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There is a street light hanging off its pole on Cheshire St by Emberton Close.
I have filed a report to Cheshire East Council tonight.

Lots of doom and gloom about food production and producers selling up in today's Farmers Guardian. But it was interesting to note that one government, Germany, are scrutinising their biofuel policies as they seek to minimise food price increases. Rapeseed oil is now flowing into the food sector instead of biodiesel. It also notes that Norway, Sweden, and Finland are doing likewise. How long will it take our government to join the dots?

Thanks for sharing the information, Liz.

Combining the information in your post with that in the AOL News item last night, there are 2 scheduled closures of the A529 this summer:

1. The closure of the A529 at Adderley scheduled by Shropshire Highways for 15th to 19th August: https://one.network/?tm=128709550
I hope that this relates at least partly to work under the A529 Safer Road Fund project. I sent an email to Shropshire Highways on Wednesday requesting a further update on the project as far as it affects Adderley and the stretch to the county boundary, but have not yet received a response.

2. The closure of the stretch from the Shropshire/Cheshire county boundary north to Audlem, scheduled by Cheshire East Highways for 27th June to 8th July, subject apparently to CEC's legal team 'sealing' the closure on 16th June: https://one.network/?tm=128602798

It's unfortunate that CE Highways and Shropshire Highways have apparently been unable to synchronise their work to enable a single road closure.

Bruce Mantle – I've not heard of an imminent closure but have found this information posted on Audlem Life.
Perhaps someone else can verify if this is up to date closure information for Green Lane at Adderley?

ROAD CLOSURE: A529 Adderley

START DATE: 15th August 2022

END DATE: 19th August 2022

PURPOSE: Site MV2151. Carriageway repairs

WORKS PROMOTER: Shropshire Council

WORKS PROMOTER REF: UJ212MV-2151

ENFORCEMENT PATTERN FOR A529 ADDERLEY:
Monday – Friday 09:30 – 16:00

You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:
https://one.network/?tm=128709550

I need a drainage ditch digging and drains installed. It's easy access for a full sized digger. The length is about 20m. Any help would be appreciated. Cash waiting.

Does anyone know if anything is going on in the village for the jubilee?

Contact details: 07754 471331 for Paul and 07977 455522 for Sue. I have used them and happy to recommend.

I cannot find the contact details for S and P mowers, can anyone help? Thanks

Hello
Just wondering if anyone is looking for casual work waiting on – on either Thursday 19th or Friday 20th May in the Market Drayton area? If so please reply with contact details and we will supply information privately
thanks
Catherine

Hi Mark,
Have a look at the Local Accommodation section in the Directory on this website. Hope this helps. Nigel.

Hi

I am looking for a bed and breakfast to stay at for one night in Audlem. I am walking the canal from Autherley Junction to Ellesmere Port so preferably as close to the canal as possible. Can anyone recommend anywhere please?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Hi
Can anyonr recommend someonewho can clean out guttering please?

I always try to use local tradespeople for jobs but it is hard when many of the ones on the Audlem Online business directory don't even bother to respond.

Thank you Peter for that trip down memory lane. When we moved into our cottage there were about five farms around Wood Orchard, Bagley Lane, Paddock lane, Green lane and Woore road, now Mr. Goldstraw is the only one left. We are very lucky we still have sheep in the fields on oneside of the cottage and cows on the other side. My grandson loves watching the sheep especially the lambs, I like the Cows they are my time clock, 4:30 5:00am they are calling to each other along with the dawn chorus. I consider myself very lucky.
A first nation Indian once said " when the last tree is felled, the last fish cought and the last stream poisoned, only then will we realize we can't eat money "
Peter Webb.

I assume the lack of response to my question is effectively a no.
Anyone know when the road closure has been rescheduled to?

I recall that site being flooded for nearly twelve months some decades ago, when the drain that takes the water off it, blocked, down towards the bottom of the small valley to the east. There are several drainage chambers on the site that tell of it's past. Will Tabley Homes be installing a new, substantial drainage system, in the manner that the Anwyl Estate provided for it's site, to ensure that the extensive surface water that will arise from its development, will not prove a nightmare for the new residents?

Peter Morgan speaks a lot of truth re the UK's food crisis. It is a subject we talk about most days. Last week I was outside a shop in Market Drayton when a gentleman started talking about the very same subject. He asked if I was aware that some of the large airline companies were buying up farms and farm land to help off-set their carbon footprint. Their idea is to plant thousands of trees on what was formerly good, food producing land, so giving people who purchase their airline tickets the idea that their flight is carbon friendly. The reality of so much land being taken out of food production is quite alarming on top of the fact that we are a heavily populated island, relying on food imports from overseas.

What is everyone in the village doing to celebrate the jubilee?

If the need for a taxi is to attend a medical appointment then ADCA, or possibly ADAS as I get my acronyms muddled, do run a voluntary service. I used to be an occasional driver but do not kn ow if it is still operating.
Hope this helps.

Has the scheduled closure of the stretch of Green Lane (A529) in Cheshire north to Audlem gone ahead as per news item on 7th April?

Further to Dave Martin's concern over how long it will take to repair the gate by the canal bridge, we brought the "temporary" plastic barriers by the canal bridge to CRT's attention 6-9 months ago, when the wooden fence was broken there. The fence is now broken or life-expired in many more places down to the wharf, and is dangerous, with nails sticking out. But nothing gets done, in spite of email reminders from us that don't even get a response! And don't let me start on the unkempt nature of the grass and the shrubbery bed near the wharf. The whole area is a mess. This canal corridor is a major tourist entrance to Audlem, just like the roads, and used to be seen by CRT's predecessors British Waterways as one of its national 'honeypot' sites.

We often get asked at Audlem Mill by visitors to Audlem who want a taxi. We don't know of one (there were a couple some years ago), and advise that you would need to call a taxi from Nantwich or Market Drayton – which will add significatly to the cost. If you want to travel reasonably locally, you could contact the Go-Too bus at Mon – Fri 9.00 – 5.00. The cost is very much less than a taxi.

ADAS. Please look out for the subscription envelopes and calendar that will be coming through your door.
ADAS strives to continuously stimulate the interests in and care for, the beauty, history and character of our lovely village and surrounding area.

Going "on-line" to book for something is not my default option and I avoid it whenever I can. So when I saw that there was a drop-in vaccination clinic in Nantwich this Thurs from 1.30 – 3.30pm I thought 'That's the easy/lazy option for me'. We turned up early at 1.20 so that we wouldnt have to wait, I thought, only to find a close packed queue that stretched from the Parish Hall by the church, up the length of the old cemetary and round the corner as far as Holland & Barrett.
We came home and I logged on to "Covid-19 vaccination National Booking System" and immediately got a booking in Crewe for Monday at 10.30 and 10.35am for Sue and myself. I then immediately got an email confirming the bookings, and this morning (Fri) had a further email reminder. WHAT AN EFFICIENT SERVICE! – You don't need to stand for hours in a queue. If I can do it anyone can!

Before the buck is passed around by Canal & River Trust, it should be remembered that the damage to the gatepost was originally caused by their contractor's mini-digger in the winter of 2017 whilst doing lock repairs. CRT then installed the high-tech gate latch solution of looped rope, and so it has been ever since. Of course, the load on the rope has gradually ruined the fence. Past experience of "cosmetic" repairs (remember the 6 years to repair the wall by lock 7) means don't hold your breath for this one.