 1960's one near the Horniman Museum and have done for 10 years. We moved here having previously lived in a trad Victorian terrace house. Big fans of these houses. They have much better sound insulation than our victorian terrace where we could clearly hear the neighbours and their children, although we are in a terrace we really get no noise from either side coming through the walls. Lots of natural light which is a real bonus after the victorian, Our living/dining room runs depth of house so about 30ft deep by about 17ft wide, bedrooms are all large doubles bar one which in our case we use as a study. lots of storage, including loft and garage (too narrow for modern cars) and off street parking. Those are pro's. only cons I can think of are that we have a small kitchen-big enough to cook in but we eat at one end of the open plan living/dining room. Neighbours have actually made alterations to make the kitchen more integrated into the living space and opens it up, others have opened up the ground floor into a kitchen/dining area so if you have the funds the small (almost galley style but wide enough that we have cupboards on both sides so not tiny) kitchen can be rectified. I'd highly recommend these houses and think they are very undervalued for the amount of space and natural light you get. around 700k-820k for over 1200 sq ft compared to over a million for a victorian terrace. good luck with your move.

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's impossible to get to Proud Sow or ScotchMeats > now. Flock and Herd always has a massive queue > to. > > The others you mention are all quite inaccessible > from East Dulwich due to lack of parking, For the Butchery on London road just park in the car park behind Sainsburys which is opposite

I was working in the westend today and when I left work at 8pm the pavements were full of people strolling around looking at the lights and just gathering round takeaway food stands and riding in those rickshaw things, crowds round buskers it didn't feel like lockdown at all. Some people are in denial or feel immune. As an over 60 who has had to work through this whole lockdown and had to have two covid tests in the past month and had to self isolate for two weeks because of a colleague getting covid I can honestly say Covid is real and its bloody scary.

Cant wait to try! Good luck