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What sad news, I never met Ingrid but I love the street art round here and I show it off to friends when they visit the area. Condolences to her family.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > titch juicy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > People that go searching for their oyster cards > > once they've arrived at the oyster card reader > > rather than having it prepared in advance. > > > > Might as well turn this into a moan about > > commuting: > > > > People that leave bags on seats next to them > until > > someone asks them to move them. > > > > Able bodied people that refuse to go upstairs > on > > buses causing congestion downstairs (see also > > refusing to move down the bus). > > > > None of these are irrational are they? > > Yes to all of these, but also, slightly on the > other side of the coin, the people on the railway > platforms who scream out "move down inside, people > are waiting to get on" when it's quite obvious > that every available inch of the carriage is > filled with people, sometimes there just isn't any > space unless people are going to climb up on the > luggage racks. Yes to all of these - although I've seen plenty of times when the bit by the doors on the train is rammed but the people in the corridor between the seats have plenty of room and could easily bunch up and let the people nearer the doors move down. I'll also add able bodied people who insist on sitting on the outside seat on trains and make you clamber over them to sit down and people who when they are sitting outside you on the bus don't get up to let you off but just swing their legs sideways. And in the latter case I am talking about people who have managed to make it upstairs so clearly capable of standing up. Also what's with people playing music out loud rather than via their headphones on public transport? Never the kind of music I would want to listen to either.

I would have preferred Peckham, but for the times I want to get into town using the Bakerloo line, it would still be helpful to be able to get on at Dunton Road rather than having to stay on the bus to Elephant and Castle.

Yes, I've not seen anyone on site for a while either where at one point they were always working when I went past to go to the bus stop in the morning. Seems they got as far as getting the roof on and then stopped.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would still like to see (and ride) an extended 63 > service to HOP station to be able to use the > Overground more easily - the holy grail of bus > transport! I think the view is that there's nowhere for the 63 to turn round at the end of the route in Honor Oak Park, so whilst I would like this too, I am not holding out any hope of it happening any time soon.

Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some people aren't physically capable of going > upstairs in a bus, either because they are > disabled, suffer from arthritis or are elderly. > Nigello, you may be lucky enough not to be in any > of these categories but spare a thought for those > people who are. And your time will come .... True enough - but these people aren't usually the ones standing up blocking the stairs or doors and not attempting to get out of the way to let other passengers upstairs or exit. When I've been on a busy bus downstairs (which isn't that often as I feel as I am able bodied enough to use the stairs I should do so) there are usually enough considerate passengers that the elderly or young people on crutches etc. get given a seat.

Thanks all for the replies - very helpful, will be using these suggestions to shop around on my day off.

Anyone had any luck finding an insurer that isn't put off by the subsidence issues this area seems to be known for? I tried to shop around last year but left it a bit late and the companies I phoned weren't interested in quoting for buildings insurance due to known issues with the area. My survey suggested historic issues with subsidence in my house but nothing recent. Is this par for the course round here or have any forumites had subsidence claims recently?

I can't believe this is being seen as an issue of selfishness on behalf of business owners. And I say this as someone who doesn't own a business of any description or work in anything to do with food. If Co-op are frequently selling out it is sheer incompetence on their behalf - it's surely one of the first rules of retail to have enough stock to meet demand, and especially of something as basic as bread. If cafes were saying to customers that they couldn't make them a sandwich at lunchtime because they had no bread people would think they were idiots for not having gone and bought enough and if it happened often enough they would run out of customers pretty quick.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Will have a look round when I'm up there, let you > know if I can see a good route! thanks very much :-)

Starting near junction of Underhill and Ryedale.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Southwark courses are brilliant - turned Mrs.H > from a keen but nervy rider into a thoroughly > confident one. The cycle routes are absolutely > superb, from Peckham library to the City there's > only one short stretch on very quiet streets, > otherwise all off road and safe as houses. I've > heard the bike trains are excellent too - good > luck and enjoy, the privilege of being in control > of your own journey instead of relying on > traffic/public transport/strikes cannot be > overestimated! Thanks for the encouragement - yes, the lady who runs the bike train has sent me the details of that too which sounds like a great idea. Just got to find a safe route to the Peckham Rye station - am definitely not cycling along the bus route down Forest Hill Road and Rye Lane.

