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I popped in to Peckham Library earlier today - seemed to have all the normal services operating. I returned books using the self-help machines, browsed throughout the stacks, saw people studying at the little desks, can?t recall if anyone was using a computer. At the entrance to the building there?s a track and trace desk and hand sanitiser station. All in all I was delighted to be back using library service normally (:

I visited Camberwell library on Saturday and it was open, allowing people all the way in - was lovely to Brose and they had boxes to quarantine books that had been touched as well as a cleaner walking around wiping surfaces down. Delighted to see this small return to normal service (:

I?ll email too, not on Twitter. I just went to check the due date of the books I was finally able to collect a couple weeks back and found that 1-not everything I collected is checked out to me 2-two of the books I returned (when i collected) were renewed instead of marked returned....oddly the other 2 I returned were marked returned I too really want to go inside the library and select books, including on a Sunday...for this click-and-collect I only ever choose books that are available at the library I want to collect from...and some of these are still not ready for me six weeks later. Maybe the availability is out of whack? Anyway really missing regular access to my library and ready for it to be as available as other ?shops?

Nope - no fees for click and collect I emailed on Sunday evening and received a call on Monday late morning that my books were ready at Camberwell (as I had requested). I walked over, used the hand sanitizer at the door, dropped off my returns and picked up my books...took all of 2 minutes inside the library (everyone was wearing masks and it was all very clear where to go / what to do) I miss browsing the stacks but a bit of searching the catalogue found me a few grat options and I?m sure the librarians would offer suggestions! (see their website for phone and email https://www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries/order-and-collect)

I?ve been using the app for a couple weeks now (iPhone) and joined a zoom meeting last week to hear some preliminary findings / update from the scientists who run it. It was interesting and I felt happy to be doing something helpful. I really encourage people to download load it from App Store or wherever you get your apps and to log in every day (it takes a minute or less for me). I know they are keen to have more people reporting and have updated the app so that you can add multiple profiles if you wish to report for your whole household. If you search for it ?COVID Symptom Tracker? it?s the top one and the icon is blue with a big C-19 logo.

Cemeteries will be open again from 25 April- see https://www.southwark.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriage-and-citizenship/deaths-funerals-and-cremations/cemeteries

I really don?t want to lose my daily exercise outing but every time I?ve been out since ?guidelines? came into effect I have encountered someone very blatantly ignoring them. I try to be the one to move out of the way and i try to be on the street or grass side so that i have the space to move myself out of the way. so many people seem to consider 1m or less to be 2m. I have no issue stopping or going into the road so I can proactively manage the distancing with anyone coming towards me from in front. The difficulty is with people who come up behind me and overtake at <1m. I shouted ?Come on mate 2m? at a lady runner and two teen runners who did this to me this morning and one of the teens shouted F*** Off back at me. I?ll still try to remind people and to avoid/manage all the encounters proactively but I really don?t see the problem as a tiny minority currently.

The sign I saw today around 3pm indicated the Nunhead cemetery was closed today for a funeral ( only mourners allowed in for the service)....I had presumed from that sign that it would be open again after, but I didn?t think to take a photo of the sign. I?ll post again if tomorrow?s exercise takes me that way again

I walked up to Ruskin Park yesterday and someone had helpful written in chalk on the pavement in multiple places kind reminders of staying 2m distance and little diagrams showing this distance. I don?t have any chalk or I would happily add similar round the Rye... I go out every day for a walk or a run and try to maintain the prescribed distance. It?s worth remembering that we all forget sometimes (I mean it is a dramatic change from normal life in an urban environment!) so I?d be very glad of a (friendly) shouted reminder if I forget momentarily that the world is turned upside down at the moment. At the end of my run today I saw a lady hurrying on her way pass very very close to an elderly lady with her shopping. I wanted to call out some (friendly with a smile) reminder but nothing sprang to mind. Maybe ?2m please! We?re all in this together??

Update: a very kind friend came round for moral support and we managed to scoop him up. With this heat he was really decomposing quickly and I?m so glad the deed is done.

I reported a dead fox in my garden to the council yesterday and am wondering if anyone has recent experience of how quickly they come to collect? The website (and email confirmation I received) said they operate 7 days a week 9am-4pm....and they aim to collect within four hours of the report. I realise it?s not a guaranteed response time but I?m kind of stuck at home until they turn up - kind of wondering if the Sunday collection is a reality or if I can go out to do my errands. I can?t find any phone number to ring to check where I am in the queue....

I get my eyebrows (and upper lip) threaded at Superdrug on Rye Lane. I also have my lashes tinted there but I've not had my brows tinted so can't comment. I like them and have always had good results- although it is a bit odd to be sat in the chair with people shopping for face cream next to you :) FYI not open on Sundays.

i also use my bra as a pocket for stuff while out running but I found my phone didn't like being sweaty so now I pop it in a zip top baggie before stuffing it in my bra. Depending on your phone your mileage may vary :)

I put mine in front of my house with a 'Free' sign and it was gone within the hour. This 'frrecycle' method works great for all sorts of things, in my experience.

I recommend Vanessa http://www.madebypurehands.com/ who offers treatments at Bellenden Therapies.