Cox's Walk

[Sue]

n dulwich northerner Wrote:

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> Just saw on ITV London news that police have

> seized DJ gear in Dulwich Wood. The pictures

> implied it was stored in the old railway tunnel

> entrance.

A friend of mine who works in conservation locally told me that an illegal rave was held in the tunnel.

They broke down the doors.

This has probably killed (at the time he did not know) a large colony of bats which roosted in the dark tunnel, who should not be exposed to light.

I hope they find the bastards who did this.

[Brian up the hill]

It would seem that the planning application to fell the oaks by Cox?s Walk Bridge has been rejected and tree preservation orders placed on them, so watch this space.

Yes, the Evening Standard said that the rave was thwarted by the police. Sadly, this isn?t so and the rave was held and long finished before the police became involved. Bat surveys rarely find any bats in the tunnel, they might roost there but it?s thought too cold and draughty for them to hibernate there, so it might not be such a disaster but we don?t know.

[Sue]

Hey thanks Brian, very good news re the oaks!

ETA: And fingers crossed, good news re the bats!