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SOUTHERN WATER: Chatting to some of the people who have found themselves in the front line for the first few weeks produced some very nice comments about the contractors' neighbourliness. It's been good to hear these mirrored by the contractors themselves. One of the first things, they did was to walk the route of the trenching for the sewerage pipes. They commented that there was a certain amount of stuff along the way apparently put there by some residents on Hoath Hill, the odd incinerator and such like. The contractors cannot work when there is debris in the way. Equally, they can't just throw it into the field so anything found outside the residential fences will be 'returned' over the fence. There are a few months in hand until this part of the construction work starts so there is plenty of time to clear things away in advance.

GENERAL DIARY DATES: The usual midsummer quiet sets into this column but there are a few dates for you. We shall report next week on anything of major import from this week’s Village Hall Committee AGM. The next Parish Council meeting will be on Tuesday July 12th. This Sunday (July 3rd). The weather forecast is kind. And the Annual Flower Show on Saturday July 30th Village Hall. As we say, short and sweet this week during the dog days of summers. But those days can be pretty hard-working too: we’ve now taken over 400 ticks off our three dogs so far this year and look to be heading for a new record since we started keeping records in 2011. We agree that it’s always a pleasure to see the deer locally but…

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