AllisonAdler

Just this morning a van turning on a green signal and not speeding or doing anything visibly dangerous hit a young woman crossing from Cox's walk towards the Grove. She seemed to be alright apart from being badly bruised and shaken, but it could have been a lot worse. Very distressing for all involved. Hopefully we'll get some kind of pedestrian accommodation at the junction soon.

As someone who regularly walks her dogs in Dulwich Park, I wouldn't mind a bit of clarification. Are the areas in the middle of the park, where it's quite confusing in terms of where dogs can and can't be off lead, now going to be policed? There are several paths with 'dogs should be on lead signs' which cross over paths where dogs seem to be allowed off lead. It's very hard for dogs and owners to negotiate open areas since obviously, dogs can't read, and most quite innocently follow their noses when they're out at play. The pond area, children's play areas, and other sorts of enclosures are very easy to avoid with a well-behaved dog. I should say that I keep one of my dogs on lead everywhere in the park as she's quite mischievous, but my other one is very well-behaved, so when we get into the main part of the park, I generally let her off, and have never had any issues with her.

Signed. Thank you for the alert. Banning dogs from Sydenham Woods would be both pointless and profoundly unfair to the responsible dog owners, not to mention their poor dogs, who enjoy it every day. When councils come up with these things, do they ever consider animal welfare?

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