DITCH - THREE MILE CROSS

Over recent days Balfour Beatty contractors have been de-sludging the ditches in Church Lane. From the amount of sludge piled upon the verges, they’re obviously experienced in the task and have demonstrated how ditch management is no ‘big-issue’.

I assume that someone is going to remove the sludge from the verges before rain washes it back into the ditches it’s been removed from or onto the road which drains into the ditches it’s been removed from, or hasn’t WBC considered this scenario?

Through trial and error I have found alternatives to Croft Road and now happily avoid the place. I no longer go near the Farrier’s Arms or Hop Inn, but life goes on.

I suppose what I’m really saying is that I felt I no longer cared whether Croft Road was one-way or part of the IDR; but then I pulled myself together and thought about why I started this spectacularly supported campaign.

It’s all about choice and if the people who live in Croft Road all want it one-way then who am I to go against their choice?

Do all the folk in Croft Road want it one-way?

THIS CAMPAIGN

Over the last couple of weeks I have received a number of emails concerning the newsletter and the content of this site. Rather than replying directly to the senders I have chosen to answer the points raised here.

The item concerning dog walkers, old people and retired people was written tongue in cheek and was an attempt to get some kind of response. It did, and I apologise for any annoyance I have caused to dog walkers, old people and retired people alike.

I have replaced the ‘who benefits from one way’ comments with the obvious – Wokingham Borough Council benefit from the adoption of one way as it means they can spend even less money on the roads.

No I do not live in Croft Road but I do not agree that this makes me selfish. The people who own houses there must have bought in the knowledge of it being a two way so my opinion is no less valid.

Vote on this site – it’s the closest you’ll get to democracy with WBC.

LITTLE WALLOP

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JUNCTION 11 - L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE

Not wanting this venture to be just a one cause whinge site; let’s make it a two cause whinge site. Is it me or is junction 11 getting more akin to l’Arc de Triomphe when trying to get home of an evening?

It seems that from the approach roads adjacent to the old Lttle Chef and Reading’s International Business Park, the task of getting over the motorway roundabout now, more than ever involves traversing a lawless void which at times can be nothing short of depressing.

In days gone by it was almost a pleasure tackling the incompetently painted and lined Black Boy roundabout but as we know this has been temporarily taken from us. Two problems – one two way solution – please vote no to the permanent one-way campaign.

BERKSHIRE 4x4 MOTOR SHOW

The Berkshire 4x4 Motor Show is pleased to announce that on Sunday 17th August there will be a fly past of the very latest air ambulance operated by the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust.

Sunday 17th August 2008 – don’t miss it.

Telephone Steph on 01189 833 014 or alternatively email by clicking here or visit the website for details here.

HORSE RIDERS BEWARE

We are surprised and disappointed that the yes activists should be taking this permanent 'one-way' stance here in Spencers Wood. Being a rural area there are horses all around and actually in a field off Croft Road itself.

Pushing for this scheme means that the horse riders would have to ‘do the round trip’ along with everyone else – more time on the roads, more risk of accidents etc etc.

THE LAW

When riding on the road you should keep to the left keep both hands on the reins unless you are signalling keep both feet in the stirrups

not carry another person

not carry anything which might affect your balance or get tangled up with the reins

keep a horse you are leading to your left

move in the direction of the traffic flow in a one-way street

never ride more than two abreast, and ride in single file on narrow or busy roads and when riding round bends

The say No campaign calls upon all horse riders and owners to support our campaign to keep two-way traffic in Croft Road.

SWALLOWFIELD SHOW

Swallowfield Show 2008

Sunday & Monday - August 24th & 25th
Organised by Swallowfield Horticultural Society

Taste the atmosphere. The Swallowfield Show is now in its 124th year. Organised completely by volunteers, it has grown and blossomed over the years.
Grannies, granddads, mums, dads and children visit the show from all over the south of England.

Swallowfield is one of the remaining, flourishing, traditional shows still exhibiting horticulture, floral art, art, craft, cookery and photography.

Contact the organisers for details here or visit the show's extenisive website here.
copyright (photograph) John Redwood: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnredwood/