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I'm surprised. I never heard a squeak about it being dirty...

The report of infestation is gross. How could anyone let things get so out of hand?

Stanley Baxter aged 99

Well, this turned out to be a pile of prize-winning bollocks. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/2025/heritage-cheese-fined-ps150000-after-two-severe-food-safety-breaches-uncovered-southwark

Thank you to the wonderful lady who stood at the bottom of Court Lane warning cyclists and pedestrians to be careful of the ice; for putting bins in the middle of the road to slow us down; and to the people who I saw putting grit on the road. You must have saved a lot of trips to A&E that morning! It was really appreciated as otherwise I, and many others, would have been caught out too. I will report - it was super icy and slippy, and therefore dangerous.

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The congestion is multi factor. There has been a massive increase in roadworks, some reallocation of space to bicycles (still pretty minimal in the overall picture and in the context of massive growth in numbers - the actual topic of this thread btw), and a big growth in the size of the average car. That last factor has probably done a lot more to increase congestion than is discussed often. The UK’s cars have been growing 1cm every two years for some time now, with 52% of cars sold now too large for minimum parking spaces. London's limited and historic road network was not designed for the fashion of large off-road style cars. This is seriously impacting use of valuable city space. Many roads that previously functioned as two-way streets no longer do (Crystal Palace Road being just one, obvious, local example), leading to bottlenecks and queues as vehicles wait to pass each other. That creates congestion that fans out and contributes to increased standstill traffic across the network. And yes, some of the road space that has been re-allocated for cycle lanes will have had an impact, although the number of segregated cycle lanes locally is almost zero. I whole heartedly support local bus lanes being made 24/7 (have called for it before), but I know that those who, when it's convenient for grinding their 'anti bike' axe, will show concern about bus delays, object at all other times to anything that might speed up buses to the detriment of cars. Locally, I would make Lordship Lane a 24/7 bus lane, remove some parking in order to widen both the pavements and the carriageway slightly - making it easier for buses to pass, and reduce the number of cars manoeuvring in and out of spaces on the high street. Similar measures elsewhere would significantly improve the experience of pedestrians and help move our buses more quickly. And just to address your insinuation that when it comes slow bus journeys, that bikes are the problem' - The main cause of interminable congestion in London is too many, too large, private cars, making short, single occupancy journeys.

Hi there, we are on the hunt for a job lot (30 - 50) of vintage style brass candlesticks (see attached) has anyone got married lately and also purchased/ borrowed these from anywhere? it feels wasteful to buy new - we would love to hire from you / purchase back! thanks Carrie

Sorry, admin. I should have posted this in the roads section. Can you move, please?

Great job. I passed you slowly on my bike that morning. I don't even trust that chicane area in most other weather conditions. I can't believe it was chosen over tarmac. I hope no one was hurt badly. Perhaps there will be yet more work undertaken there to remedy this - if we are lucky!

Lifelong violent thug dies. Not sure why it’s “tragic” tho. He wasn’t killed by some unforeseen circumstance while he tried to help someone less fortunate than himself https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/well-known-bristol-football-fan-10699651

It's good advice in that video. The 'life saver' check / over the shoulder check is so important. Those two things, position and observation are probably the biggest things you can do to try and stay safe. That said, when you spend most of your time in primary position, which is usually right in London, you will inevitably get occasional, angry responses, especially on less quiet roads than the ones in the video. It's not uncommon to have cars overtake on the wrong side of a traffic island for example, it you correctly take primary position to prevent being squeezed. I like how calm he is. Ogmios' School of Zen motoring is another good example of how temperament is another important factor in making our roads safer and more pleasant.

I assumed they were somehow connected to or or supporters of Reform..this assumption is based on the fact when confronted by two of their collectors at Marylebone Station early one morning (around 7.30am) in the summer and I refused to donate one of them said "Don't you care about Army Veterans? Are you a Muslim? Don't you care about England?" I told them to F**k Off I may be old I may be small but I won't stand for Racism or Biggotry in any form. The whole term 'Blighty' smacks of Reform and flag waving racists