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The parish litter pick has been rearranged for Saturday 7 November, meeting 1000hrs at Butts Way (adjacent to the Lambert Arms).
We’ll aim to pick litter for a couple of hours along the A40 and B4009 close to the hotel. Picking sticks and bags will be provided. Please bring gloves and wear suitable footwear. The event is not suitable for children.
Call Peter Hetherington on 07767 647714 for more information.
The autumn Chilterns Walking Festival will take place from 17th October to 1st November 2020. The programme includes over 40 guided countryside walks, activities and events including routes centred around nature reserves, iron age hillforts, farms, churches and filming locations. All led by knowledgeable guides and taking in the beautiful Chilterns landscape.
There are number around here.
See https://www.visitchilterns.co.uk/walkingfest.html for more detail.
The parish litter pick set for Sunday 11 October has been cancelled and will be rearranged. The revised date will be publicised soon.
The October / November 2020 issue of the Parish Notes is now available online and should have been posted through your letter box.
Navigate to Your Community > Parish Notes.
Anyone with a need to give their exact location, whether that is to friends, family or the emergency services, ought to consider a free to download and use app, What3words.
The app, for iOS or Android as well as desktops, divides the world into a series of 3m x 3m boxes, each identified with a unique combination of three words.
So, giving a location quickly and easily no longer needs exact co-ordinates or map reading skills, just the three words that the app generates.
The app can be downloaded from here. More detail is available by navigating through the website.
From 23 – 27 November the road through Sydenham will be closed while traffic islands are being built.
The downloads below offer more detail.
With the latest update of Apple’s Safari browser there appears to be a problem with downloads from the parish website. The solution is to use an alternative browser such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge – downloads via these apps do work.
Mike Eaton, one of the group that cares for Fiveways Corner in Aston Rowant, has captured some day time video of a vole feeding in the stream.
The video (AVI format) is downloadable below.
Several years in the planning by the parish council, work on the chicane in Kingston Blount (adjacent to the cricket pitch) is scheduled to start on Monday 21 September.
Please expect a little disruption for a couple of weeks… but it will be worth it.
The council is now turning its attention to a chicane in Aston Rowant.
Chinnor library is to reopen post lockdown, week commencing 5th October 2020. Its opening hours are being reviewed and details will be available nearer the time.
For reference, the library is at Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PU, and can be rung on 01844 351721.