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I Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 d1;;,-_______________ ;,;;a7:1 Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, GOOD NEWS+ APRJL 23rd CELEBRATIONS First the good news. The moorhens are back in strength at Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River. With their distinctive red beaks with yellow tip and white flasb on undertail, over a dozen were seen at the end of February. Hundreds of golden plover and lapwings are still swooping over Jubilee River and surrounding areas, undoubtedly helped by 'air uplift' from Slough Sewage Works -by golly it gives them lift! Our Dorney Memorial Garden resident crows are with us and have set up their protective 'Dorney Triangle', namely, from their Memorial Garden nest, a watchtower 100 yards south on a neighbour's roof, and a watchtower 100 yards north on a neighbour's tallest tree. Any undesirables, particularly sparrow hawks, are quickly seen off. The snowdrops lasted really well -over two months. Other plants doing well are blue iris with white centre; blue Canterbury bell with white centre; soldiers and sailors (pulmonaria) with mauve and purple flowers; yellow primroses; variety of primulas; daisies; mauve violets; blue pheasant eye; lots of crocus; dominant pink hyacinths and daffodils; along with yellow witch-hazel, pussy willow and hazelnut and alder catkins. April 23rd is a double celebration this year. It is of course England's St. George's Day, our own special day indeed' It is also the 5th anniversary of the English Elite Aristocat Club. Mighty Basil, Chaircat, is very fond of a good parade march past and has suggested one to celebrate these two wonderful occasions. Leading the parade will be the Aristocat Club's latest member 'Charlie', Lord of the Abbey, who has the right 'dash' and 'panache' to lead the march past to that popular tune "When Johnny comes marching home again", with lyrics composed for the occasion. Mighty Basil invites everyone, including humans, to join in the celebration and march past. So with head up, shoulders back (fine pair of shoulders, lovely boys and girls), chest out and tummy in -"Parade, atten ... lion!" "Parade, by the left, quick march'" "The puddies march in two by two, hurrah, hurrah' There's lots of fun for me and you, hurrah, hurrah' The boys in blue will join in too The great big puddies hullabaloo So let's all cheer the Aristocats today And celebrate St. George's Day today Hurrah, hurrah, HURRAH!" Have fun everyone and fly England's red and white flag1 Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D D) PS. With bird flu about, will hen parties be banned? -?0 ISSUE NO. 3/07 APRIL 2007 EDITORIAL A handbill through the door headed 'Have your say' was an invitation to attend a meeting at Dorney School at which we would have the opportunity to meet representatives of Thames Valley Police. The handbill's sub headings read:- Tell us what would really make a difference to how safe you feel in your neighbourhood. Let us know which issues you want us to tackle first. Get involved and work with us to find the right solutions. The school hall, on a cold and windy evening, was warm and inviting and chairs had been set out with pens and informative pamphlets in the obvious expectation of a large gathering. Refreshments were also at hand. Disappointingly, only a handful oflocal residents turned up. This may have been partially due to the fact that the Annual Parish Meeting was to be held in the village hall in the following week and it is usual for a police representative to attend and discuss local policing problems at that meeting. Then again, it may be that having told the police oflocal concerns at APM's over the years, and seeing our local force chopped and changed at regular intervals, residents may have thought that turning out for another meeting was probably a waste of time. The meeting was a typical PR exercise. Inspector Stuart Greenfield listed the various issues residents had raised on a flip chart. Then we were asked to write on coloured stickers our choices from this list in order of importance, or urgency. A red sticker for the most important, then amber, then green. Such a small gathering was hardly representative of the parish, but speeding came top of the list. Personally, I think priority depends on circumstances. If one has been burgled, then burglary becomes our chief fear. Likewise, if our car has been vandalized, or if louts are roaming the streets, then these things become our immediate concern. The one thing that came up at the meeting which was flagged as a constant concern, but perhaps beyond the police remit, was motorway noise. The handbill's third sub heading 'Get involved and work with us to find the right solutions' introduced NAGs, Neighbourhood Action Groups which are to be set up to deal with key issues identified by a community and will include residents, the police, local authority and other organisations. I think 'key issues' with regard to policing have already been well identified, Inspector Greenfield made it clear that most of the issues