sandyman

I've just driven from Townley Road left onto EDG and it's harder and tighter for a car to turn left, never mind a coach. There is a left turn from New Cross Road into Pomeroy Street which is nowhere near as sharp and has been made no left turn in recent years. Who makes these decisions? Also as a pedestrian surely it would be more assuring to have the islands in the middle of each crossing. Why have they gone?

He did a series on Sky about cycling through France last year ? he didn't seem to do much cycling but he did wear lycra in the ads.

I think it's way to hilly around here, but what would seem viable to me would be a rack of bikes at Camberwell Green that you could use to go up Walworth Road to Elephant or along Camberwell New Road to Oval tube. Saw three kids in Walworth Road KFC late last night with their bikes in the shop.

Pretty sure it's ok after 7pm. I often drive in it & haven't had a ticket yet!

The only thing that irritated me about Louisa was her habit of putting her name at the bottom of her posts!

I don't want to turn this into a cyclists v drivers debate but I've been overtaken by cyclists on the slightly downhill stretch of East Dulwich Grove from Townley junction while observing the new speed limit.

Actually isn't there meter parking in Holly Grove/Elm Grove? 50p and a slightly longer walk & problem solved?

I definitely saw Sean Lock at the EDT, probably around 1995. I also saw Eddie Izzard do impro show probably 1995ish - it was warm-up for his West End run and the queue stretched down Lordship Lane. It is possible that Nunhead legend Lewis Schaffer opened for him.

wulfhound Wrote: > > A lot of the traffic on Calton Ave isn't from > Court Lane or Woodwarde Road, it's people turning > right from DV, left on to Calton and then right at > the Townley Road / Green Dale / EDG junction. It's > worth asking though whether this turn is > sufficient to reduce the volume on Calton or > whether people will just turn right on to Townley > at the end of it and then left on to LL, instead > of left on to Townley, right on to EDG and then on > towards LL. I don't think they would all do that - if they are heading west or into the heart of ED I expect they would go straight through the village and turn right at the lights at the junction with Red Post Hill - thus causing a jam and danger for cyclists there. And if they were heading into town they could go straight up Red Post Hill.

Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sandyman, unfortunately this wouldn't work because > under the proposals there would be only one lane > for cars coming from Townley Road into ED Grove, > while there are two lanes for cars coming from ED > Grove to the Redpost Hill junction, where a green > filter right hand turn is feasible. > Oh I see. In that case surely they can come up with a simpler, and cheaper, plan that keeps Townley as two lanes?

I presume there is an obvious reason why not, but why can't there simply be a right-hand turn green light filter at townley rd as there is further down to turn right towards North Dulwich station?

Hey, you can't just casually lob in that Burton & Taylor lived in Dulwich. More info please. Anyone? Why no blue plaque? Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Richard Burton and Elizabeth > Taylor used to go there in the 60s when they had a > place in Dulwich.

I think if you park your bike where there are lots of other bikes you should be OK. Obviously you can take some precautions to tilt the odds in your favour but I think it is pretty random unless you have a flashy bike being stolen to order. I've left my ordinary bike in the street outside Kennington station for a week with a crappy D-lock and it was still there when I returned. On the other hand I left it for one night inside Herne Hill station in front of a CCTV camera and the next day the front wheel was gone.

I'm not saying he is legit or not, but when I worked on the bins one of our team would go out in the middle of the night & pull all the bins into the road. We would clock in for him & he spent the day in bed.

scotch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry.... But I doubt it was Goodrich leavers. > The title did say drunk girls. Wouldn't expect > this from 11 year olds. > Please take care of who you are pointing the > finger at. It was an attempt at humour. Apologies if it didn't come across.

Give them a break, it was probably a Goodrich leavers party.

On the news the other day they said it was a drainage scheme to prevent last summer's catastrophic floods in Herne Hill happening again. Cant trust those damn lefties at the BBC can you.

I've already suggested this on EDF. An X176 that picked up at, say Goose Green, and then only stopped to drop at, say, Elephant, Waterloo and Aldwych would be an instant hit. In fact it would probably be instantly overcrowded and then we'd be back to square one! Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think you'd need to have more buses, just > use the ones we have differently, namely by > designating a few of them as express. Perhaps for > every five normal 176s, there could be an X176 > which is express only to and from certain points. > I'm not wedded to anything that makes it worse for > the commuter, be it cyclist, pedestrian, driver or > bus passenger, but I do think people with > clipboards and logarithms might be able to help.

That's an interesting idea. Just imagine how popular an X176 would be if it started at waterloo and ran non-stop to a bus stop on Lordship Lane... Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree with SJ that the bus is more reliable and > reasonable than others (perhaps non bus-users) > make out, but I still think the providers should > do more to reduce overcrowding on certain > stretches of their routes. The X68 from Waterloo > to Croydon (?) runs at peak times; would a 176 or > 12 with similar restrictions help? > Instead of a Tube/tram/monorail/cable car, > boroughs really ought to consider the guided bus. > It's much cheaper than any of those modes of > transport just mentioned but lacks their cachet. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_bus

She has appeared a lot at the Vauxhall Tavern so maybe she is hoping a lot of her fans live around here.

Agree with Edcam - note to lousiec Victoria line doesn't go to goodge street but it does go to warren street which is next one up, so maybe depends where in goodge street poppet27 needs. if you don't mind lots of changes i think fastest might be bus to peckham, overground to elephant, bakerloo to waterloo then northern line!

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They were bolt cutters ! > Not a bike lock.. > Anyway glad yer bike's sorted. sorry, the strain must have taken its toll on my brain, written with one hand in a hurry, now corrected! thanks again for your help.

Competition now closed Kid Kruger's bolt cutters. Did the trick. Attracted quite a crowd though.

mynamehere Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What if? what if you called the bike lock company > and asked about the problem. Have you been to a > locksmith? We have 2 keys for these locks. You > must have had 2 keys? and the other key? where do > you keep all your spare keys? Had two keys, the second one was left on a bunch when I rented a holiday flat in Edinburgh in 2007 - am trying to find phone number of landlady on off-chance she still has key. Lock should be easy to crack - Herne hill Cycles say it's a type that has been discontinued because it can be opened easily, probably by biro method (google it). The whole thing is both frustrating and spooky - the bike key was on my key ring and somehow fell off. All the other keys are fine though. Call Derren Brown!

mikeb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've had this before. Angle grinder is the key, > though you will need to plug it in somewhere. Car > jack will not do a decent lock - I broke one and > was very apologetic. And yes, the police stopped > me halfway through but showing some ID and being > awfully polite seemed to do the trick. > > Good luck - Free the Herne Hill One! The problem would be plugging it in - bike is right inside station. I think Callow have a battery operated one - if nobody takes up my offer I'm going to ask Callow if they will still charge if they turn up and station manager stops them.