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There is now a blue advance warning sign on Nutbrook St ahead of the junction with Adys Rd. I don’t know if others have been recently installed on routes in to the restriction.

Left hand sign is back up

The sign has a red outline “prohibition” circle with a car and a motorcycle in it, plus timing information. I believe the village has a solid blue “mandatory instruction” circle showing only busses are permitted. Different signs for different purposes. I don’t understand this mindset from some posters that council staff are thinking “we’re going to claim to put in place a scheme make it less likely that school children are run over but secretly we want people to ignore our signs and drive through anyway so we can fine them instead”! They could have implemented a full closure like outside Bellenden Road Primary School (at the end of Nutbrook) and then we’d have a forum full of “why can’t we have camera controls” like we do about the closures in Dulwich Village!

Road seems a bit quieter, not too much craziness in the morning that I’ve noticed. Some people doing awkward turns or long reverses at the signs. A fair number of people driving straight through. Unfortunately the Adys/Nutbrook bollard still gets taken out within days of being repaired.

There was a definite problem of vans, cars and occasionally old taxis being ‘stored’ on Adys and Nutbrook. Povided they were taxed they could sit there for months at a time as the council had no power to move them. Parking is a little better now but it was never horrendous. I don’t see how extending hours would improve anything.

That wasn’t what I said. I said close the rat run especially for commercial traffic, HGVs and coaches. You could still retain access without having residential roads with three schools on them being subject to dangerous traffic. The fact the bollard at the corner of Nutbrook and Adys gets knocked over on a weekly basis shows that vehicles are using these streets that cannot safely navigate them without driving across pavements.

I don’t think Amott/Gowlett will be that affected as alternate routes (the western end of Amott is closed by this). I think Fenwick is likely to bear the brunt of traffic. Southwark really should close the Bellenden rat-run to through traffic and keep commercial and HGVs on the A roads.

Well the TMO states term time only as does the Southwark schools streets page. I’m generally fairly down on Southwark but I doubt they’d do something so cynically unlawful. I agree the closures are badly placed and will trap traffic. In the consultation and directly to the highways team (copying my local councillors) I suggested bringing the closure back to the corner of Nutbrook or at least advanced warning signs further up Adys and Nutbrook. Unfortunately I was ignored.

We received a letter about the Adys Rd closure yesterday. Hours of operation will be 8:30-9:15 and 3-3:45 during term time. Warning notices will be issued to motorists for the 17th April and Penalty Charge Notices will be issued from the 9th May.

You have to live within the restriction (ie on Adys roughly between Ondine and Amott or a short distance down either of those roads). There are also exemptions for registered carers of people living in those houses and for parents on children with mobility needs who go to SJSC. We’re further up Adys and so now cannot drive south during the period of operation.

I think the positioning of the closure on Adys Rd is going to cause chaos, with traffic in both directions having no avenue for escape by the time the signs are visible. People turning left out of Nutbrook onto Adys will be particularly stuck. I’m supportive of the scheme, as Adys is used as a rat run for commercial vehicles and there are often angry confrontations between motorists and pedestrians around the school, but I think the positioning of the signage could be improved.

We live between the two, looked at both and chose the Belham. Both are good schools but we didn’t want a denominational school. SJSC seems to be fairly observant compared to the C of E primary school I attended a million years ago.

The Western edge of S15 (‘Bellenden Village’) is worth looking at e.g. Choumert, Nutbrook, Ogglander. The pros over SE22 are better transport links via Peckham Rye vs East or North Dulwich or Forrest Hill. It’s also marginally cheaper. The Belham is a good state primary and the Villa is well regarded for pre-school. Peckham Rye is as good as Dulwich Park for outdoor space. Depending on where in the city you’re based the commute is pretty good. I work on Fleet St and can drop my son at before school clubs at 7:50 and comfortably be at my desk by 8:30 with a coffee in hand. The Thameslink takes you to Blackfriars, City Thameslink and Farringdon. The overground links to the Elizabeth line for Liverpool St and District line for Aldgate/Tower. Plus you have Southern for London Bridge and a walk/bus to Monument/Bank or on to the Northern Line for Moorgate etc. What I like is the flexibility that if one line has problems then there are alternative routes.

We did it with a couple of houses we looked at. You’d need to have a builder you trust though.

I’ve had to do it a couple of times after building work failed and had to be redone. The claim is pretty straightforward, you do it all online and only need to go to court if the claim is defended and the judge feels it’s necessary. The big challenge is getting paid after gaining a judgment in your favour. On both occasions the builders essentially abandoned the companies they were directors of and did a runner. The first time I got enough from the company’s bank account to cover my court fees and nothing else. The second time I haven’t recovered anything even after appointing bailiffs.

Yesterday was odd as our postie delivered a Tracked 24 parcel that I ordered on Friday but not any of the post we’d been expecting all week.

If you’ve tried their complaints process, I would just initiate a chargeback via your bank/credit card provider.

Carrot Cars do, they charge £10 a journey. Since covid they seem to be consistently the cheapest airport transfer option. We have a compact Mifold Original booster that we take with us so we have a car seat for the other end too. For £40 it’s well worth it.

There are numerous signs saying to keep dogs on a least from April-September and not a single dog owner pays the slightest attention to them. I can’t imagine a “Don’t take the holly” sign would be any more observed.

There were airphones on planes for decades - very rarely used as they were prohibitively expensive. There is now Wi-Fi on most long haul flights that would allow voice or video calls to be made (although most airlines ask you not to do it) but I’ve never noticed anyone doing so. While the EU rules might be changed to technically allow this to happen, I expect that a combination of cost and social pressure will ensure it’s a rare occurrence.

Our son is at The Belham and we think it’s a really good school. The range of extracurricular activities is excellent, although I don’t know how it compares to the other schools you’ve listed. There is a real community around the school and the staff are by and large great. I’d echo what others have said about proximity being important. We like that all of our sons friends are within a 10 minute walk and he can get to 3 of them without crossing a road. Being able to go from home, to drop off and back home to start work (or get to the train station) within 15 minutes is also a big plus. I believe that even the popular schools are under subscribed as the baby boom ended and post COVID and Brexit reductions in young families in London, but it is worth checking with the schools.

It’s a solution in search of a problem. There is ample parking (at least in the South of the zone) outside of the operating hours. This just seems like a money making scheme for the council.

I think it depends where you want to take your career. Doing a Scrum Master qualification will take you down that route (and allied PM disciplines) where a Product Owner qualification is more likely to take you in a Product Management direction. As for businesses recognising Scrum Master more it is probably down to them practicing a Wagile model where they’ve rebadged the PM as a scrum master and don’t have recognisable product ownership or backlog grooming/prioritisation. Some red flags to avoid! Qualification wise, in addition to the standard Scrum certifications; Leading SAFe is a good one to look at, as is the PMI Agile PM. I’d also push for your work to fund it.

We’ve had our collections staggered over two days for most of the summer, seems pretty random which bin gets taken first. Some weeks the collection schedule is updated to show the delayed collection but not always.

Thanks for taking on the forum. The upgrade looks great. One glitch, the FAQ is giving me a 404 error (safari on iOS).