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Following on from Colins' very punny posts; I spotted one that wasn't meant to be there in the Roofing company section regarding Anthony Jess. It came in the form of the heading; Kim Jessup on Roofing Company". (Jess up on roof) ;-)

A path diversion seemed the obvious way to solve the Pool Farm problem and a pretty one was informally agreed. However it required a substantial bridge over a stream and funding could not be found for this.

Colin, you haven't tripped in one of the Paddock Lane potholes and banged your head by any chance?

Louise,
In addition to ARS there is also the Market Drayton branch of the Ramblers Association. It has a member from Pipegate and us in Audlem. There are walks every Sunday and Tuesday. If you are on my ARS walk on Saturday you can ask for more information or contact me directly. 01270 811650

I totally agree. Anthony Jess has helped us with a couple of emergencies this last year and he in now the man we contact when there is a roofing issue. Thank you to mr mottishead for his original recommendation.

Hi Louise,

There is also a running group in the village. We meet on Saturday mornings at 8:30.

Drop an email to audlemrg@outlook.com for more details.

Chris

I can see the point that the footpath is close to habitation. our eldest's rural retreat has two footpaths through it close by the house , one indeed where a walker is about four feet from the kitchen window . They cannot ask for this to be re-routed as this is where it crosses over a deep stream ravine. Could the Adderley one be slightly diverted? It might be a reasonable compromise. Not knowing the layout I have no idea if it would be a possibility. A mass walk might be tactless.

Well, well, well water relief, its tug a boat 2 years but the grid loch may finally be broken as Cheshire East finally pledges to pull their dam finger out. Rod Moore (wearing a navy suit) a councilor from Crew said today 'weir pleased to announce weaver finally agreed on a workflow plan to complete dee necessary repairs, our buoys will be working in the spring and as a result, we hope the problem will soon be water under the bridge'. Asked about the supposed lac of finances, Rodders said 'by pooling our resources we have dug deep and fountain thousand pounds to pour into the project. Upon hearing the news Norman who has been looking into the drain for over 12 months overflowed with emotion saying 'finally we have flushed them out, to date all the authorities have ever done is muddied the waters and I suspected a cover-up was taking place '. So has the tide finally turned in this ongoing saga and can we now finally wave goodbye to the Swanbach pond, I won't go into it too deeply other than to say we shall have to wait and sea.

Thanks for the praise but Lucy McFarlane who was a member of Shropshire's Rights of Way team, did a lot of the hard work.
I like the idea of a group walk but I have worries about the reactions of the Smale family at Pool Farm. The path goes very close to inhabited buildings. One lady living there sees the isolation as protection from upset for her son. I think they are all taken aback by the intrusion into their privacy. So a group walk needs to be carefully managed and take place not too soon. The Smales have a few weeks to seek a review from the High Court but this could only be on a point of law and could be very expensive. I don't see them going down this route.

Hi Louise.

Audlem has a very active walking group that caters for all levels of walkers – from Snowdon to the Shropshire Union canal!!

If you'd like to contact us on audlemramblers@hotmail.co.uk, we can provide you with more details.

Hello, I'm looking to do some walking in the Shropshire area, as I'm fairly new to Woore and wondered if there are any groups or anything like that please. I've looked at walking around Church Stretton, as it's somewhere that I haven't been to previously.
Best wishes
Louise

Hello Everybody and Happy New Year to you all. Would anybody know if there are any zumba classes on in the Audlem/Woore area please. I'm fairly new to Woore and keen to have a go at zumba.
Best Wishe
Louise

I agree with Nigel 100%, Anthony Jess is a top roofer in all aspects, I would never use anyone else.

Hi Christine,
We have always used Anthony Jess from Shavington.
Very good work and reliable and reasonable charges.
His number is: 07913 533859
Best wishes,
Nigel.

Try Emertons of Nantwich 01270 625141
www.emertonroofing.co.uk

Been very pleased with them over the years do a quality job.

Laughed out loud at Colin's contribution! Can't you tell he's a pantomime writer? Should send it to Cheshire East.

Can anyone recommend a reliable roofing company, my flat roofed garage has developed a leak
Thanks Christine Towers

It's really good to see this. I've been a keen user of the public footpaths over the years and could never understand why these seemed to end abruptly. Well done Peter.
The paths also seem to be showing on OSM already – I wonder how long OS will take to update?

Colin, you didn't happen to get a pun thesaurus for Xmas did you?

I was reluctant to wade into this issue any further re Normans argie bargey with the authorities at Swanbach but I believe that the council are now knee-deep in correspondence after being flooded with complaints and can no longer duck the issue. Having previously claimed that their coffers were drained and they couldn't a ford to attend to the problem it is now believed that they will splash the cash and about March time a specialist company from Leek will come and look into the problem, on reflection I ponder river this could have been done sooner. They say that the repairs are to be streamed online, I'm going to take a punt and say it's much more likely that the council will take an early bath and pull the plug on this ferry contentious project, I don't know why I think that, I just have this titanic sinking feeling,,,,,, or am I going around the bend?

Well done Peter – this success required a lot of effort and tenacity. I really like Geraint's suggestion of a group walk to celebrate the result!!!

Hi,

Are the scouts planning a Christmas Tree collection this year?

Thanks

What a super, interesting article by Judy on the history of the shop from its origins 160 years ago. Congratulations Judy on the anniversary of the founding of Williams' wonderful village amenity.

I would also like to thank Peter for his tenacity in finding the evidence and pursuing the case to a successful conclusion. It used to be a lovely circular walk from Bagley lane and back along the canal.

To whoever is responsible for taking the goody bag of sweets that I left out for our grey bin collectors (on Shropshire Street) – you are the garbage of life. I feel sad that your parents did such a rubbish job of bringing you up Shame on you.