Sandy 4 St Albans

I have been reading a book called Hengeworld about Stonehenge, Avebury, the latest archaeological discoveries and what they tell us about the societies which built those extraordinary monuments.  As a child I lived under the Cotswold scarp dotted with mounds and barrows.  So shifting the huge Silbury Hill of horse manure which had been delivered [...]

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A tractor-load of horse manure was delivered for our allotment today.  A great mound of dung is a daunting sight – and a huge amount of effort to wheel-barrow it from where the tractor can reach along the narrow paths to our plot.  Thank goodness it was a sunny day.

But the tractor-loads of poo being [...]

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Whatever will the Labour Government do next?

We now learn that Gordon Brown is trousering 38 pence of every pound that St Albans council home tenants pay in rent.  It’s a scandal.
The Labour parliamentary candidate recently complained about the lack of affordable housing in St Albans.  It’s a huge problem.  It’s her Government in power, [...]

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I have been shocked to discover a catalogue of misinformation and potential mis-selling of St Albans to London return tickets by First Capital Connect both at St Albans station and on their website.
I discovered it by accident after Norman Baker MP, the Liberal Democrat transport spokesman, published a national “league table” of the most expensive [...]

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