JRK

I have recently moved into East Dulwich and am having a bit of a stressful time getting to work and wondered if any other residents had a reccomended route that I could take? My work is close to warren street and goodge street. I used to come from Streatham Hill, so would just hop on a bus to brixton and then get on the victoria line. I started to do this from East Dulwich - getting the 37 - which is great when it's running properly but I've had quite a bit of trouble in the 3 weeks I've been commuting from ED, with it not turning up or being diverted so I miss it. I was at East Dulwich Grove this morning to make my way into work, only to be greeted by a sign on bus stop saying 37 wouldn't be servicing Lordship lane due to some works at Herne Hill, with no date of when it will be back up running! I am hoping that transport isn't always this rubbish and that I've just had beginners bad luck - but please do let me know if you have any other transport suggestions from experience of having to travel to these places? Many thanks in advance,

@intexasat themoment, I found it on Pinterest but think it is custom made as couldn't find price. I reckon it would be easy for a builder to make. I'm going to buy the wood I need and get our builder friend to make one for us. I think you have to have even surface on floor to make one of these work so going to crack the uneven concrete where our bins currently are and even out first.

I just moved from Lambeth and miss my bin haha. But seriously, they do really get on my nerves! I'm hoping I too, get brainwashed by the blue, so that I don't get so visually irate about all the bins. I've been searching for some rather fetching bin covers - we should all get these! http://i66.tinypic.com/21n08x1.jpg

I am glad I have at least one comrade in my quest to better the bin situation! I am not sure what to do though . . . obviously we all need them, but I am definitely going to invest in some sort of bin house & wish that more people shared this desire. - I am also constantly looking for the best bin disguiser in peoples front gardens! I was studying them again this morning and I think my main problem is the blue one - why bright blue?! I am happy to share bins with my neighbour & do share the garden waste one. Our recycling one full at the moment but that's only because we recently moved in. I agree that foxes getting into the bins is a pain, but generally they are only interested in the smelly food bags - I still don't think it's necessary for the sheer number of them on our streets. If any one else has some genius ideas for how to disguise/reduce/decorate our bins to make them as beautiful as our flowers and hedges then please let me know. I am not looking forward to hot sweaty bins in summer - last year when we were looking around the area I walked past a few bins that were swarming with blue bottles and gagged at the smell. Have a happy bin free friday everyone!

I am new to living in East Dulwich and I do love it so! I just wondered if anyone else got as infuriated by the look of our bin lined streets? Is it just the size of our terraced houses that makes the bins such an eyesore or are Southwark council a bit excessive with their bin offerings? Some houses have 6 or more full size wheelie bins lined up outside. I am starting to see bin hedges, all I can see is bins! Surely some flats/half houses could share bins. I wish we could have some sort of underground bin system like they had going on in Florence when I went a couple of years ago. At the end of most roads they have these manhole covers that you can drop your bags of rubbish down and then a bin truck comes by and sucks it all up or something. I personally prefer a little stroll if it means keeping all those god forsaken bins out of sight. I shall go and think about something more important than bins now.