raised at our meeting reiterated the concerns of other communities. What we want is police action rather than a neighbourhood discussion group. As part of its initiative to limit carbon emission the Government is expected to give the green light to a series of measures which could lead to a fifty percent increase in the number offlights from Heathrow. Read SBDC's News Release 'READY FOR THE CHALLENGE' on page 5. NOTE Marsh Lane will be closed from 2nd April for approximately 12 days for resurfacing -1 Cress Brook. Revd Lucy Holt writes: Writing this in the middle of March I am approaching not only 6 months of being in the parishes but also the first round of Annual Parochial Church Meetings. As such it is a time when I can reflect on what has been going on in the churches and look forward to what is going to happen in the future. I have been very encouraged by the opportunities I have had to get to know people in the two parishes and have thoroughly enjoyed regularly going into all our schools. What constantly amazes me is how much work quietly goes on behind the scenes to keep the church going. Whether it be practically tending the graveyard or churchyard or maintaining the church buildings, or fundraising for the future. I am grateful that all our churches and burial places have been well looked after in the past and, with the good will of the community, wi11 continue to be so. So to all who have in the past or present taken or are taking such good care I say a big thank you. But I would also wantnto look forward atnthis time of year to think how the church will continue to serve the community. This summer we will be in all the churches looking at how we can better share our faith in both words and deeds. We will soon be celebrating Easter, a time which not only shows us God's amazing grace but also is a time of immense hope for the future. My hope for the future is that the church in Dorney will continue to witness to this hope and be a place of quiet, prayer and worship for all the community. May I wish you all a very Happy Easter. Church Services in April 2007 Sunday 1st (Palm Sunday) 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11o.00am Family Service 6.30pm Palm Sunday Informal Communion Monday 2nd 7.30pm Service of Reflection Tuesday 3rd 7 .30pm Service of Reflection Wednesday 4th 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) 7.30pm Service of Reflection Thursday 5th 7.30pm Celebration of the Last Supper Good Friday 11 am Family Service Saturday 7th 8pm Easter Vigil This stream has been worrying the villagers and other Dorney residents for some years now, possibly causing loss of sleep and other mental problems, so it is time that something drastic is done. It is suggested that wayward children would be pleased to clear out the ditch, (some hope!), or the youth club might like to assist, while water could be diverted from the flood relief channel to fill it up. We have thoughts of fishermen dozing on the banks under the weeping willows on hot summer days while youths and maidens ...... etc. etc. All dreams I'm afraid. The answer is quite simple. Using a small digger the stream is dug out to a suitable depth and agricultural drainpipes laid in it on a bed of gravel. The top is filled in to the same level as the surrounding field. After a suitable time grass would be sown and Cress Brook would be hidden from view for ever. Two fields would become one and we could all breathe freely again. The cost might be partly covered by a land drainage grant, if still in existence, and a gift from the Green Party? A small plaque on the bridge might read R.I.P (run in peace). Well, maybe. Ralph Liney SOUTH BUCKS DISTRICT COUNCIL SPORTS FUN AT EASTER HALF TERM South Bucks District Council is offering two exciting opportunijies for sporting fun during the Easter Holidays. In lver, a three-day football course will offer coaching, skills training and competnions to 13 -16 year olds, whilst in Burnham a multi sport course is targeted at 8 -12 year olds. The free lver course will run at the lver Recreation Ground from 2-4pm on 11th to13th April and will feature a 5-a-side tournament wtth the chance to win medals and a trophy. For children of a younger age there is the Multi-Sports course in Burnham for ages 8-12. The course offers coaching and fun and games in a wide variety of sports including indoor cricket, dodge ball, football and short tennis. Running from 9am to 4pm Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th April at Burnham Upper School the course is just £ 1 o per day or £35 for the four days . According to Cllr. Shome Tilbey, the Council's Portfolio Holder for Communtty, Leisure and Partnerships: "Activities like these for young people are a fantastic way to learn new sports and skills and enjoy a fun and healthy Easter break." The Burnham course has limned spaces and although booking on the day is acceptable parents are advised to call the Council to book either individual days or a 4-day block to avoid disappointment. For more information on these activijies please call the Sports Development Team on 01895 837255 or 01895 837348. -19 Lucy Holt St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Evangelist Eton St.John the Evangelist Eton St.John the Baptist Eton Wick • Eton Wick Village Hall St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Baptist Eton Wick THAMES VALLEY ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND for children &adults with special needs 51LVCil< JU!