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I tried some take away from this new Georgian restaurant last night. First ever customer apparently. Food was very tasty. Prices were OK, perhaps slightly high. I'd like to visit when their restaurant is properly open (it's only take away for now). Seemed to have a good selection of wines as one would expect from such a restaurant.

I've heard good things about these guys. Might be worth contacting them about buying your whole collection. https://www.londonrecordbuyer.com/

I was going to say that the HE organisation I work for has also introduced this 'bike buddies' scheme (even though presumably not many staff would be commuting to work yet) then realised that the organiser's email address looked familiar. Well done Southwark Cyclists and UCL! Sally Eva Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apologies, I should have put all that in the first > post. You can contact us at [email protected]; > the organiser is [email protected] or text me on > 07842 640 207.

I just got a letter from the council about the proposed installation of a new bike hangar on Overhill Road in front of Dawson's Heights. This might be a good option to consider.

Yeah, Balfe's are great. Bought two bikes from them already. Great service and knowledgable staff. Much prefer supporting a local business like that than Evans personally.

It won't change my view of it at all. Brexit is still a very bad idea that will leave the country poorer, more bitter and divided. It also takes away established reciprocal rights such as FoM. As Brexiters like to point out, it's not only about the economy and free-trade deals. It's about the kind of country the UK is going to be in the future. I don't like that future promised by Brexit at all. TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Genuine question to remainers, posed in good > faith, so appreciate any responses in the same > spirit. > > If the UK and the EU struck a zero tariff, zero > quota free-trade deal....how might that change > your view of brexit?

As always there are way too many interesting places to see. I seem to keep missing out on the modernist buildings I'd like to check out as they tend to require pre-booking and usually free 'tickets' are very limited. A couple of my local picks: The old waiting room at Peckham Rye station https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/6995 Walter Segal Self-build Houses in Honor Oak Park https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/listings/1615 I went there last year and I think it's worth visiting. Great community vibe and beautiful houses.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And as for the history of beer? Wasn't it Egypt. > Didn't we adulterate our ale centuries ago by > adding French hops? I recall a 'Tudor farm' > reenactment series on BBC where they made beer for > the workers by gathering wild yeast with their own > malted barley, what would this have tasted like? I had a taste of this beer on a visit to Ham House in West London a year or so ago. It's probably the closest I can think of to the beer the Tudors might have been drinking. https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/daleside-morocco-ale/5501/

It really depends on one's definition of 'craft ale'. It can mean a lot of different things. There are many 'craft' breweries that started small and are now owned by conglomerates like InBev or SABMiller (Meantime Brewery for example) who increasingly want a slice of the craft beer pie. Others have grown to be massive players in the market though still independent, such as BrewDog. At the end of the day, what matters most is to have access to quality beer that you can enjoy drinking at a reasonable price. fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > most of the craft ales are made in beer > factories owned by multi nationals, again > > feels a bit like what is happening here. > > You just have to use some common sense. If it's > available in Tesco for ?1.70, it's probably going > to be a large scale operation. And if it's an > American beer widely available in UK, it's hardly > going to be a lovingly hand-crafted product. But > there are still smaller breweries too... both in > UK and US. >

Some very good points you are making fishbiscuits. I agree part of the recent trend for ever greater experimentation with beer styles and ingredients can often get a bit over the top and the results are not always great. But hoppy IPAs are here to stay. If I wanted to have a great selection of them to choose from (which I normally do), I would go to a bar that can offer just that. We are lucky that in the part of the world we live in there are many options available. That doesn?t mean there is no space for cask ale in this brave new hoppy world. Personally, it?s always great to find Jarl on tap ? one of my favourite cask ales. Brewing courses at Ubrew have always had mixed reviews (at best) and the business has been through some seriously turbulent times recently but seems to have a recovery plan in place now. That said, we always felt we?ve been able to be as creative as we wanted with the beers we have been brewing there as members, even if some of our efforts have been tainted with a number of issues that had to do more with the lack of robust processes from their side rather than our own sanitary practices.

That could be good idea for local aspiring home brewers to meet up. I started brewing beer about a year ago or so with a few mates. We use a place called Ubrew in Bermondsey where we can hire the kit and use the space. I have always enjoyed drinking a good beer but learning how to make our own from scratch has been a great process. Sometimes the results have been very good, particularly with darker beers like stouts and porters, and other times we have had to deal with off tastes and other issues. But overall, the experience has been very good and I would definitely like to keep brewing more beer.

The Cycling UK forum has plenty of relevant threads about taking bikes on trains. Worth checking them out. https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=130933&hilit=train

There is a short survey on Southwark Cyclists website about the impact of the Rye Lane closure for those who may want to fill in. https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/your-experience-of-the-rye-lane-closure/ Cycling on Rye Lane is getting worse every day. The designated cycle path is absolutely not fit for purpose for cyclists and pedestrians alike. Too many temporary traffic lights and buses further down make it an unpleasant cycling experience. Using Bellenden Road instead is an option but I find that it only really works well when heading north into town due to the one-way system.

fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A craft beer specialist bar could definitely work > in ED. In fact this must be one of the few > affluent London boroughs that doesn't have one, > despite several failed attempts. Just having good > beer isn't enough though, it needs to have the > right atmosphere, decent food, accessible > location, and prices have to be in the sweet > spot. Although not really a bar or a taproom, I think Hops, Burn & Black on East Dulwich Road cover a lot of the craft beer demand in ED. But it would be nice to have a specialist bar/pub in the area. I still go to Camberwell regularly to drink the beers I like.

That's a shame to hear that the Dulwich Beer Dispensary has closed down. Like some other people here, I wasn't never a regular only making a monthly visit or so since it opened. But it never felt like the ambience was quite right to enjoy more than a couple of pints there. For me personally, it was the prospect of good beer on offer locally that was particularly appealing, so I wasn't ever really put off by the lack of food available. I do however remember seeing a kiosk selling naans just outside for most of winter. Maybe this didn't quite catch on? Ultimately, it proved to be a difficult location for the business to survive. I hope the London Beer Dispensary in Brockley and the Southey tap room in Penge are doing better!

Try cycle.travel to plan your route https://cycle.travel/

So good to be part of this demo today. Check this footage out. Estimated 1m people took part. Incredible! https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1109502078005714945/video/1

The petition was just shy of 300K signatures when I signed it last night. Bring it on!

I think there will be a time, perhaps not in our lifetimes, that driving short distances around built up urban areas - such as for the school run for example - will become socially unacceptable. Unfortunately, it might be too late by that point to tackle air pollution.

Thanks for that RH. I didn't know that Evans do courses. I'll go and ask in store. Neither Lambeth nor Westminster is good for the Cycle Confident courses unfortunately.

I agree, Cycle Confident training courses are brilliant and free. I say that as someone who was very reluctant to take up cycling in London to begin with. I'm very glad I did. If only there were also bike maintenance courses on offer that would be great (anyone knows of any in the local area?). I felt that, without any further qualification, the statement of the OP was unnecessarily provocative and rightly deserved the response that it received. A bit more understanding and less animosity from both cyclists and motorists would go a long way.

Same here on Overhill. The increased volume of traffic the last few days is very noticeable. I hope it will be over soon.

Does anyone know if there are currently any bike maintenance courses available in Southwark? I realise what Sally Eva has posted about is not actually a course. However there don't seem to be any local courses scheduled by Cycle Confident who provided the excellent free cycle training sessions when I started cycling in London. I'd like to be able to competently repair a puncture and do other basic repairs before I set off to tour the globe (or even explore parts of SE England!)