Sydenham Town Forum

Simon - that's the Dawn Redwood I was talking about. Even better in Latin - Matasequoia glyptostroboides. Look at these pictures of it. There's a whole line of them along Wells Park Road, but not so impressive. http://picasaweb.google.com/TimLundSE26/MayowPark

What species are they planting? I was thinking of getting together a list of good examples of different species in the area. There's a Douglas Fir in Kent House Road I like, and would put an image of here, except that this system doesn't seem to like PicasaWeb URLs: http://picasaweb.google.com/TimLu...

Takes me a bit less than 40 to get into Canary Wharf. The cycle route along the river isn't slow, except when there are wet leaves on it. I used to try to go fast, but trying to go fast (as opposed to just going fast) has to be one of the highest risk factors in cycling. So now I make a point of not...

The 2008 Mayow Park Bird walk - well, that was a nice way to start a weekend - sunny and not too cold. About twenty five people and several pairs of binoculars. I’m going to leave it to Peter to get back to me with the complete list of birds seen - he has a record from not just this but also previou...

I feel I'm a bit late joining this discussion, and I'm worried too about coming across as holier than thou. But anywhere - here's what was off street parking when we bought our house - http://www.lund.co.uk/images/front_from_gate_July_5.jpg I am still a car driver, even though I don't own a car. I w...

I agree with Dan. I've been cycling into Canary Wharf most days for the last 20 months, and I think the route along the river is fine - nicer and more traffic free than the route through Crofton Park. Initially I'd cycle direct from Greenwich to Lewisham, past the Tescos, and that bit was scary with...

I've met several birders in Sydenham recently, either in person and electronically, and I was wondering if anyone compiles a list of species locally. There's a good professional site maintained by the BTO http://blx1.bto.org/gbw-dailyresults/results/gbwrt-pcode-GBGLO.html which collates reports from...

Gloabl Thinker:

Is that an allotment with us? Tell me who you are behind your nom de plume, by replying to the email I just sent out to all our members. If not with us, which site? We always want to build up links with other site!

I've just put up a rather long - hope you don't think too rambling - post on the Sydenham Assembly on my blog http://lund.co.uk/blog/?p=6

Do you know if anyone from the Kent House Leisure Gardens will be there this Saturday (15 March). I'm on the committee, and we have a problem with intruders, and we should be in touch. If I don't here, I'll try to get someone to go along anyway.