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Another poorly advertised Southwark Consultation. Closes on 1st August. https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/melbourne-grove-temporary-street-market/

If you get a chance listen to the two callers to Stephen Nolan's show Saturday night. Starts at 1:46 in. English fans in Danish section for Denmark game. Awful, awful behaviour - second caller alleges that English "fan" threatened her 9 year old daughter. Makes me so ashamed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000xtx1

For the uninitiated Yoga can seem a bit of a minefield with image after image of the young beautiful holding positions achievable by very few of us, especially if you're starting at our age. I've been practising yoga for around 5+ years now and although I might not always feel I've benefited, I'm sure I have and not just physically. For posture and alignment I think your best style is Iyengar, it's focus is all about alignment. Generally it's not as dynamic and fast-paced as other styles with a heavy focus on ensuring the position is right rather than following a sequence or flow. It relies heavily on props (typically a chair and blocks) and adapts well to people of all levels. An alternative - which I have had little experience of tbh, is Feldenkrais. Check it out. There is lovely lady that lives locally called Sarah Jettoo who teaches both Yoga (not Iyengar) and Feldenkrais who would no doubt be happy to pass on some advice.

Shannons Garden Centre - Forest Hill.

The carbon cost is a fair question but I would hope that over the lifetime of the replacement stock build + emissions would be less than emissions from the current and secondly I would also hope that the scheme would insist that the contracts for rebuilds were as close to carbon neutral as possible.

Start with mine if you like. I think we need more communal living. Gardens where I live are small and shady. Scrap them for a single larger shared space like they have in some of the wealthier parts. Then some solar panels, ground source heat pumps grey water scheme in well insulated buildings designed for living the way people live now rather than 140 years ago.

I think it's time for a radical overhaul of the crumbing Victorian housing stock to reduce the long term environmental footprint. Gas boilers will be phased out sooner or later and retro-fitting air source heat pumps is going to be very difficult. We love the large rooms with their high ceilings and sash windows but the construction leaks heat even if you've done your upmost to prevent it. Climate change will bring more dry summers in the SE and so those that haven't already had movement or subsidence may see evidence of this. Any ideas how this will go or will those living in London in 2100 still largely be occupying houses that we built 200+ years before by builders who probably never expected that they would last a quarter of that.

FreeAgent for me.

Are you hiding in plain sight ? Is there someone buried below ?

Witnessed my first emergency vehicle blocked by the LTN yesterday. Police car with lights flashing heading from LL towards DV. Made to turn into Elsie, then changed mind and turned down Derwent. Had to 3 point turn at the bottom and exit back on to EDG. Wisely didn?t try Melbourne. Headed off towards DV.

https://youtu.be/6SIlYiiCGLI The old fashioned little nippers work for me but I?ve quite fancied one of these.

So this morning the pressure had dropped in the heating system sufficiently for the boiler to turn off. Not altogether unusual every so often. Re-pressured to 1 bar when cold. Now warm it's over 3 bar. I'm wondering if the expansion vessel has had it (it's about 11 years old) and diaphragm has leaked, hence pressure drop and now it's unable to soak up the pressure caused by the expanding hot water. Any amateurs like to venture and opinion ?

.xml or .xls/.xlsx ?

Bob, do you understand symmetry ?

Ironic considering the road is hardly used for vehicles any more.

I could practically throw a stone from where I live to TJ but I wasn't offered it when I went to book my appointments. I went to Guys, not really an issue as I am working in the office most of the time and it's fairly close.

/forum/read.php?9,1772609,1772609#msg-1772609 Possibility?

Oh dear - we're letting the side down ! Still contrast this with a month ago for the whole area and it's looking very good.

/forum/read.php?9,2190132 Whatever floats your boat I guess...

Slightly off topic but still related to air quality is this recent study of PM10 and PM2.5 particulates and the fact that domestic combustions (primarily one imagines wood burning stoves) account for 38% PM2.5 particulates whereas road transport is 12%, a difference that will become more marked over the next 10 years as more and more people switch to electric vehicles. I know the legislation has tightened around these but one wonder's of they should be banned completely, especially in urban areas. I have this vision of parents taking umbridge at the volume of traffic near schools contributing to the poor air quality then taking their children home and chucking another log on the wood burner. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-pollutants/emissions-of-air-pollutants-in-the-uk-1970-to-2018-particulate-matter-pm10-and-pm25

Does anyone know if the Tessa Jowell Centre has a reserve list for unused vaccine ? They do at the place on Rosendale Road and it seems the BMA recommend this to avoid wastage.

Wow - almost zero cases !

Phnarr, phnarr.

Even better !

I know that all the very local figures need to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt but it's encouraging to see that East Dulwich is now down to double figures of cases per 100k, rolling 7 day rate. On the 31st December that number was 911. Now it's 58. Southwark average is 179, nationally is 199.