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When our boiler decided it needed replacing at a bad time for us, I found the recommendation on here for Lee Garvey. He was able to fit around our plans and give us an appointment very quickly, which was what we needed. Both Lee and Simon are professional and obliging and the work was done in good time. We now have a super efficient boiler with a 10 year guarantee. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

I work near the RCJ a couple of days a week ,and get the Denmark Hill train to Blackfriars and if I'm lazy, jump on the tube to Temple, then walk up. Depending which end of Covent Garden you are, you could walk from Temple or Embankment which would only be 10 mins. I'm paying for an Oyster anyway, so the tube journey doesn't cost me any extra.

I'm looking at this with my daughter, who is a history undergrad. She started singing Wemba Lea. One for the football fans! We love the spellings of the local names and it shows how they have developed over the centuries. Fascinating. Thanks for posting.

Foals are playing tonight and Yannis, the lead singer lives in Peckham. We saw them at Wembley earlier this year and they were excellent. Mind you, I'm looking forward to Muse who were also brilliant at the O2 in April.

We had a card through the door on Wednesday stating that a small parcel we were waiting for had been taken to the delivery office. My husband went to collect it the next day and was told they couldn't find it. I rang customer services today and they are now investigating but it takes three working days. Sound similar to your problem.

I used to meet a friend in my lunch hour at Ponti's, which is (or was) on the upper level looking down on the platforms. It does get busy but has a selection of sandwiches, cakes, hot food etc. More recently, I met a friend for coffee in the Leonidas caf? in the Arcade over the road, which was small but the coffee was good and it was easy enough to get a seat.

I went there at about 8.15 a couple of weeks ago and was out by about 9am. There were a lot of people in front of me but they were dealt with quickly. I m not good with blood tests or injections but the staff were really nice.

I was waiting at the bus stop to go to Denmark Hill at around 8.10 this morning and heard a loud crash. When I went past on the bus, like you, I saw the silver car, which was mangled on one side. Coming home this afternoon, I noticed how badly the wall had been smashed. I wondered if the other car (that stopped nearby) had hit the silver car as it came out of the turning.

Do you know if you are in a Wimpey or a Beazer House (ones with the white doors)? If it is a Beazer House, you can turn the water off under the sink and it is accessible.

I go the same route as Copleston Charlie and have found that to be the easiest and quickest. Coming back, we got sick of getting stuck on the Euston Road on a Sunday night so now head for King's Cross, go down the side of St Pancras Station and on the road running parallel with Grays Inn Road (it avoids the traffic) then over Blackfriars Bridge. I've tried other routes, over more years than I care to admit to and recently got stuck for ages in a queue for the Blackwall Tunnel after coming down the M11 from the A1, so won't make a habit of that one.

Sarigerme is about an hour and a half's drive from Marmaris. It's about 10 mins from Dalaman airport. The biggest town nearby is Ortaca but Dalyan is not too far in a taxi. Sarigerme has some bars and shops but not as many as Dalyan.

Lady M. After seeing what my father went through,with arthitis and the effects of vascular dementia, I can understand how your friend feels but for her decision to be that extreme, it can't have been taken lightly. Yes, this time is about her but her actions will affect you and after looking after her for four years, you will feel a void. That is where you will need the support of your friends and family. When my father finally died, after seven years of suffering, my mother felt a terrible void, not just because it was her husband, but also because so much of her time had been taken up with caring for him. Our house is open to you any time you need us. We do understand how you feel. M

We have to go to Turkey every year to visit people. We've been taking our children since my daughter was 6 months old. Now we have to go in school holidays but tend to go at the end of the summer break, when it is a bit cooler than at the beginning of the holidays. My husband's advice to me is that when we are eating in restaurants, it is better to eat a grill than a casserole or a meal that has been prepared in advance. We always go self catering because we just use the apartments as a base and have never been all inclusive, so I can't comment on the quality of food in the hotels. Turkey has certainly changed a lot in the last 10 years and the tourist areas are much more similar to any other European resort than they used to be. When we are in the resort we buy bottled water but when we go to the village, we just drink tap wate because it comes straight from the mountains. If you want any advice, just PM me.

If you think Ladymuck is raucous, BBW, try going home on the bus with her, once she has encountered fresh air............ Thanks for a good evening everyone.

we haven't been to a German one but we went to one in Brussels. It was really easy to get there on the Eurostar and so close to the station that we walked back to it on the way home, rather than taking the underground. We stayed in a Novotel right next to the market and it had a swimming pool for the kids. The market itself was really good with a skating rink and a big wheel (not unlike the one in Hyde Park). There was much more variety than the London one and plenty of gluwein and interesting food stalls. We went on a Friday, which was much less busy than the Saturday, which was heaving.