Cycle Security-Todays London Paper

After just having my ride stolen whilst locked to a tree....which i was leaning against at the time????!!!! (work that one out!) my new policy is to just not own a lock!!!
That way, i can't leave it anywhere = no theft....hmmmm we'll see!
Of course that won't work for all :(

I pretty much never lock my bike on the street unless I really need to, and even then only for a few minutes and with my eye on it. I have my bike inside my house when im home (naturally) and when im at work I lock it in one of the locals back garden (which my work has access to). People are pretty generous about sharing there space if you ask/offer them a small something in return. Since I live and work in the east end I find I can't take the risk of locking it on the street.