In the last newsletter I mentioned how little rain we’d had during the swelteringly hot summer but in the past month Oxfordshire has turned green once more.

In fact, I’ve been trying to fix my faulty lawn mower to stay on top of the garden and have been collecting a vast number of apples.

Thanks to the hard work of the Orchard Group, I’m sure it won’t be too many seasons before the watering parties and expert pruners will have to turn their attention towards vast crops of fruit from the parish trees.

The Parish Council met in September to pick up on an array of matters from the summer which you can read about on the community website. One thing that we are looking into is the installation of cameras at various points around the Parish that have been blighted by fly-tipping. My fellow councillor Louisa Vincent attended a course on CCTV and reported back to us at the last meeting.

There will be an opportunity for you to let us know what you think about this, but we definitely feel that the abandonment of an entire caravan on the Wheatley Road was the ultimate fly-tipping insult and merits further action to protect our parish from this ongoing problem. Look out for notices from us in the Newsletter, on the Parish Noticeboard and on the Parish WhatsApp group.

Meanwhile, we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to Bonfire Night on 2nd November. The Bat & Ball is going to serve hot dogs and drinks in the village hall and we hope you’ll enter the ‘best guy’ competition, watch the fireworks display and enjoy catching up with neighbours.

Please keep contacting us on the Parish Council email address with any queries - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact one of us directly.

As always, everyone is welcome to our next meeting on 7th October at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

Best wishes

Chris

 

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