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This year’s bulb planting will take place on Saturday 15th October 2016 at 10am meeting at the Parish Office. If you would like to join us please bring your own trowels and spades.

If dog fouling on pavements is unpleasant, cyclists on pavements are dangerous, and illegal, yet the practice has become common recently, and not just in Mundford. Car parking on pavements is also illegal. See an article in the September 2016 issue of Connect, which  goes into more detail.

Below are the relevant rules from the Highway Code:

Rule 64

You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement.

Rule 244

You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.

A ‘2017 Mundord Past Calendar’ is now available from the Circle of Friends fundraising group. Contact Pat 878483, Syrena 878692 or Jan 878323 for your copy £2.50. Proceeds to the Parkinson’s Society and British Heart Foundation.

The audit of Mundford Parish Council accounts has concluded and the Annual Return is available. If you would like to inspect it please contact the clerk. Click to read the formal notice.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the venue for the Parish Council Meeting on 4th August, has been changed. It will be held in The Coach House, The Crown Inn, Crown Road. Time to remain the same @ 7.30pm.

Long term Mundford resident, Miss Mary-Ann Turner, bequeathed some land along Pig Sty Lane to the Parish Council after she passed away in July 2012. This is now used for six allotments, available for a small annual rent to residents of Mundford. The Parish Council are pleased to announce that a memorial plaque has recently been installed on the site.

On 20th July 2016, two coaches full of residents from Mundford and the surrounding area were treated to a tour of the Stanford Training Area (STANTA). This was a rare opportunity to see the area that was evacuated in 1942 to be dedicated to military exercises. It includes replicas of North European and Afghan villages which are used to prepare personnel for deployment to those and similar destinations.

A total of £614.40 was raised – £380.00 will pay for the coaches and £234.40 has been donated to Stanta Central Bank which will be shared between the following charities: the Army Benevolent Fund, Help for Heroes, the Soldiers, Sailors and Air Force Association and the Battle Area Churches Restoration Fund.

Thanks to Pauline Angus, Parish Clerk for organising the tour.

Some comments from those on the tour were:

I just wanted to say a big thank you to all concerned with organising the STANTA trip. Charlotte & I really enjoyed it, and it is yet another positive experience of living in Mundford. Thanks again! Carl Pryke

Just to say thank you for organising the STANTA trip, my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Best regards, Sue Owner

A selection of photos follows.

You can read more about STANTA on Wikipedia.

If you have a private pumping station at the bottom of your garden or in your street Anglian Water need to know about it.

You are currently responsible if anything goes wrong but the good news is that from October 2016 Anglia Water will take responsibility for many private pumping stations in our region. This will include the cost to maintain and run them, but they have to find them first.

If you’re not sure what you’re looking for, this handy spotter’s guide can help.

So if you have one get in touch today: 03457 145 145 or email privatepumpingstations@anglianwater.co.uk.

Find out more at spotapumpingstation.co.uk.