>ILfie SATURDAY 12TH MAY 2007 HELP THE PIAYGR.OUND CELEBRATE 25 YEARS IN ACTION! We hope to raise £25,000 and are looking for 250 people to take part in our Sponsored 5, 10 or 15 mile Walks, following the Jubilee River and the River Thames Start at the Adventure Playground, Bath Road, Taplow Telephone 01 628 628599 for details and a registration form Registered CharityNo. 278336 Sunday 8th (Easter Day) 9.30am Family Communion St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Family Communion St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 15th 9.30am Holy Communion St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 21st 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 22nd 9.30am Family Worship St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 29th 11o.00am Combined Service St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 6th May 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Family Service St.John the Baptist Eton Wick 6.30pm Informal worship St.John the Evangelist Eton ANB GARDEN SERVICES Too busy to mow? No urge to hoe? No hedge too tall. No weed too small. All aspects of garden maintenance undertaken to include:-grass cutting (large or small gardens), hedge cutting, strimming, leaf blowing, fencing, small patios, turf supplied and laid, garden clearance. Specialising in grass management. Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01628 823202 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btinternet.com -3 We are indebted to Ralph Liney for the following biblical extracts. Children were asked questions about the Old and New Testaments in a Catholic school test. This is a selection of their uncorrected answers. Moses did not reach Canada. In the first book of the Bible ( Guiness' s) God got tired of creating the world and took the Sabbath off. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah's wife was Joan of Ark. Lot's wife was a pillar of salt during the day but a ball of fire during the night. The Jews were a proud people but throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic genitals. Samson was a strong man who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah. Samson slayed the Philistines with the axe of the apostles. Moses led the Jews to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert after which Moses went up to Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple. The seventh commandment is Thou shah not admit adultery. More to come! DORNEY& DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY THURSDAY 19th & TUESDAY 24thAPRIL VISIT DORNEYWOOD SPRING GARDENS Information & reservationsa: 01628 603036 or 620975 Further Events 2007 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Ok! I'll come clean. Against my better judgemens and despite my loathing of the Rowing Trench, we hired the clubhouse for an evening birthday party. and I admit that it was very GOOD. All the staff were pleasant, efficient and helpful; nothing was too much trouble for them. The substantial finger buffet was enjoyed by everyone, and it was excellent value for money. I would unhesitatingly recommend it to anyone who wants an unusual and comfortable venue for a family or corporate event. Having said that, it wouldn't have been any fun for me if something hadn't gone wrong. A neighbour who knows my views on the Trench said "I'm surprised they'll let you in there." Soon after the partygot underway, we realised very few guests were arriving. Maybe it was a last minute attempt to exclude me, but the automatic gates had closed and a queue of cars built up along Marsh Lane trying to get in. It wasn't until a police car arrived that our friends were able to join us. Even when they got into the grounds, they had trouble finding us in the dark. I had to do car park duties just to show them where we were. I enjoyed thas because it gave me something to grumble about. I do more than grumble when it comes to the BAD. On the 13th and 14th of March the noise levels from the Trench became intolerable where we live. On the first day it was instructors pedalling or driving up and down the service road yelling instructions at boats through amplified megaphones. On the second day it was a schools competition involving crowd noise. I phoned twice, and was eventually told, that there was nothing they could do since we were down wind of them and, anyway, the noise was inside the guidelines set by Environmental Health. Sadly the Trench is a fail accompli, and there will be increasing noise and disruption until the Olympics. I still think, though, that efforts should be made to limit this. It is disgraceful that crews in training are not equipped with head sets. They have not stinted themselves on high tech rowing equipment in the club