The first South Downs Futurescape Photography Competition with categories (i) landscapes, (ii) wildlife, (iii) ‘urban’ wildlife, and (iv) families enjoying the South Downs. You can enter a maximum of three photos. Closing date is 28 February 2014. Judges include David Plummer and John Dominick. More info here.
Author: LocHist
Identification of trees in winter
Wolstonbury Hill: take a walk with tree expert Mike Bottrill to learn the art of identifying trees in winter. Start at Clayton recreation ground near the Jack & Jill pub, Hassocks.
Booking not needed. Saturday, 9th November, 10:00am — 1:00pm, £3. More info here.
Accident in Edburton
The Age of the Southdown Bus
A talk to be given at Beeding & Bramber Local History Society by Trevor Povey, an engineer and local historian who worked at Southdown for twenty years. At Beeding & Bramber Village Hall, High Street, Upper Beeding at 7.45pm on Wednesday 6th November.
No bin collection on Monday
Update:
As your waste or recycling collection was missed on Monday 28th October due to severe weather, collection will take place on Saturday 2nd November. Please place your bins out ready for collection on Saturday. Garden waste – please leave your bin out now and the crews will be catching up throughout the rest of the week. [With thanks to the Poynings email alert service.]
Original post:
There will be no bin or sack collections due to severe weather on Monday 28th October, so please do not put your bins out tonight. You are advised to secure bins and anything loose in gardens if possible, as extremely high winds are expected. MSDC website and twitter (@msdcnews) will be used to communicate any more information.
MSDC
Drowning LAMBS
Wine Quiz Reminder
Lots of LAMBS
The meeting last week was very well attended. The West Sussex County Times reports:
More than 400 people packed out a public meeting to protest against plans for a 10,000 home new market town in West Sussex. On Friday night (October 18) many had to be turned away from Hassocks’ Adastra Hall, with long queues of traffic attempting to enter the village. .. So many villagers turned up for the meeting that there were queues outside, and some people had to go home.
And, from the report in yesterday’s paper edition of the WSCT:
Nick Herbert [said] “This is a serious threat. Mayfield is behaving appallingly in trying to undermine Mid Sussex’s District Plan, which they effectively hope to get over-turned. They’re not getting their way through the democratic process, so they’re trying to subvert it. I think that is absolutely contemptible.” [page 4]
Survey work on trench begins
The West Sussex County Times is reporting that work on surveying the trench is about to begin:
Chris Tomlinson, E.ON Development Manager for the project, said: “Over the next few weeks we’ll be carrying out surveys at various sites along the cable route to help us understand the makeup of the soil and the impact construction may have on the ground. We’ll also be working to identify areas of archaeological importance by digging trenches that will enable us to plan the most appropriate monitoring and protection during construction. Weather permitting, the work will begin at the end of October and is expected to take six to eight weeks.”
Anyone [who] has any questions about the survey works should email rampion@eon.com or call 01273 603 721.
Not in our backyard
GJMG