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ArchieCarlos, Cyclists are indeed veering off the designated route into the paved, pedestrian area to avoid waiting for a green or just because they need to get to a shop and CBA to dismount. Can’t say I’m surprised but it’s still annoying.

It was looking very faded and not a patch on how it looked originally. I’d have preferred to see it re-done but seeing as that’s no longer an option, another mural would look good there.

Indeed they are. It’s like those glazed info boards that stood, shattered and tagged for years at Elephant and other parts of Southwark, with no attempt to repair or remove them. A “good” idea is “actioned”, backs are patted, and then the actioners forget all about it and move on to spend money elsewhere.

If you’re able and have a build up of rotting leaves outside/very close to your home you really ought to brush them into the street at least, or pick them up and chuck them away. Same goes for litter that’s missed by street litter pickets. Too easy to say “the council ought to do it”. Be civil and civic-minded!

Some bins remain on pavements because of a lack of space, that’s true, but plenty of others are there because householders CBA to put them in front gardens where there’s plenty of space. People see their neighbours not putting them back and think “ok, I’ll do likewise” - antisocial behaviour is contagious. 😷

Agreed on Sogim - no attempt made to physically space customers. Avoid Four Ways near to HH station has space inside and outside, with chairs.

Write to your MP (including address, phone, email info) with concrete examples and request his/her input.

This is very welcome but please do post information more than 20 hours ahead. Thanks

Flu/Covid jabs are being offered to certain groups right now and other groups from 3/10.

Dulwich Village is full of bad cyclists, pedalling furiously with kiddies on board, quite often, along the wider pavement on the park side that leads to the crossroads. Some considerate parents take their kids on the road in their Edwardian costermonger contraptions; some even corral their children on their own bikes (both of which are to be commended, showing that I’m not “anti-cyclist”). Why don’t they understand that cycling (even at moderate speed) and pedestrians (of all ages and abilities) just don’t mix?

Perhaps it’s a good time, then, for those that can (but choose not to) to walk or cycle to the schools near to these roadworks? Just a thought…

Did she have a shiny gold or silver helmet for self and child? They often do…

LL isn’t wide enough for a bus lane and besides, 24/7 is a hammer/nut proposition that gladdens the heart of zealots and unnecessarily irks Mr and Mrs Joe Q Public (writes a car/motorbike/cycle-less pedestrian).

If there are fewer letters then it ought to be easier and faster to deliver them…!

This is what I think happens with swimming. People book ahead as soon as the slots open, days ahead. Which other boroughs operate this system?

How about just opening like a normal, everyday, traditional swimming pool - turn up and swim? It’s this kind of rigidity and lack of accountability that makes the council (and other councils) seem distant and uncaring. Nobody ever requested bookable swimming slots - it was a “requirement” during the pandemic.

Ponding happens all over SE22. The dipped kerbs (for buggies, wheelchairs, etc.) are a case in point. All it needs is for Conway to simulate a downpour with a few gallons of water to see if their “craftsmanship” is up to snuff before they move on to perform their next miracles. Paving slabs often subside (maybe because the necessary “underlay” is missing or sub-par?) resulting in big puddles. Highways have poor camber which means big, long puddles hug kerbs all over our area yet, despite reporting them, nothing is done to put them right.

What is EAL?

It is condescending and patronising to like such “grittiness”. Maybe a small number of visiting trendies like it but I can’t see many others wanting the status quo to last.

One dead tree near the leisure centre has been removed. Perhaps more are ready for the chop?

Why is there a (very underemployed) guard, sitting looking at his phone in DL? I’d prefer more books and longer opening hours rather than this waste of money.

No, I agree - that’s a given. Ask the branch manager to get his/her finger out and make it as pleasant a branch and experience as is possible in the circumstances - a bank as big and as rich as that ought to do so much better.

https://report.southwark.gov.uk - easy and effective, mostly

I think it’s a sparrow hawk. I had one swoop on a pigeon which managed to flee. Is your hawk near to Dunstans/Goodrich, Ilona? Maybe it’s the same one as at Crawthew.