house. When it comes to crowd noise, this need not be any more intrusive than aircraft but there are always individuals, mainly men with extra powerful voices who rejoice in making more noise for more of the time than anyone else. You can hear every word these individuals scream above the general roar of the crowd. They are the discordant ones who really destroy the peace of the surrounding neighbourhood. There was just EVENING AT FARNHAM COMMON NURSERY one man yelling like this on the 14th, but it was him who drove me indoors, not the rest MAY COACH OUTING to STOURHEAD of the evidently substantial crowd. Some, at least, of the distress caused by noise from JUNE 24 AUG 19 SUMMER GARDEN COMPETITION the trench could be alleviated by stewards identifying these ringleaders and politely asking them to be more considerate. If they won't oblige, they could always be pushed SEPT 8 ANNUAL SHOW into the Trench. Perhaps we could jointly fund a Dorney ducking stool. SEPT 23 HARVEST SUPPER with speaker 7.30 pm NOV 30 A.G.M. + CHEESE & PATE with speaker 7.30 pm And the UGLY? Oh, that'll be the Olympic infrastructure, traffic, noise and spiralling MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT AT cost (I've stopped buying lottery tickets, by the way -that'll fix 'em!). Bah' Humbug' THE WALLED GARDEN, DORNEY NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Geoffrey Atkinson Further information : 01628 603036 or 620975 -4- NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 0 I 628 788997 Friday 27th April at 7.45 p.m. Piccadilly Dance Orchestra -Hollywood Party The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra presents Hollywood Party, ten superb musicians directed by Michael Law in an all-new celebration of the golden age of the Hollywood musical. A look back at a lost world where top hats, white ties and tails were the dress code, and love was forever in the air. Tickets £15 (£14 cone.) £14 (£13 cone.) LAST CHANCE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE NEW DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL NOMINATIONS CLOSE NEXT WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL A new message from the Chairman of the Council: By noon on April 4th the Council aims to encourage nominations for at least seven residents to serve on the Council for the next four years. Two current councillors will not be standing for re-election, so there are at least two "vacancies" to filll Parish Councillors have a real influence on what happens in the area, especially relating to planning and trying to ensure that Councils and other authorities fulfil their local obligations, which include roads, refuse collection, grass cutting, motorway& aircraft noise mitigation. The Council -!comes new faces and is generally supportive of fresh ideas for improving our environment or amenities. Meetings start at 8pm on the second Tuesday of every month at the Eton Dorney Centre, and usually last about 2 friendly & informol hours. Each councillor is asked to sit on one outside committee, usually meeting four times a year. Any current Councillor will be pleased to explain what being a Councillor involves and assist you in completing your nomination form, which must be submitted not later than April 4th. For nomination papers and further informotion contact the Clerk, Glenda Collins on 01752 655331, or Cllr Ken Richmond (01628 626972) The present Council does not operate on political party lines and is particularly concerned to ensure that -have candidates representing all sections of the community, r&90rdless of age, gender, race or religious orientation. Keith Harris -16 NEWS RELEASE February 27th 2007 2M COUNCILS 'READY FOR THE CHALLENGE' Council Leader Cllr. Peter Hardy joined other Leaders this week to say they are ready for the challenge of defending the quality of life of 2 million people affected by Heathrow expansion. The Government is expected to give the green light this year to a series of measures which could lead to a 50 per cent increase in the number of flights at the airport. Twelve local authorities in the Heathrow area have now formed a new environmental alliance to campaign against the threats presented by the continued growth of the airport. Speaking at this week's launch of the new 2M Group of local authorities, Council Leader, Peter Hardy said: 'We formed this group to give a voice to the 2 million people affected by the Government's policy of uncontrolled expansion at Heathrow. We are not anti-Heathrow -but we are concerned that the Government consistently understates the environmental impact of growth while cynically overplaying the benefits to the economy. Over the coming months we can expect a succession of Government announcements that will each add to the numbers of flights using the airport. In time this could lead to a 50 per cent increase in flight numbers which in tum can only mean more noise and worsening air quality. In South Bucks we are particularly concerned about the additional aircraft noise affecting residents in the district arising from the proposed third runway." A number of key announcements are expected in the early summer which would all add to capacity at Heathrow. These include plans to end the practice of runway alternation, which would allow aircraft to use both existing runways in parallel. It would bring to an end the relief that residents experience at 3pm when aircraft switch runways. The Government is also expected to confirm that it has 'overcome' the air pollution issues which could stand in the way of the planned third runway. A bid to lift the 480,000 movements limit at the airport is also expected. This was set in 2001 as part of the go ahead for Terminal Five. The airport is already operating close to this limit. Ending runway alternation could take this figure up to 515,000 -rising to650,000 if a third runway were approved. If both runway alternation were ended and a third runway built the number of flights each year at Heathrow would rise to around 720,000. The 2M Group comprises the London Boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth, the boroughs of Slough, Spelthome and Windsor and Maidenhead and South Bucks District Council. For more information visit www.2MGroup org uk ADVERTISEMENTS Articles for sale etc. can be advertised in this magazine at the following rates: 20 words or less £2 each additional word I Op MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 -1.45 p.m. Datesafora2007:-April 5, 19 May 3, 17, 31 June 14, 28 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 18th April Margaret Oliphanto-Writer & Woman Speaker. ... Mrs. Hester Davenport THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office OI 18 969 8000 Tuesday 3/4a-Saturday 12/5 BAREFOOT IN THE PARK A comedy by Neil Simon Wacky Flowerz Modem flowerz for all occasions, for the best price. Birthdays Parties Weddings l'unerals Functions Or just to brighten up your homel Laura Ladd-07743 875664 on the machines. If anyone does have any information please do pass it on, as we would very much like to catch these individuals. I am pleased to say that Dorney School will be hosting two events for our local constabulary in order to better support policing in our local community. The first of a number of 'Beat Surgeries' was held in school on Tuesday 13th March. The 'Beat Surgery' is a new initiative in Dorney designed to enable members of the community easy face-to-face access to local officers, so that they can discuss concerns or local policing issues directly. We are also delighted to be hosting a Neighbourhood ., Watch meeting. We are pleased to be supporting policing in the area as both the school and wider community will benefit greatly from having a closer working relationship with our local police officers. Finally, we have been having fun learning about other cultures by working with different artists from around the world. Children have had a chance to undertake African drumming, Black Choral singing and Indian dancing. This has been enjoyed greatly by all. Don't forget if you want to know more about what is going on at Dorney School you can always visit our website at www dorne_)'. buc_k,ec§ch.uk. Best wishes, Paula Allen (Headteacher) JANIE DEE IS COMING TO WINDSOR. This April, Janie Dee (better known to many as Janie Lewis) is realising her ambition to perfonn at the Theatre Roya] in Windsor. She will appear in 'Old Times' with Neil Pearson and Susannah Harker. The play is by Harold Pinter and will be directed by Peter Hall. I am obtaining tickets for the 8pm performance on Thursdav ·' 12th April and Janie has promised to meet with us after the performance. If you wish to join this group please contact me on 01628 621e560 or jean@tylerbasses.demon.co.uk. (Janie's family lived in Dorney Reach for over thirty years. She and her three sisters attended Dorney School.) Jean Tyler I Oak Stubbs Lane. Wite& Wisdom www.wackyflowerz.com Never believe anything until it has been denied by at least two government departments. Dorney School News We had a ball (a snowball) and made the news! Thursday 8th February is now a distant memory for most of the grown-ups, but I think some of the children who attend Dorney School will remember that particular day at school for the rest of their lives, as its always those 'out of the ordinary' days that we remember so well. Fortunately, everyone came well equipped with warm coats, hats, gloves and Wellington boots, so we had great fun playing in the snow (myself and the teachers included). It was wonderful to see the children playing together so well. A snowman building competition produced lots of team building skills as well as Design and Technology and Science learning. It isn't often that we have the 'right sort of snow' in this part of the wortd, so for many of the younger ones ii was their first lesson on how to build a snowman. However, by the end of the morning we were all experts in the physics behind the correct force and trajectory for snowball throwing! Not only did we have a great day, but we also found fame. It was quite a surprise to find out that we were on the front page of the BBC website by lunchtime, as we were one of the few schools in the area to stay open. We had undertaken a risk assessment