Anyone else love Dulwich...

[Rockets]

..during the Easter holidays when it all goes a bit 28 Days Later as the second home owners, skiers and Easter sun worshippers depart on their Easter jaunts.

Blissfully quiet.

[Kathleen Olander]

Yes, that goes for this forum too...

[Jenijenjen]

I notice how some of the vociferous posters on the Forum go quiet over Christmas. A very peaceful time

[Rockets]

And Easter hols and October half-term....probably difficult to post when you're in a different time zone half a world away - bit of a giveaway! 😉

I just love how quiet Dulwich Park and Lordship Lane are, especially the first week of the private school holidays.

 

 

 

[NewWave]

10 hours ago, Rockets said:

..during the Easter holidays when it all goes a bit 28 Days Later as the second home owners, skiers and Easter sun worshippers depart on their Easter jaunts.

Blissfully quiet.

Agree but not so great for the independently owned cafes shops etc.

[Molly26]

I miss that cyclist chap that comments on everything 

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

13 hours ago, Kathleen Olander said:

Yes, that goes for this forum too...

All the parents looking after their kids instead of skiving from their meaningless desk jobs might mean it's quieter on here. Still, at least it gives free rein to the bad-tempered, long-winded pensioners that begin their posts "having resided in Dulwich for a not inconsiderable number of decades, may I be so bold as to suggest..." 😉

Edited April 14 by Dogkennelhillbilly

[Kathleen Olander]

9 hours ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

All the parents looking after their kids instead of skiving from their meaningless desk jobs might mean it's quieter on here. Still, at least it gives free rein to the bad-tempered, long-winded pensioners that begin their posts "having resided in Dulwich for a not inconsiderable number of decades, may I be so bold as to suggest..." 😉

Who are you quoting?

[Rockets]

I do wonder if there is a correlation between the bad-temperedness of posters and how many holidays they take. It seems those who go quietest during school hols are the angriest posters on here....so perhaps jetting off on holidays does nothing for their stress levels whilst those of us who get to enjoy a quiet Dulwich find new levels of calm! 😉

Right, I am off to do some yogic flying around Dulwich Park before the angry masses return - anyone care to join me! 😉 

[Spartacus]

I suspect they have all gotten quietly into their SUVs and gone off seeking country lanes with cyclists to shout at... 

Either that or just not found a topic to engage with. 

[Sue]

45 minutes ago, Rockets said:

Right, I am off to do some yogic flying around Dulwich Park before the angry masses return - anyone care to join me! 😉 

Yes, if you know how to do it and can teach me  🤣

[alice]

so because this is a 'light-hearted thread'  its totally OK to be full of generalisations and assumptions?

[KalamityKel]

18 hours ago, alice said:

so because this is a 'light-hearted thread'  its totally OK to be full of generalisations and assumptions?

Why shouldnt it be?

[QueenMab]

3 minutes ago, KalamityKel said:

Why shouldnt it be?

So long as people don't confuse the stories in their heads with reality, it's fine. 

[h3+]

On 13/04/2025 at 17:39, Rockets said:

And Easter hols and October half-term....probably difficult to post when you're in a different time zone half a world away - bit of a giveaway! 😉

I just love how quiet Dulwich Park and Lordship Lane are, especially the first week of the private school holidays.

 

 

 

You generally can't access the forum from abroad. I assume Admin has geofenced it

[malumbu]

That's good news as I expect the Russians, North Koreans and Chinese authorities will have tried to destabalise SE London.  Hmmm, thinking about it, how many are you are agents for these regimes if actually human?

Those not from the metropolis will recall the trades fortnights in the summer when factories would coordinate closing down for a couple of weeks for the summer hols.  With the quiet roads every day in the fortnight felt like Sunday.  I think this is what Morrissey was thinking. 

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

12 hours ago, h3+ said:

You generally can't access the forum from abroad. I assume Admin has geofenced it

It seems to vary. It's working fine for me today from the Maldives, but when I was in Honolulu last Christmas I couldn't get in at all.