63 has been my usual route to work in the city for years after getting fed up with unreliable poorly timetabled Thameslink services, but it's been getting slower and slower in recent years so I am seriously thinking of getting into cycling. I can ride a bike but never done so in London, but am told that it's possible to get into town without having to dodge too much traffic now what with some segregated cycle lanes and so forth. Southwark do courses to help you get into cycling and my office has secure bike storage and showers etc. Might leave it to the spring when it will be light when I leave work though - not best to do in the dark when am a bit nervous.

Water pressure seems back to normal here - Underhill just up the hill from intersection with Dunstans

Medusa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone know when they estimate the water will be > restored? They aren't giving an estimate on their website, just saying as quickly as possible.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This is where the water isn't Ah, yes. Am just inside the red zone so that explains the poor pressure. Hopefully they will fix today.

Very little water here this morning on Underhill, pressure is really weak. Fortunately working from home today so can dispense with shower if necessary. And have plenty of mineral water.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The people who look after Peckham Rye Park. It's > always a pleasure to walk through there. Yes! We have lots of lovely green space round here - not just PRP, Dulwich Park, Dulwich Woods, Sydenham Wells Park, Crystal Palace Park, Brenchley Gardens, Horniman Gardens, One Tree Hill, all the cemeteries... Using the Green Chain to put some of them together into a nice walk is a great way to spend an afternoon.

I love the French Cafe on Forest Hill Rd, friendly staff, cosy feel and good food. I got there to eat more often than all the other places in East Dulwich put together. I also like the fact they are dog friendly - I don't have a dog, but if my lifestyle didn't prevent I would love to, so I enjoy seeing other people's. I think the people that took the Rose and turned it into the Watson General Telegraph did a fab job, so nice to have a decent pub nearby without having to always walk down to Lordship Lane. Food is good in there too. I love Roullier White - phenomenally good selection of niche perfumes. I rarely bother going to the likes of Liberty or Selfridges now. Staff always super friendly in there too. The Picturehouse is a lovely treat of a cinema, and the fact it's cheap on my day off is a definite bonus - whiled away a soggy evening watching Fantastic Beasts tonight. I could go on. I just really like living here.

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great fun ganging up on a minority group. > > https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bc/75/d0 > /bc75d086e677d94a1f35b884b9c5846e.jpg I don't think anyone is suggesting ganging up on them, but they choose to knock on people's doors uninvited, often at awkward times (too early at the weekend) and can be very pushy, so they can expect not to always be given a warm welcome.

These days I tend to close the door saying not interested and don't give them a chance to get a word in edgewise. When I was growing up we had a family living next door (who despite their religion were actually nice people), but we did seem to get more of their fellow witnesses knocking on the door then despite us being Catholic (long since lapsed). I can recall us hiding and pretending not to be in most of the time to avoid being overtly rude given their connection with our neighbours. However, I can recall choosing to debate with them sometimes and they generally got frustrated and went away as I knew enough about what they believed to be able to be somewhat annoying. Blood transfusions was a good one - aside of the glaringly obvious fact that the people writing the bible couldn't have said "no blood transfusions" as they wouldn't have known what they were, the verses they relied upon seemed to be clearly about the practice of eating kosher meat which they don't follow.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mrs2013 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Finally! That place was awful and a disgrace. > Once > > a year I go in for a meal and then I remember > why > > I hate it so much. Very slow service and poor > > presentation. Tasteless food. Dulwich deserves > a > > much better French than that. > > > C?te Brasserie? > > Louisa. As chain restaurants go, I think Cote are pretty good, great friendly service and I have always had nice meals there. Like the fact they automatically bring you a bottle of tap water rather than offering you still or sparkling and making you ask for tap and looking grumpy when you do or only bringing a thimble sized glass of water. I think they got into trouble for not giving the service charge to staff at one point but were shamed into addressing that.

I love the interior of Le Chardon and the food was fine, but the service left a lot to be desired. They were even stroppy with me once when I was trying to get the bill - insisted I'd already paid. You would have thought they would have been grateful that I didn't just leave without paying with the way they spoke to me, but I swear they were more cross I insisted on paying.

My problem was fixed by topping up boiler. Somewhat ashamed after over fifteen years of home ownership I didn't know this was something one needed to do - must have had my boilers serviced often enough they didn't get low enough on water for this to be an issue before. Probably just a coincidence it happened same time as the local water leaks.

Steve fixed my washing machine today, had the necessary part despite the machine being well over ten years old and the company not making machines anymore. Was also to give good advice about which brand to buy as and when my machine does properly give up the ghost. Highly recommended.