the day before and we were fairly confident that we would have sufficient staff to stay open. Additionally, our school site is flat, so doesn't present too many problems with regard to path clearing, etc. However, without the support of the staff we could not have opened the school that day. Their support and commitment was very much appreciated. Sadly, our pre-half term delights turned to sorrow after half-term as our laptops were stolen late at night on the first Monday back. Regrettably, the cost of the damage and loss is in the region of £20,000. We did capture the entire event on CCTV, but unfortunately the thieves were very aware of this and covered up well. They did get more complacent as they were leaving the site and took their hoods down. The police have seized the CCTV footage and are enhancing it, so we hope to have some better evidence soon. The Scenes of Crime team took fingerprints, footprints and we hope to have some DNA evidence. Please keep your fingers crossed the culprits will be caught! The burglary that took place in the Office last year did eventually result in a successful conviction, so I believe patience will be the order of the day. Thames Valley Police, especially our local officers have been veryresponsive and supportive. The culprits were fairly young (17-22) white males. They must have had knowledge of our school, as they knew exactly where our laptops were kept. They carefully removed the security grilles and skilfully avoided the alarm sensor despite the laptops being contained in a secure trolley chained to the wall. Sadly, it is the children who suffer most, as they cannot follow the full ICT curriculum without their laptops. They have also lost all their work which was stored -14 DORNEY PARISH PUMP j Published on behalf of Dorney Parish Council Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 603856) Clerk: 6Ienda Collins (01753 655331) Councillors: Jill Dax, (01628 603486 ) 6raham Easton (627416),Andrew Purdie (670611) Ken Richmond (626972), Simon Philpot, Peter Smith (01753 827034) FORTHCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS: Tuesdays, April 10, May 16 (3"' Tuesday!-new council) LAST DAY FOR NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCILLORS-April 3"'.Council Elections-May 3''. GRASS CUTTING w/c March 12", April 2"",23"' . ROAD SWEEPING July FOOTPATH HARCOURT ROAD TO DORNEY LAKE Confirmation of foatpoth funding is expected shortly. NOISE FROM M4 Highways Agency has confirmed that no work is scheduled between junctions 7 and 8/9 far the next four years. Agreed that the Council will again request SBl:>C for further readings and maintain pressure on the Agency for earliest possible action. COl.lECTION OF POST, DORNEY REACH Postwatch has advised that pressure is being applied to the local postmaster to fit "Next Collection" tablets to the Harcourt Raad post box and that this should happen shortly. LOCAL ELECTIONS, 3"' MAY 2007 At least 1 District Council & 7 Parish Council seats could be contested at the May elections. Information packs are available from the Clerk. Nominations close APRIL 4th. Two current Parish councillors and our District councillor will not be standing. PARISH COUNaL WEBSITE The Council is In the process of setting up a new and simpler website; expect web address and further details next month. This facility, which is free, is also independentlyavailable to local organisations; contact Cllr. Graham Easton (who has started on a VillageHall website), for further information. ORCHARD HERBS SITE SBl:>C will enforce their order that this site must be properly cleared and use by heavy trucks must cease as soon as legal technicalities are overcome. This does not affect the operation of the Farm Shop. NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTION MEETING The Chairman advised that the public meeting arranged for March 20" is organised by the Police and the Parish Council is not directly involved, although Councillors may attend as residents/observers. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Vehicle Activated signs. DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings are held at the Eton Dorney Centre in Lake End Road, normally from 8pm10pm. County & District councillors and Police often attend. Residents are welcome and may ask questions. Police are scheduled to attend in even numbered months. Lightrefreshments are usually served. ALL ENQUIRIES, complaints & suggestions relating to Parish affairs to 6Ienda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High St, Iver, Bucks SLO 9ND.Phone:01753 655331. e-mail: darneycouncil@btinternet.com Thi! official mim,tu 0/Y posted on thtJ Council's notice boards in thtJ Vil• Hall and Vil.Rd. MUSIC IN MAIDENHEAD This is the title of a new exhibition on display in Maidenhead Heritage Centre, 3 King Street, during April. The exhibition celebrates the rich heritage and diversity of music making in the Maidenhead area. Over twenty bands, choirs and orchestras are represented on displays and you can hear excerpts of some in performance via their CD's. Of local interest, the association of Sir Edward Elgar