micromacromonkey
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So last night had my brand new bike stolen from locked bike shed in my front garden on Amott Road, they forced the padlock. Can't help thinking they had been watching or somehow spotted it as the bike shed has been there for a couple of years with rubbish bikes in, then 4 weeks after the new shiny one arrives it's nicked. Police round promptly, but they aren't that hopeful obviously (we're the 3500th call today to met police 101 line!). Cube Peloton SL in red (pic attached), it's got Pinheads locks on the wheels/seat/handlebars so they will have to be removed with an angle grinder as I've got the unique key. If anyone spots any scallies riding it around please feel free to knock em off :) Might be worth paying extra attention to your bike security arrangements... -
Mugged (by the Gowlett on Amott Road)
micromacromonkey replied to Tommyf's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Really sorry to hear about this, we live opposite the Gowlett but didn't hear anything. What did they look like? Have you asked Jonny if he has anything on his cctv? However Dulwichfox and Louisa to claim that Amott Road and environs is to be avoided, or even that this was the case 5 years ago, is patent nonsense. Your biggest danger is being offended by shouty rugger buggers. -
Bakerloo line extension to Camberwell?
micromacromonkey replied to Ron70's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Who would it benefit though? From PR we can get to City/Canary Wharf/Victoria/E&C/Farringdon/KingsX/Clapham Junction pretty easily. All a Bakerloo extension would give us is slightly better journey times into bits of the west end (only slightly better because tube trains travel slowly). They also look at how much it would benefit the areas around proposed stations, and Peckham Rye/ED are pretty far along on that gentrification scale (on the proposed peckham route there is an intermediate station at burgess park which would help with the scally gentrification figures, but probably not enough). Considering it will cost 5bn that isn't much of a return, so that's why it will probably go along the old kent road to provide new escape routes from New Cross, Lewisham and other assorted dumps out that way. If you are in this for the long haul then sure sign a petition and see what happens, but major infrastructure projects move slowly compared to most peoples life events. Once they have finished with Crossrail, have found funding for CR2 and built it, then find funding for the Bakerloo extension and build it, that will probably be in 2030. I hope to be retired by then and living in a place with much worse public transport (a caribbean island perhaps). -
Bakerloo line extension to Camberwell?
micromacromonkey replied to Ron70's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Check out londonreconnections.com for sensible discussion on this. As far as I can work out the synopsis is as follows: The Bakerloo will probably be extended, but not in the next 10 years (at least), and the route may or may not include Peckham. -
Sitting on a washing machine on spin cycle while eating a curry would be a better bet, and you wouldn't be paying some charlatan for the privilege.