teuchter
je suis teuchter
If you like olde style pubs this one is quite nice
http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=92
not olde style but also ok depending what's on (and open quite late):
http://www.roxybarandscreen.com/info.php
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http://www.pubs.com/main_site/pub_details.php?pub_id=92
not olde style but also ok depending what's on (and open quite late):
http://www.roxybarandscreen.com/info.php
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
what a stupid question
i have no opinion but my own.
little_legs
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Hi everyone, I would be grateful if you could give me practical advice about the Camberwell Leisure Centre swimming pool. I am a regular swimmer and am looking for an alternative pool for the next 4 weeks.
- is it a clean place?
- is water temprerature acceptable?
- do showers dispense warm water?
- are the changing rooms warm?
Over the past 3 years, my alternatives have been Seven Islands in Canada Water (it's disgusting on all accounts), Dulwich (it was uncceptably cold), and Tiller Leisure Centre which is great but a bit far away. Is CLC worth a try?
- is it a clean place?
- is water temprerature acceptable?
- do showers dispense warm water?
- are the changing rooms warm?
Over the past 3 years, my alternatives have been Seven Islands in Canada Water (it's disgusting on all accounts), Dulwich (it was uncceptably cold), and Tiller Leisure Centre which is great but a bit far away. Is CLC worth a try?
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
It's not stupid at all. If something is called undrinkable it usually means universally undrinkable, not due to individual tastes.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
No, it means I couldn't drink it. Away with your pofacedness!
Picky picky picky - you said the cider's okay there, and you'd drink that. Leave the ale drinkers to enjoy decent beer for once while you can have your cider almost anywhere. Why the fuck did you go for a smoked beer anyway? That really is a love it or loathe it type.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Good cider's harder to find than 'good' beer.
I didn't pick the beer. Someone 'made' me drink it.
Real ale is generally vile though. Absolutely disgusting stuff. The world's going mad.
I didn't pick the beer. Someone 'made' me drink it.
Real ale is generally vile though. Absolutely disgusting stuff. The world's going mad.
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
Your modern postal address definitely isn't Camberwell - SE1 doesn't even border Camberwell. You may, however, live in what was part of the erstwhile Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell:
However, that ceased to exist 44 years ago.
No it isn't. You must have been looking in the wrong places.
I find it difficult to believe that you could be persuaded, let alone 'made' to do anything.
So you claim. So is Stella - diabetic camel piss. IME very few lagers haven't needed the first 3 drinking before beginning to taste passable. The world's going mad? Says who that it was ever sane?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Believe me - most pubs' cider choice is very limited. Rarely is there more than one choice of decent ciders.
I said 'made' in inverted commas. It was suggested that I try it so I did.
Lager's pretty disgusting too, but at least you can drink it quickly and get hammered on it.
I said 'made' in inverted commas. It was suggested that I try it so I did.
Lager's pretty disgusting too, but at least you can drink it quickly and get hammered on it.
Okay, the choice of decent cider is often very limited, but usually there's at least one. I'd noticed the inverted commas, I still find it difficult to believe you could be persuaded so easily. Agreed about the last bit, although it's possible to get hammered just as quickly on some types of ale if you pick the right one (eg hobgoblin Goliath).
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i'll try anything once. you never know, i might find a beer i actively want to drink eventually.
i wish wine wasn't so expensive and shit in pubs
i wish wine wasn't so expensive and shit in pubs
Four words: Grape and Grain pub. If the cider, beer, and the way they serve soft drinks are anything to go by, the wine there is highly unlikely to be shit.
Until then, you prefer red wine, don't you? If you see any Dornfelder or Tarragona in Lidl, it's far more drinkable than the price would make you expect.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
If only Lidl was a pub 
George & Bill
semiotically superfluous
Are you talking about the pub in Crystal Palace? I'm put off by the huge banner declaring its ale-ey credentials...
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Why don't you go there yourself and find out?
I used to go swimming there, but that was about 15 years ago and it's probably much-changed since then.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
It's been renovated recently I think.
Yes. Don't worry, it does other stuff as well as real ale.
little_legs
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Went for a swim at the CLC on Monday evening. It's fantastic. There are 2 pools: main and learning. I did a few lengths in the main pool, it's very clean, the water temperature is pleasantly warm (they could do with turning it 2 degrees down). The poolside area is also clean and it's got under floor heating
. There are 2 communal showers as you just go in the pool area. The lighting is very good.The female changing room is clean. Showers and toilets are pretty new and clean, showers dispense warm water - hooooray! Good facilities for the disabled. Coin operated solid/clean lockers. The changing room does not smell of piss. Yay!
A few little things that can be easily fixed if reported: couple of light bulbs in the changing room need replacing, the changing room could do with an extra nonslip floor mat, 2 showers were running non-stop (I tried turning them off but couldn't).
Verdict: CLC pool is my new favourite pool. I can't believe Southwark/Fusion Lifestyle don't market it.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
yes thanks.. been meaning to go for ages and now definitely going to give it a go sooner rather than later.
They do although somewhat half-heartedly with banners on Camberwell Green - I guess its a local pool for local people. The new gym is good too I'm told - info at http://www.fusion-lifestyle.com/centres/Camberwell_Leisure_Centre
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Thinking of going to the Silk Road restaurant place this evening... anyone been there recently? And should I book ahead?
Also, I seem to remember someone saying to me that there's a really good vietnamese place in Camberwell but I can't remember the name. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Also, I seem to remember someone saying to me that there's a really good vietnamese place in Camberwell but I can't remember the name. Can anyone shed some light on this?
not-bono-ever
meh
its next to patty island , near the bottom of camverwell grove
went there last week. delicious food.
went there last week. delicious food.
There is one on Camberwell Church Street, I think its called something like Hoa Vietnam, near the bottom of Camberwell Grove which is good. If you want something a bit more flash Buddha Jazz on Grove Lane, near to the George Canning pub is good too - a good range of dishes and good ambience - looking on google I see they have a website http://www.buddhajazz.co.uk/
toblerone3
Grrrrr
We used to go there to meet the crazy boozer kebabers of late night Camberwell. There was quite a nightlife scene going on there at Golden Grill.
Thimble Queen
Called away to another place
We've been there. Can't remember which name is current but I *think* it's Van Hing. Food was pretty good, much better than some of the shite that I've been served on the Kingsland Road. Some of the customers in Van Hing were pretty mental tho, being well aggy with the staff demanding stuff like be brought over really quickly and then sending it back cos it's wrong but in an unecessarily rude way. Shouting and dominating the restuarant. I'd def go back for the food but fingers crossed it's not full of nutters again!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
morrisons in camberwell is a wicked supermarket
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