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Monday 28 April 2014

Riders Motorcycling On Our Footpaths

Many times this topic has come up in Houghton Regis.



Is the problem of nuisance bikers in the town getting worse, or has it levelled off?
And how would you tackle them? 

A councillor in Caddington had a go at off-road bikers at the weekend and ended up having his foot run over by one of them. 

Police can set up a team (occasionally) at great expense and serve section 59 notices. 
Riding motorbikes on footpaths is illegal; riding without insurance is illegal; riding without a helmet is illegal.



Last year I witnessed a rider doing a wheelie across the cricket pitch WHILE THE MATCH WAS IN PROGRESS!


Does anyone know where we can get a Spiderman web?






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Tuesday 15 April 2014

Construction — Regent's Place (Aylesbury Drive, Shelduck Field, Watervale, Pintail Croft, Orpington Rise)

House construction at Taylor Wimpey site, Houghton Regis.

Roads consist of Aylesbury Drive, Watervale, Shelduck Field, Pintail Croft, and Orpington Rise.

First picture: view of Old Red Lion, Bedford Rd, Houghton Regis.  

©A D Winter

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Friday 11 April 2014

Woodland Deteriorating As Litter Builds Up


















It saddens me to know that there are people lucky enough to live within a stones throw of a wonderful natural environment, and yet just treat it as a dump.



So here, in this woodland near Fensomes Drive, we have a divan, two bases and a mattress. Quite a lot of effort to remove these items from a home. Whoever it was, and probably more than one person, lacked the common sense to arrange for it to be collected and disposed of properly. So now, hapless council employees are going to be faced with the hassle of removing them. I bet the culprits will be the first to whine about paying council taxes, without thinking of the extra burden they're placing on council tax by their thoughtless action. One mattress appears to have been set fire to, so I hope the rest are moved before the woodland goes up in smoke. Meanwhile the crisp packets and cans and other detritus scattered around looks a complete mess.



Meanwhile, I spied-with-my-little-eye something beginning with "s". It was a scooter in a tree! And when I looked around a bit more there was another one round the corner in another tree!



April 25th is Pride in Houghton Day. A day for Central Bedfordshire and Houghton Regis Town Councils to organise a clean up and show that people care about their environment. So how many members of the public will come out to help?



It's a Friday, so that will disallow many working folk from being able to pitch in.



If anyone can do Saturday 26th, let me know and I'll fix it for you to help out. Don't all rush at once.

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