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The queue time from recent trips to Sainsburys was not as bad as the length of the queue suggested it might be. Electric car parking space in car park to entry to the store = 10-15 minutes Queue past the nursery, along the back of the car park and half way down the next lane = 25 minutes. People tended to overestimate the 2m so when people were let into the shop the queue moved quite a way. Once inside markings show 2 metres, though not everyone observes them, there were a few times I needed to wait while the person in front chose what they wanted. I didn?t see any queues to pay a cashier / self service / Smart Shop. Only one adult per party is allowed in the store. Entrance is via the main door, exit via the door in the centre of the store. Stock is starting to return to normal - there were toiletrolls, tinned tomatoes (though only single tins), hand wash. Flour shelves were pretty much empty and in some items there wasn?t the usual choice of brands. The queue outside is more noticeable but a shop probably takes only a little longer than you?d expect for a busy day when you have to queue to pay.

Sainsburys have been saying they will do a volunteer card but I?ve not seen it?s happened yet. Just had an email. If you are shopping at, or need someone to shop for you, Tesco, Asda, Morrison?s, Waitrose or M&S Give As You Live do store grocery cards you can preload. You choose a charity and they benefit each time the card is used. You / the person doing your shopping / person on the till don?t need to handle cash.

Just been to Sainsburys. Slightly over half an hour to queue / shop and pay (I used SmartShop as I normally do). Stock much better than last time I shopped there - still some empty shelves and a limited choice of some items but I got everything I went in for. There was pasta and Carex liquid soap. Announcements said there are still limits on some items and to check shelf tickets but I didn?t buy any restricted items.

Chener books https://www.chenerbooks.com will take an order and deliver locally for books they have in stock

A suggestion for indoor exercise is to play a YouTube video and Wal/ jog /run on the spot. This link to a run round Central Park has been posted on a Facebook group I?m on A playlist of music on your headphones while working out was another suggestion

SMBS and The CheeseBlock on Lordship Lane are open The CheeseBlock has a sign on the door saying 3 customers at a time. No queue or limit on customers at SMBS. There is tape on the floor marking 2 metres. SMBS has good stock, including fresh. Jones of Brockley is applying a 1 customer in the shop at any time Card payments only

Meg64 I?ve just checked the Council website and they say warning notices will be issued for four weeks in the Peckham West CPZ. That indicates the current plan is to issue penalties after the four week period expires. That would leave people time at the end of the current restrictions to move their cars. This is still not going to be enough time for you so I suggest you email them on parking@southwark.gov.uk and advise that you have been advised to shield for medical reasons and ask what their arrangements are. Things change with the Coronavirus and I?m sure the Council are watching that so the warning notice period may change if the general lockdown is extended but if you email there may be arrangements that can be made but aren?t being made commonly known at this time. Hopefully the reply will give you one less thing to be concerned about. Stay Safe

Please note there are two CPZs in East Dulwich but the Council names for the zones doesn?t make that totally clear - one that started on 30 March and another proposed for later in the year. The Peckham West one (Oglander Road etc) started on 30 March and warning notices will be issued for an extended period. This is on the Council?s page on Coronavirus https://www.southwark.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/public-health/for-the-public/coronavirus/coronavirus-parking-restrictions-and-controlled-parking-zones The CPZ that has been put on hold (Monica?s post including the email from Councillor Livingstone) is the one for Lordship Lane. Enforcement is reduced and looking at what the Council say if you park sensibly you shouldn?t get a penalty. If you park on double yellow lines, in disabled bays or on the footway you can expect a penalty. Rightly in my opinion. Restrictions have been reduced for key workers but not these. I can see they either affect traffic flow - vehicle or those with buggies or there may be blue badge holders who are not shielding or on the vulnerable list who need the disabled bays. NB the enforcement officers might not be issuing parking tickets. If they are on duty they have to wear their uniform. The Council can redeploy them for example to make sure the 2 metre social distancing is observed in queues. Please think before you have a go at them - they are working with all the contact with the public that entails and don?t have the option to work from home.

