Cyclemonkey

There were large amounts of police and a couple of TSG vans at London Bridge station last night at a similar time. Usually that means some sort of Millwall related football clash, but I didn't hang around to find out.

For those of us in Forest Hill this is great news. As well as a better connection to Clapham, a quicker route to Catford is very welcome, as we often use Catford stations a lot for the Thameslink and to go down to Bromley and Beckenham. A stop in Brixton would be welcome. Yes we have the P4. But have you ever used the P4?

Yes please do post a picture so we Forest Hill people can keep an eye out.

Very sad. A well regarded local business, let's hope they can recover. Thankfully it seems no one was hurt. All transport fine in Forest Hill this morning but the air around the station is not good if anyone has breathing issues.

I don't really see the issue. It's taking up a small part of Goose Green. I was able to happily eat my lunch there today witthout the fair impinging on my space or enjoyment. I presume they have chosen that location as it is near the playground, so parents with young children often go there at the weekend. I don't really see the issue. It's taking up a small part of Goose Green. I was able to happily eat my lunch there today witthout the fair impinging on my space or enjoyment. I presume they have chosen that location as it is near the playground, so parents with young children often go there at the weekend.

Not really sure to be honest, It just sounded like incoherent yelling and muttering.

There definitely a guy who matches that description who hangs around London and Dartmouth roads in Forest Hill. He pushed past me very roughly a couple of weeks ago at the crossing by the station and he was shouting and muttering to himself.

I did a really good course in the mansion at Beckenham Place Park last year.

I dunno. "Facts " like you can get to Crystal Palace and Sydenham Woods via Sydenham Hill?

Now you've insulted the 363 bus. 😁

Crystal Palace and Sydenham Woods are both very much worth travelling up Sydenham Hill for.

Ooh I'd LOVE a mini Lidl there. So much more convienent for me than Camberwell or Sydenham.

Community Fibre - £21 per month for 150 mbit/s plus TV. I think a package with voice calls is £5 more but I have not had a fixed landline since 2004 so didn't bother.

Do none of you go abroad. Tourist taxes are really common in continental Europe and do vary a lot city by city. They are collected by the hotels/rental apartments. They are usually a tiny part of your holiday costs. In Narbonne recently we paid €1.30 per person per night. The next town we went to charge 80 cents per person per night. By comparison Cologne is 5% of your accomodation.

I cook at home - almost 95% of what we eat at home is cooked from scratch. But eating out is more than just having dinner, it is socialising and doing something different. Also,sometimes it is nice to pay someone else to cook and clear up.

All the swifts seem to be in France. We are in Narbonne and the city is teaming with them as the sun goes down.

Agreed, it absolutely is, but not as easy to get these days. We are going to Narbonne next month by train and I tried almost every permutation to avoid going to Paris, but to no avail.

We go to the South of France by train most summers. It is pretty easy and you get to arrive right in the centre of the city. TGVs are generally efficient, reliable and comfortable. Unfortunately the direct London to Marseille Eurostar train seems to have been a victim of Brexit so you have to change in Paris - most South bound service go from Gare de Lyon - about a 15 min RER rise from Gare du Nord. Allow plenty of time travelling back from Gare du Nord, it always was horrid but has reach new levels of chaos since Brexit. I would recommend, at least for the home leg, booking the entire journey through Eurostar. That way if your French train is delayed or cancelled and you miss your Eurostar connection back to London, Eurostar will get you on to a different train home. As for destinations - there is a lot of the South of Fra.ce to choose from. What are you looking for? Also Ouigo trains can be a cheaper option than TGVs, but watch out you have to pay extra for things like luggage and seat reservations. Also they sometimes stop at TGV stations outside the city centre.

Peckham rats have nothing on the Crystal Palace park rats. Those lads are absolute units.

Like most festivals these days, Gala were using those heavy, hard plastic reusable cups that you pay a dsposit for. It would be a pretty serious wind to blow those out of bins.

Gell me about it. We have a block of flats going up nextdoor to us, 18 months and counting of construction noise six days a week.

Well I am outside the Clockhouse pub and you can barely hear anything.

I am not here to justify or excuse Lambeth Council's decisions, but you would have to be very very naive not to understand that cancelling several eventsof that size at auch short notice would be anything other than financially catastrophic for all involved.

I suspect it was putting "not bankrupting Lambeth Council" considerations first. Cancelling those festivals at a week to go could have been financially catastrophic and may have unleashed financial hell on Lambeth.

Surely the main issue for Dulwich Village is their retail offer, like most of Dulwich Village, is desperately dull and a bit basic. Not really worth anyone from outside of Dulwich Village travelling for.