I see that our old friends the Shottisham Village Association are promoting grants from AONB for wild life initiatives around the village. The initiative is on behalf of the Parish Council. I like the idea of Wild Flower Areas which we blogged on some time ago. Increasing the number of pollinators has to be a … Continue reading Wild Life Projects
Restricted Byway
Picking up on a issue that the Parish Council are progressing to change the Restricted Byway at the end of Church Lane going east to the entrance of the Parish Field. See a previous post. I have had a look around on the internet to see if I could make sense of the whole RB … Continue reading Restricted Byway
Crap Along the Byway
I see that there is still quite a lot of rubbish strewn along Hollesley Road. Now is the perfect time to collect it before the ferns and other roadside plants grow and mask it like they did last year. Here are a few of the pictures. Unfortunately the photos are really lacking in quality but … Continue reading Crap Along the Byway
Odds and Sods
Just a few bits. Were you Game for Game The Sorrel Horse, once again, thought up a new idea for a Buffet Night. 'Game and Country'. I see from Facebook that this went down really well. They seem to have struck the right note once again. We are coming up to the Chinese New Year … Continue reading Odds and Sods
Byway but not a Highway
Checking Facebook I see that the Shottisham Village Association are publicising the Parish Council's desire to get the local authority to reclassify the piece of road from Tower Cottage to the Playground entrance as a highway from restricted byway. Excellent initiative that this site supports. It will increase the available car parking spaces when we … Continue reading Byway but not a Highway
Transparency but Blinkered
Transparency regulations introduced at the beginning of this century were supposed to make a significant change. Here we are two decades later and has it made the difference that it was supposed to make? In essence the public has the right to see information recorded by councils that was denied to them before the change. … Continue reading Transparency but Blinkered
What a Little Water Can Do
I see that the people in the Shottisham Village Association have been going at the Phone Box again. I had a look after they had power washed the outside. It does look cleaner.
Water but at What Cost
I was interested to hear the other day about the plan by the water industry to be carbon neutral by 2030. Quick enough? Only time will tell. So it got me thinking; 'how much CO2 is produced when making a gallon of water?' In 2007 the Guardian reported that, to produce a litre of water … Continue reading Water but at What Cost
Weekend Almost Done
The Weekend of events at the Sorrel Horse are almost done. In fact just a quiet day today. On Friday it seemed like most of the Village packed in for the Mulled Wine Competition and Carols. The village accordion player (no names on this site) led, what appeared to be, the whole of the assembled … Continue reading Weekend Almost Done
Sorrel Horse This Weekend
A busy week at the Sorrel Horse. Today it is the mulled wine competition. Now I don't have the passion that descends on the populace at this time of year. I like my alcoholic drinks cold. Large drinks from the chiller and small drinks with lots of ice. If I do drink wine then I … Continue reading Sorrel Horse This Weekend
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