with a Thames-side house at Bray is revealed. Through a period of some twenty years in the early twentieth Century, Elgar spent much time composing in a summerhouse opposite Monkey Island. Peter Tyler BUCKS COUNTY COUNCIL -Highways on Call 0845 230 2882 LOCAL AREA TECHNICIANS -WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING Each Local Area Technician is dedicated to one or more local community areas and is fulfilling an important front line service delivery role for the County Council and specifically the Transportation Service. The technician's core technical responsibilities are in four areas of work, namely: Highway Maintenance ( e.g. dealing with road and pavement maintenance issues raised by members of the public through Highways on Call, ordering minor repair work with our contractors and monitoring contract performance, vetting and issuing highway licences for skips etc.). Traffic Management ( e.g. dealing with traffic sign and road marking issues raised by members of the public through Highways on Call). Streetworks (e.g. inspecting road and pavement excavations carried out by Statutory Undertakers (gas, water, electricity companies etc.). Estate Roads ( e.g. ensuring new housing estate roads built by developers that will ultimately be adopted as publicly maintained highways are constructed to the Council's specification). The technicians are using highly branded vehicles to carry out their day-to-day work, which is helping to raise their local profile. We are currently working to produce a small portfolio of information and contact details for each technician to help them to answer questions raised by members of the public whilst working in their local area. Whilst highway repair works will continue to be carried out by the Council's contractors, the technicians are carrying with them sufficient equipment to be able, where appropriate, to deal with acute problems that they may come across in their day-to-day work ( e.g. removing leaves from blocked gullies that have caused a localised flash flood, placing cones around dangerous defects such as a broken manhole cover or removing illegal signs causing an obstruction to pedestrians or road junction visibility splays). -8 activities but all of them cost money and so for many with children they are not accessible. There is now so much difference between the haves and have-nots. My helper has a daughter and she was saying how much it cost to supply the items for a cooking lesson at school. We used to provide these. What happens when children's parents cannot afford it? The child probably goes back to school feeling ashamed. On his way back to school he passes many notices "Do not leave valuables in your car." When we came here fifty years ago, the police had the upper hand not the thieves! Now if a young businessman feels like parking his car and going for a stroll by the river, does he have to take his computer with him? • steal!" Political correctness? Progress? Phyllis Wallbank • @ Mercedes-:Benz Thieves Rule! And what about putting ideas in young poorer people's minds? There are no religious assemblies where they hear the commandment, "Thou shall not AREA CHAUFFEURS • Airports & Long Distance Professional Service with a Personal Touch • Executive Cars for the Price of a Cab • Stretch Limos Available 01628 685557 or 07774944800 J A G U A R ooRNEY TENNIS COUR,- Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available at the following £10 under the age of 18 £20 aged 18 and over £35efamily Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 -1 ,_ REMEMBERING THEN AND NOW. I bought this house in Dorney fifty years ago for £3,500. We added to it over the years, making a new sitting room and en suite bedroom above, and converting the loft into a schoolroom for me to use to tutor. It was valued this January by Hamptons at £645,000! Over the years I have spent many thousands on repairs, but even so' I want to stay here with these lovely open views front and back and the knowledge that although I will be 90 next year if! live another year, I want to stay in this house with my memories. It should go up in value with the Olympic rowing being near here. Lucky family! In those earlier years I remember the time it took to get from the City, to Dorney because there was no M4, just small roads, and the thrill when we turned the corner from Huntercombe and saw the sign and the two boys shouted "DORNEY!" How they loved the freedom of the Common. They and the Bosh er children (They are in their 50s I suppose now), used to all go out together, playing on the Common and going away for hours, making wonderful tree houses over the brook. The girls often sat on the Common making long daisy chains and decorating themselves. All would be gone sometimes for hours, fishing in Cress Brook, bringing back newts and tadpoles and stickle backs, with tales of seeing trout at certain times of the year. Now what happens to my grandchildren? It is forbidden in general to pick wild flowers. You have now to have a 'fishing permit' to fish by the cattle grid in Boveney Ditch. I get anxious if they go out of sight