Rebecca, hope you feel better. The government is supposed to be issuing additional guidance and maybe that will say what?s already been said above but until / if that comes out its up to all of us to explain to those who are not seeing how what they see as necessary is meaning others are still at risk of transmitting or catching Covid19 and passing it on even if they don?t have symptoms. Maybe your employer hasn?t thought that by asking you to work they are causing you to travel - which I?ve had emails from TfL about. This is on the TfL website now. ?Please don't travel. Help us save lives. Help us protect the NHS. Mike Brown MVO, London's Transport Commissioner? If you look at the points made above / the government guidance what specifically is you going to work affecting. Maybe if you relate it to your situation and explain how it affects you / them those wanting you to work will understand its better, for now, for you not to work. The government hasn?t ruled out more restrictions if the current ones or how people apply them don?t slow the spread enough. The additional clarity that exercise is to be from your front door not driven to and vehicle checkpoints in some areas to make sure car journeys are for essential purposes show what the expectation was. I think this backs up your concerns? Is there a forum nannies use? I?m sure you won?t be the only one to ask this question.

The number of deaths to those tested is going to change - the government has said tests will increase to 10,000 and then 25,000 by the end of April. I?ve been checking the BBC number of cases in your area https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274. Again this is based on official figures (the number of cases reported by health authority) and gives the population. So maybe not the full picture but at least a like for like comparison. To me more relevant - the only way the death rate can be kept down is to keep down the number getting infected which is something we can all play our part in keeping down. I?ve not checked every day but the first I checked was 15 March and there were 28 cases for the population of 317,256 (0.009% of the population). Today there are 319 cases (0.1% of the population).

I?ve seen my first peacock butterfly in the last week and signs of nest building. Time to spend in the garden? This ma have some ideas on what you could do to make your garden more wildlife friendly. You will hopefully see the ?you build it and they come? results in a few weeks. RSPB Give nature a home in our garden activities https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/ Or already getting birds in your garden I found this set of resources for schools taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch but some of the resources might be of interest even if you have not children to share the birds in your garden with at the moment. https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-teachers/schools-birdwatch/resources/

Any sign of the extra Click and Collect? Has a second collection point appeared the car park at DKH? Lower the order amount limit and it might be something people could carry, payment would be taken in advance, you choose a time slot so social distancing would be easier to apply. The queue for those going into the store would be shorter. Won't need to use this for a couple of weeks but this supports all three bullets under ?Keeping customers and colleagues safe? on the Sainsburys website today. It would also free up more deliveries for vulnerable customers and those self-isolating. No sign their measures to increase access have worked at DKH - checked today and no Click and Collect slots for the next three weeks.

Its difficult to know what this is without a tape measure The BBC has a video. Three steps, two shopping trolleys, a bed, two benches in a park helped me to visualise it - more than I thought.

Generally people seem to be keeping their distance but as you say the pavements don?t always allow us to keep 2 metres and not everyone observes it. Not outdoors and it may not work for you with the buggy but can you bring the outdoors in or walk round a garden? Put on a YouTube video and walk while watching. A different view and a distraction. Going to give it a try walking on the spot at home. Also the World Walking app lets you do virtual walks - the steps you walk count to walking around Shanghai or the Wonders of the UK and there are milestones which give a bit of a write up to places of interest along the way. Your daily walk could take you along the London Marathon route or maybe you could complete the Bologna route.

