I'm going to meet up with 'fozze' the night before and cause the most mischief in the whole world, i wish.

Yup, opposite Albany Rd. Can I join your gang? Where are you on Mount View? I have one of the best views. Hope this works:

or Yeah the empty place that they are renovating. Impressive job – they actually had one JCB under the house passing up soil to another JCB in front of the house, which then moved it into a skip. I’ve seen two lorry loads of concrete bags being moved down there, and several lorry loads of stone blocks. They’re installing a massive lightwell too.

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About half the time it's too hazy to see much, but on a clear day it's breathtaking - you can see the roof of St Paul's and even the Crystal Palace Transmitter.

I'm new to photobucket, but I think you can access this link http://s974.photobucket.com/albums/ae221/Redarkady/Mount%20View/ where I have lots of view shots, some at night.

@miss annie That may well have been the one, yeah. Her predecessor must have been 6'5'' even before he put on the platforms and the bear costume.

There was also a guy... on Tuesday I think... calling out "Big Issue! Big Issue!" from outside the Wells Terrace entrance. However, his ability to sell was somewhat compromised by his choosing to lay face down on the pavement. There were a couple of coppers there and it looked like he was protesting against being moved on. One of those cases where you don't know whether to be amused or distressed. A

Thanks for the UKCG head's up Sophie, as I sometimes do lob any loose change in those buckets to assuage my tattered conscience. I think the bear and the warlock were working for Cancer Research but maybe mistaken.

He was pretty weird though right? A

I once had a long chat with Nigel Planer at a party. Nice bloke, although he did try to convince me that We Will Rock You was a good show. He may have been biased what with being in it and everything. We then discussed rights of fathers for a good long time, a subject on which he was quite interesting.

ben, what research! i tend to just avoid all shakies unless there is a specific announcement about who they are collecting for, like they do at holborn station. the ones in the tunnel often just say something like "money for the ill children", which is too vague for me, even if they're not associated with the UCKG. they are absolutely loaded and must get so much money for the charitable arm from their members, who are under huge pressure to donate. so i don't feel guilty about not giving them anything.

i think that cancer research UK fundraisers have to wear very big obvious logos saying CRUK or the diamond pattern thing. i work for them and they are incredibly hot on it, but i don't know what the rules are if someone just takes it upon themselves to independently raise money for them.

re: the green tiger, i did wonder if he was high. he looked very manic. not sure about the warlock, i didn't look closely at her bucket as i was too distracted by her outfit.

Oooo ducklings! I will go and have a look tonight.

Last week I was enjoying a walk with Four Eyes when we spotted a Woodpecker (tree next to the bowling green) and a pair of Pied Wagtails (opposite end of the lake to the cafe).

It’s a tricky one with sex noises though. Other untimely or overloud noises at inappropriate hours really wind me up, and I’ve been known to go to some extremes to discourage people from trampling on my legitimate peace and quiet. But I would feel rather churlish if I whinged about somebody getting their rocks off, as long as they didn’t get a gong to announce their orgasm like the fellahs in Scrubs. Misscara, is there a particular time of night when it would be acceptable for your neighbour to be having a root, or are you complaining about the extreme volume of the jungle noises regardless of their timing? A