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Closing 43 stores is hardly a big deal when they have 3300 in the UK.

I got a lecture off the guy when I asked for some vegetarian cheese for fondue, along the lines of it being a ridiculous thing to ask for and the only solution being to order it from some guy in Kent. Plus I was informed that nobody wanted to make vegetarian cheese any more and in a few years I wouldn't be able to buy it. He then totally changed his mind and said that if it was only for fondue then pretty much anything would work and suggested three different options. He's a bit of a misery sometimes.

And in this context, they're hardly mutually exclusive. I'm not sure what caring about people has to do with being vegetarian. Every time you eat a piece of Quorn an orphan dies? Without wanting to get too philosophical, it's also fairly meaningless to just make a blanket statement saying you care more about people than animals. On a practical level I expect most people who own a pet would care more about it than an arbitrary person they don't know. It's all relative. But if it's about humanity as a whole, would the obvious extension of the statement be that you care about people more than anything else? More than plants, more than the environment, etc etc. Because then you're kind of stuck that it's all mutually dependent.

The Pembrokeshire coast path is stunning, 186 miles long. http://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/explore-pembrokeshire/coast-path/

These are pretty good. Not widely available yet though: http://www.squarerootsoda.co.uk/about/

I've just done the exact thing you describe, nearly 3 years renting in ED and then moved... to Forest Gate. It's not really sketchy. Admittedly, large parts of it are a bit run down, but the housing stock is pretty good. we've got a small weekly market, a couple of independent coffee shops, a decent pub (same people as EDT) and a craft beer cafe that knocks the spots off anything similar in ED. However, that's about it. We are lacking in restaurants. And if you want shops selling assorted twee knick knacks and birds, you'll be lacking. But on the up side, you've got Wanstead a ten minute bus ride away, which is basically ED-lite and has a load of nice pubs/restaurants. I'd definitely take a look around FG, as with Crossrail coming soonish the area is probably only going to go one way. Ideally you want to be North of the train tracks, or in the couple of streets immediately to the South.

Do you mean this? http://www.artangel.org.uk/projects/2014/spectra/

Audrey (who appears to be the new owner) has posted a link to the actual website above. It's a bar/cafe. It looks intriguing. Something that could never be said about boho at least!

Not so sure it's a shop. When I peered in the other day it was laid out like a bar, a big shared table, trendy retro lighting etc.

Do the trains ever leave LB on time any more? At least two days in a row where every other train seems to be a "fast train to West Croydon" and they're all delayed by about 15-20 mins.

It is fun, but it's over very quickly! I would probably go for the harness option vs water.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's easy to get carried away by stories of price > madness in particular areas - currently it seems > to be ED and Hackney - and assume that it's a > universal picture, when it ain't. Not sure I agree with that. As someone looking to buy pretty much anywhere in zone 2-3 across SE, NE and E London I can tell you price madness is everywhere. E.g. I saw a property in South Woodford that had been purchased for 245k, been done up a bit then sold 2 months later for 325k. When I first started looking in Forest Gate for houses in December 275k was normal. Now 350k is normal. One property that was on at 260k in January clearly fell through and is now on at 320k. Ditto Hither Green, Forest Hill, Walthamstow. Anywhere vaguely desirable. There just simply aren't enough properties anywhere.

Radio rooftop is supposed to be great, open air terrace with views across the river.

Hello, OP here. The incident happened exactly as described. Not sure why it's so hard to believe. I have no anti-cycling agenda, my point was about this particular arsehole, not cyclists in general. And as for why I've not been joining in this conversation? I think the resulting five pages are answer enough.

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