We all need to do our bit. If people want to walk outside, and government advice based on the latest scientific knowledge is exercising outside if you maintain a 2 metre distance is a reason to leave your home then it?s a choice each person makes. That walk might be the difference between them staying calm or losing it with those they are going back to. Seems reasonable to me. Tarafitness was in PR park and people were maintaining a distance which wasn?t the case last weekend. There is more chance of picking up the virus, than the food you?ve gone for on Sainsburys from my last visit, admittedly before the latest restrictions were announced. The same cannot be said for those who gather when government advice is no gatherings of more than two or who travel on the tube on non essential travel which are banned. Yes it?s serious but we have to be led by government and health advice at the time. I*Rate Advice and information, for me, needs to be official so I can make an informed choice, maybe not always the right one but that?s democracy. I?ve seen twice now that Southwark has the second highest number of cases in the UK but not where the information is coming from. I?d expect figures to be higher here than say Westminster - there are more residents. Not to say it?s not a worry but could there be media sensationalism at play? The number may be high but what?s that out of. Maybe the number is high but as a percentage of the population say the number might be much lower. I?ve just checked the .gov.uk cases and Southwark is 4th on the list behind Hampshire, Lambeth and Birmingham for number of cases but the percentage of the population is the sam in Lambeth and Southwark. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14 The BBC cases in your area, based on Public Health England data,shows Southwark 181 cases (0.06%), Lambeth 188 cases (also 0.06%)

Contacting PALS at Kings College Hospital might be an idea. Patients returning home won?t have been able to shop and with panic buying its going to be even more difficult than normal. The hospital will want to clear beds. PALS can be emailed on mailto:kch-tr.palsdh@nhs.net

Great idea. Your friend will probably come back with suggestions but it might also be worth contacting PALS. They are likely to know of things you can do for patients too. You can email them on mailto:kch-tr.palsdh@nhs.net

This is serious but there is no need, yet, for the panic buying the empty shelves in Sainsburys on Dog Kennel Hill are showing. I gave up watching the news and just check BBC News every so often as it was too worrying and the panic buying is fuelled by media coverage. We?ve not been able to restock when our usual need for tea and coffee came up. Others have said they struggled to find loo roll. It?s a vicious circle and we all need to do our bit. Buy what you / your family need but don?t go overboard. Think of those who can?t buy toilet roll when they need or already use hand sanitiser on a daily basis as they have a reduced immune system, and so are in the vulnerable category, and can?t replace their stock because there is none to buy. BBC News has a checker for cases in your area. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274 @ 13 March local cases were less than 0.005%. It said ?There are 13 cases in Southwark, out of a local population of 317,256?

I?ve responded to the consultation, emailed my Councillors and submitted online contact forms to TfL and Kings College Hospital

Interesting question on how the surplus is spent. More detail on how the surplus is spent by Southwark. This is from the Council report ?Parking Annual Monitoring Report 2018/2019? published in January 2020. ?The surplus is reinvested in the highway network with 75 per cent of this spent on highway maintenance, with the balance spent on supporting borough wide measures including road safety? Table 2 on page 8 shows how the surplus for the financial years from 2014- 2019 has been spent - Road Safety including School Crossing Patrols, Contribution to fund Highway maintenance/improvement works, Environment Reserve, Housing and Community reserve, Contribution by council - estate set up costs.

micromacromonkey - if enforcement doesn?t start and continue parking will start to go back to what it was once people learn they can park for free ? and they will trinidad my understanding is the resident will need to buy a visitor permit for the visitor or the visitor can call and pay by phone. Details on visitor permits https://www.southwark.gov.uk/parking/parking-permits/on-street-permits/visitor-s-parking-permits Details on paying for parking by phone https://www.southwark.gov.uk/parking/find-somewhere-to-park/pay-for-parking?chapter=2&article

The current panic buying is something that to give them the benefit of the doubt could have come as a surprise. As a regular customer of many years it does seem to be worse recently. We have been in more than once and not been able buy a 2 pint organic milk or Sainsburys own brand coffee beans. This hasn?t just happened once or twice when you could think the person in charge of ordering (though isn?t it all done by a computer now?) was off. Milk and coffee are pretty much staples and I?d imagine demand is fairly consistent year round. Different for seasonal items. If just one person reads this and takes less of an item they were going to stock up on it?ll be worth it. Re the current panic buying once it starts it affects us all, for a few days at least until the shops restock. One plea if you are stocking up spare a thought for those with existing medical conditions who might need the items you are stocking up to go about their daily life. An example someone with a disease that affects their immune system might use hand sanitiser on a day to day basis. If they can?t buy more because there is none on the shelves in the shops and its sitting in someone?s bathroom cabinet unused what do they do?

