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This is a build from the
This is a build from the first frame I refurbished back in 2017, a John Atkins. – I made a mess of it and the livery you see is powder coat. Not sure yet if I’ll keep the red bar tape. A fairly fast ride.
New parking charges in
New parking charges in Somerset towns a ‘tax on the poor’
Plans to end free parking have been slammed
But, speaking at a full meeting of Bath and North East Somerset Council on Thursday July 18, Shaun Hughes (Midsomer Norton North, Independent) warned councillors: “Emissions based charges are a tax on the poor, people who can’t afford the latest electric vehicle or the latest fuel efficient vehicles.”
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/new-parking-charges-somerset-towns-9433922
Beautiful stallion left in
Beautiful stallion left in absolute agony after Dartmoor crash
The poor animal had to be put down
Posting a distressing image of a horse laying on its side, he wrote: “I had to wait with this beautiful stallion last night until somebody came and shot him. He was hit by local driver whose first line of defence was ‘I wasn’t driving fast.’
“Yes, you were. You were driving too fast – that’s why you couldn’t brake in time. If you were driving slower, you would’ve had enough time to brake. Either that or you just weren’t paying attention. You were probably rushing home because of the massive traffic jams everywhere yesterday. Either way, this beautiful boy had to be shot. Everybody, drive slower and pay more attention so this horrendous waste of life doesn’t happen.”
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/beautiful-stallion-left-absolute-agony-9433899
(punchy stuff compared to the usual, I thought)
Safety fears as drivers
Safety fears as drivers travel wrong way down one-way Milton Street in Maidstone to escape a road closure caused by sinkhole at Hackney Road
Fant resident Emma Archer-Simms said: “People are driving the wrong way down Milton Street, Dover Street and Pope Street, and with people mounting the kerb to get around.
“With school holidays approaching, it could be a child who is seriously injured or killed.”
Lorry crash in Westbury A350
Lorry crash in Westbury A350 damaged family houses
Before crashing, the lorry travelled on the pavement for an estimated 80 feet leaving tyre marks. Ambulance, police and fire crews all attended.
https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/24471931.lorry-crash-westbury-a350-damaged-family-houses/
Van gets stuck on South Devon
Van gets stuck on South Devon beach near Burgh Island Hotel
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/van-gets-stuck-south-devon-9432152
Devon residents ‘trapped’ by roadwork traffic hell
A quarter mile journey is taking motorists an hour to complete
One Ogwell resident has written to Devon Highways to vent his “disgust and frustration” at the three-week closure. He says: “The current road closures have been implemented with absolutely no consideration for the residents of Ogwell, Denbury, and Ipplepen, who now face being effectively trapped or enduring an hour-long trip to travel just 0.25 miles.
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-residents-trapped-roadwork-traffic-9431560
Herefordshire mobility
Herefordshire mobility scooter riders do not deserve abuse
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/24457627.herefordshire-mobility-scooter-riders-not-deserve-abuse/
Funny when using the pavement is OK and when it isn’t:
Eonit21st July 8:45 AM
User ID: 864955
I can understand your annoyance but I have seen mobility scooter rider’s using the road when there is a perfectly good pavement they can use. Recently one coming down Ross Road holding up traffic and a empty pavement.Droitwich speeding and car cruising increases patrols
A spokesperson for Droitwich SNT said: “Over the last two months, PC Cook 22320 has been proactively patrolling the area doing high visibility patrols around Worcester and Droitwich.
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24464184.droitwich-speeding-car-cruising-increases-patrols/
Great to hear that PC Cook is on the case!!
These things have
These things have consequences
Car crashed into war memorial
Car crashed into war memorial
An occasional route of mine is past the church at West Wellow where Florence Nighingale is buried – I stopped there this week, noticing this memorial stone on the grass bank leading up to the church.
I haven’t quite managed to piece this one together from online sources.
The church is a peaceful spot up a track off a narrow country road – I don’t think whatever happened in 1984 happened here as the memorial is shown on the 1950s map in its current location (and not at the church) – see NLS link. The warmemorialsonline site seems to be saying that the church was the original site, though. Can’t quite reconcile that with the wording atop the old plaque in the picture. Most online information about the church focuses on the Florence Nightingale aspect.
The Hampshiresarmemorials image shows it much closer to the road than now and the Wiltshire OPC account talks it being moved, maybe moved back a few feet, in 2007. Anyway, cars.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.7&lat=50.97559&lon=-1.57876&layers=173&b=1&o=100
https://hampshirewarmemorials.com/HantsIndexesWW2/places/places_w/West%20Wellow.htm
https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/101315
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/1025
http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/West%20Wellow/West%20Wellow%20-%20War%20Memorial.pdf
Live: Crab van crushes road
Live: Crab van crushes road closure sign and smashes into wall
Pictures from the scene show the front of the van smashed up
“We serve anyone, Madam”
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/live-crab-van-crushes-road-9424844
Fuming man wows never to
Fuming man wows never to return after being stung by parking fine
He said: “I was disgusted when I opened the letter. You don’t expect this sort of thing in Glastonbury where everything is so calm and relaxed, it is so heavy-handed and run by a private company as well. I spend a lot of time in London, you expect this sort of thing there but not in Glastonbury, it is so unfriendly,” he said.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/fuming-man-wows-never-return-9418148
Leopard loving man has face
Leopard loving man has face bitten off by leopard. I condemn racism in all its forms, but we’re in the same territory as with Zia Yusuf / Reform highlighted by Hirsute last week.
Ginger beer’s lurch towards
Ginger beer’s lurch towards fascism
Somerset drinks firm under fire for Donald Trump Republican Convention links
They have said it is a misunderstanding and they do not endorse any political party
no, you just thought it was a good idea to send them some free product
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/somerset-drinks-firm-under-fire-9422059
Younger viewers will be
Younger viewers will be interested to know that the character featured, played by comic Harry Enfield is “Loadsamoney”, an otherwise nameless London plasterer getting rich in the late 1980s building boom.
Join us on Drivers and their
Join us on Drivers and their problems. Jail terms for JSO protesters a slap on the wrist here.