To be sold at the Fulking Fair in aid of the Fulking Social Fund. Any homemade cakes and savouries that we could sell at the fair would be welcomed. They can be dropped off with Ceri Thayer at Four Acres or with Kate Slavin at Septima Cottage on Friday evening or Saturday morning before 10.30. Or just bring them along to the Fair and drop them off at the cake and savouries stall. Anything that you can turn your culinary skill to will be very welcome.
Spoof email
If you have received an email today purporting to come from a well-known resident of Clappers Lane currently stranded in the Philippines with his family and seeking an immediate wire transfer of funds, ignore it. It’s a scam.
DECC decision due June 2014
Chris Tomlinson (E.ON) writes:
We welcomed the opportunity to present to West Sussex County Council’s Scrutiny Committee on Friday about E.ON’s Rampion Offshore Wind Farm .. We have .. committed to develop a Community Benefits Strategy later in the year .. The Rampion application is now due for examination by the Planning Inspectorate over the course of the next six months and we expect a decision to be made by the Secretary of State (DECC) around June 2014.
Fox eye view
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to race south down Saddlescombe Road with your nose just twelve inches from the tarmac, well, here’s your chance to find out. It is somewhat gripping in a Warhol/Empire kind of way, only shorter.
New South Downs Book Series
UPDATE, 21st July: all three volumes are now available — my copies arrived a couple of days ago, GJMG.
There’s a new book series on the South Downs with volumes on the archaeology (John Manley), geology (David Robinson) and natural history (Robin Crane and Rendel Williams). The geology volume appears to be available now but note that there’s a slightly discounted price if you order all three volumes at the same time.