There?s another thread on the CPZ but I thought this might get missed and if you are parking on Grove Vale now you might want to be aware. I?d seen the signs go up covered in bags but could see no uncovered signs. Today I saw a traffic warden recording cars outside Alpine Dry Cleaners. I asked how long you could park for and he said 30 minutes. I think the new signs will say 30 minutes free and up to two hours parking if you pay but for now 30 minutes free parking as it has been applies and no change to the risk of getting a penalty.

Saw details of this consultation in a business in the are that I use each month. As I?m outside the area this had passed me by. Read the last few pages in case there is anything I can raise in my response to the consultation. Exeastdulwicher I don?t have a solution bit the mini roundabout suggested in your post on page 10 might not work. One went in as you come out of Sainsburys. Driving into / out of the estate you enter after the park / before Dulwich Hamlet those going / coming from Sainsburys don?t expect you. Even indicating I?m going to the estate not Dog Kennel Hill I?ve had to hold back when according to the Highway Code when I learnt to drive I have priority. The EDG junction would be different but I can see those on EDG thinking they had priority. KR988 good point re impact on 37. I?ll raise that in my consultation response and to TfL.

I?m expecting this won?t go down well, but I don?t think a CPZ is all wrong. Not all right either. The CPZ may seem unwelcome but I think the Council is trying to resolve problems they can foresee. There were 4 consultations we responded to before zone Q was introduced and parking in the area had noticeably increased between the last two consultations. Although referred to as a CPZ, CPZ Q has both bays and yellow lines (Pytchley Road) and permitted parking areas (PPAs) (St Francis Road). So Southwark do put in both. I don?t know how it?s decided when a CPZ with lines and bays goes in and when a PPA goes in but from what I?ve seen PPA?s are in areas where there isn?t parking on both sides / no through roads and CPZs on roads with parking on both sides. I first experienced a PPA, though not sure we knew it as such, in the 1970?s when permits were introduced to the road my grandfather lived in near Anfield football ground where Liverpool play. I?ve lived in London for over 30 years now and CPZs outnumber permitted parking areas. It would be great if we could park anywhere but there are too many cars and enough people who will park where they want regardless of the impact on others. Yesterday walking to Sainsburys I saw a car parked on the pavement on double yellow lines alongside the park on Abbotswood Road - there is only a pavement on one side of the road, someone walking with a stick might just have got through, a small buggy would probably have got through but the greenery from the park would have pushed into the buggy, someone using the wheels to propel their wheelchair would have scratched their hands at the least or needed to leave the pavement at the top of the road and go along the road to the next dropped kerb. Later we drove to West London and saw 3 cars double parked and another pulled up to double park in front of us meaning we had to drive on the wrong side of the road to pass. A CPZ won?t solve all problems or work for all but unless supply and demand for parking changes and the supply is greater than the demand it needs to be managed. PPAs work in some places, CPZs in others. Southwark have reduced yellow lines and increased parking bays following consultation on all the CPZs around East Dulwich and reviews are carried out once a zone has been operating a while so if changes are made requests can be made during the review. You can also always write to the Council / Councillor any time. I?ve also just seen that rail fares are to increase in January which I?d forgotten so that might make people drive to East Dulwich to pay for zones 1 & 2 rather than 1, 2 & 3. A CPZ will restrict parking to those who have permits otherwise anyone can park. In the overall costs of running a car the permit cost is minimal - tax / tank of petrol / insurance?