In the winter of 2022/2023 a 350 metre 8-year-old hedge on the edge of Dallington Forest was laid for the first time. The work was carried out over the Christmas and New Year period resulting in a stock-proof boundary, improved habitats for birds, small mammals and invertebrates, and which will increase biodiversity in the surrounding… Read more

With the Met. office flip-flopping between wet and dry we thought we should have plans for any occasion so that no one has to keep wondering where and when to turn up on Sunday 7th May. Plan A is if the weather is dry you turn up as per programme starting as 12 noon setting… Read more

From time to time one hears the motto “never apologize; never explain” (sometimes, like many such quotations, misattributed to Winston Churchill).  It is not a philosophy that I agree with but it one that BT/Openreach seem to adhere to fiercely.    Having originally predicted a completion date of 7 July 2023 for the Brightling/Woods Corner/Netherfield full… Read more