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38 The Link Magazine • April 2003

A 2 Z Home Improvements Hunt for Easter Eggs in the litter
The Friends of Peatmoor Lagoon are organising the annual Easter Egg
All your needs in one number hunt and litter-clearing session around Peatmoor Lagoon on the
morning of Easter Monday, 21 April.
Kitchen/Bathroom fitting, Tiling, Plumbing, Electrics,
Help clear rubbish from the walkways and lakeside between 10am
Painting, Decorating, Carpentry and much more
and 12 noon and hunt for Easter Eggs at the same time.
111 Pinehurst Road Tel: (01793) 339671 All are welcome to turn up from 10am at the fisherman's car park off
Swindon Mobile: (07778) 207977 Peatmoor Way to collect bags, gloves and litter-pickers.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
For details mail: suzanne. bullimore@btinternet .com

Bridge over troubled waters
Once again the alleged problems caused by residents of Penhill
crossing the stream which borders Abbey Meads, using the extensive
footpath system and bridges hit the headlines in March: Abbey
Meads residents have called for pedestrian routes to be blocked and
Penhill people prevented from passing through the area.

However, hindering access Frankly it would be outrageous if
would be wrong says Penhill com- not provided for."
munity campaigner Marilyn Beale However he acknowledges that
who points out there are many there are problems of petty crime,
services in Abbey Meads, in both but added, "this not a 'them' and
the village and district centres not 'us' problem, but an 'us' and 'us'
available to the same standard problem. Nor is it limited to two
within Penhill. "Why shouldn't we communities, it's a national issue.
have access to "It is irrel-
them" she asks. evant which
"The cycle side of the
still sitting in that routes were stream they
planned to pro-
come from, and
traffic queue' vide access be- if a bridge was
there or not, any
tween the two
areas and if they
are well de- child can skip
over it."
signed and He suggests a
More commuters overlooked by meeting be-
are buying scooters adjacent houses, tween the rel-
as an alternative the problems evant public
are minimised."
services, church
means of transport There are sev- workers and lo-
Did you know.... eral official and cal residents
• unofficial cross- might discover a
You can ride one
on a car licence? ings of the way forward.
'They can do over Groundwell The brook it-
100+ m.p.g.? Brook and pre- Dumping ground: ,roundwell stream self and the sur-
Road tax is only £15 venting pedes- rounding area is
per year? trian flow would not be possible, disappointingly spoilt by rubbish.
nor desirable according to Haydon Supermarket trolleys, domestic ap-
• You can buy a brand
new scooter from Wick councillor Ian Dobie. "Talk pliances and sundry other items
only £999 O.T.R.? of closing bridges is nonsense," he litter the stream and adjacent
Isn't it said. woods in abundance. This is frus-
What is proposed, however, is
trating for the Environmental
about time the closure of a route using Group for Groundwell, a volun-
Emerson Close as requested by the
you thought e a,/^ s v ^-.— majority of residents in the street tary organisation which, sup-
ported by the Community Forest,
seriously in a petition submitted to Swindon tries to maintain what they regard
about a Peugeot Speedfight Council. as a nature conservation area.
Councillor Dobie emphasised
Haydon Wick parish councillors
scooter? Don't settle for second best. Buy that there is a more appropriate are pressing Walmart and Safeway
the number one scooter from us
Price from £1,699 path linking Penhill with the vil- to address the trolley problem, but
Ask about our special package deal lage centre and beyond, only about with little success.
50 yards away. This closure has Eddie Bedwell, chair of the rec-
Zinc &4W t'a for beginners been agreed by the council, other reation committee, wants the su-
routes between the estates remain. permarkets to re-introduce a coin
Cycling Centre
Ferndale Road Reverend Brian Sweetman, min- in the slot deposit system or ex-
Finance & insurance arranged to ister of the Church of Christ the
suit your personal requirements de periment with a scheme in opera-

ar ^, n ^ o S P o Servant in Abbey Meads, is con- tion elsewhere, whereby automatic
e se n
cerned about the strife which has locking of trolley wheels prevents
war
OOas's been generated. "To have practi- them being taken off the premises.
cal links whereby people can travel He awaits responses, the residents
e
233 Ferndale Road, Swindon Tel: (01793) 536657 from one estate to another, espe- of Emerson Close await a footpath
cially as there is the increasingly closure and Rev Sweetman awaits
popular North Swindon District moves to tackle inter-community
Centre nearby is important. strife.