A Plea for the Summer Evenings

Well here we are again. It appears summer has arrived and we are able to enjoy evenings in our gardens - or are we ?

Call me Mr Grumpy, I have certainly been accused of worse in my time, but could some people show a little more consideration to others. Now I enjoy listening to music as much as the next person but does it really have to be at such a volume as to drown out conversation at anything other than shouting levels. There appears to be someone living on the Chesham Road who is under the impression that the entire neighbourhood wants to listen to his music when he has a party. Well actually, it may come as an immense surprise to you that some of us dont especially at gone midnight, having been subjected to it since before 6.00 pm. Would you please show a little consideration to others and maybe turn the volume down a bit and allow us all to enjoy these summer evenings.

Also, I am sure that the bonfire brigade will soon be at it. We all know that the bins provided by the council for garden rubbish are way too small. But if you coud bag up your garden refuse rather than burn it i am sure many people would be very grateful. The question is, what to do with the bags of rubbish. Well one suggestion I have heard is to find the address of your local counciller and maybe leave the bags outside his or her house. I could not possibly comment.

Now on to the question of Tesco's. At a recent parish council meeting, the floor was given open to members of the community to give their opinions. Of all the people who spoke, only one person had the guts to stand up and say he was in favour of Tescos. As the chairman rightly pointed out - had anyone else chosen to do so, they may have been lynched. For my own personal opinion however, I have to say that I am leaning in favour of Tesco's coming here. Some people said that we already have a good selection of shops in the village. Well I am sorry but I have to say that in my opinion the Co-Op is uselss. They never seem to have any stock of the very few lines that they carry and should you wish to purchase a bottle of wine the display is frequently hidden behind boxes of ine bottles so you cannot find what you want. I also think that the Wine Shop is over priced. Sure if you want to purchase 3 bottles of wine its not bad with buy 2 get 1 free, but for this of us who just want one, their prices are way over the top.

Anyway, thats all for now. As usual, any comments will be gratefully received