because of lack of other children playing on the Common or because of traffic, or Health and Safety rules, or paedophiles. Young children no longer learn to become part of society by playing and socialising through the rough and tumble with all ages of children, and learning through play together out of doors. All mammals learn in this way. No wonder now that so many children are obese. I know local children under I I who sit for hours each day at lessons in school, and come back home and have to sit for another hour or an hour and a half doing homework when under 11 years old. Our children used to have time for hobbies and their school lessons included more music and movement, drama, poetry, and singing and with lots of games and P. T. every afternoon. Now there seems to be so much pressure on children, keeping them sedentary for hours and their parents are pressured too having to work and also to take children by car to activities. We used to catch the Blue Bus that went every hour from the top of the road! Now everyone goes everywhere by car unless you are old like me and have given up the car and are stuck! We used to go to Riggie's the Bakers in Village Road and have fresh bread, and then go into the post office. The grocery was there as well. There seemed time then for a long chat with whoever was in the shop. Now I ask Jane to kindly take me to Sainsbury's which is out of reach now for me without a car. Wben I go down the road on my "chariot" the people now on the whole seldom say Hallo. They often have a device in their ear listening to music and completely missing the music of nature. They have been taught during the last generation "Stranger Danger'" and so they lack real community awareness. Life was without the same rush. Now both parents often have to work long hours to kejers APRIL 2007pay the mortgage for these high house prices. Safe activities for our children cost so much money. The Brochure just sent by South Bucks shows some wonderful leisure DID YOU HAVE YOUR SAY & DO YOU THINK IT WILL IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? The few residents (presumably with boiler or TV problems) attending the recent pre-N.AG consultation at the Village Hall on "safety" were comfortably outnumbered by police and other "stakeholders". Cynics maintain that the meeting was called mainly to fulfil a police pledge made at the 2006 Annual Parish Meeting. COBBLERS The Government, champion tax imposers and spendthrifts, recently decided that Local Government could provide better services, more economically, if Councils became "Unitary" -perhaps just I or 2 authorities to cover the whole of Buckinghamshire; alternatively, the current 4 District Councils have persuaded Bucks County to propose to become "Pathfinders" by agreeing to "work more closely together", thus saving the jobs & pensions of four Chief Executives. Predictably, the Government will reduce their annual government grants on account of these theoretical savings, whether they are made or (as is more likely) not' Now, Bucks County has recently cobbled together 19 Community Area Committees, which some have described as "Super Parish Councils". The local version, which meets regularly but without the benefit of a Constitution, Terms of Reference, proper minutes or access by members of the public, includes police, District & County councillors and officers (all paid) plus nominated (and unpaid) Dorney, Taplow & Burnham parish councillors. Strangely, none of the lower groups were consulted on the Pathfinder arrangement. The Police have, at last, launched their own local )'!eighbourhood 􀇘ction Qroup, which covers Dorney & Taplow, but not Burnham. Not to be out-consultivated, South Bucks District has just launched their very own "People's Panel". Join now. So we now have FOUR lower tier groups -elected Parish Councils plus quasiofficial Community Groups and NAGs, all working more closely together with the "Pathfinders". Better and cheaper? Just watch your Council Tax. WARMING WARNING Yes, it may be getting warmer, but will switching off your tele standby really make a difference? In the 1970s we were all concerned about global cooling! Now we have a new bandwagon. The same people who guaranteed 45 minute ready WMD in Iraq, now passionately • assure us that theyknow that more taxation, regulation and privation (for us) will save the world from the terminal consequences of carbon dioxide led global warming, probably within 45 years. Only the full facts and objective debate are missing. Excuse me whilst I consult on another airport runway. Dorney Social Diary Wednesday 4'h April Last day for submission of nominations to serve on Parish Council Sunday 8thA.fril (Easter Sunday) Easter Egg Huot. Dorney Court 3 p.m. Thursday 12 April Theatre Royal, Windsor. 'Old Times' Wednesday 18thApril Etoo Wick History Group meeting Easter Egg Hunt Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. �& 􀀂& Thursday 19thApril ODDS visit Dorneywood Spring Gardens Tuesday 24thApril ODDS visit Dorneywood Spring Gardens Thursday 3rdMay Parish & District Council Elections ' Saturday 12thMay TVAP Sponsored Walk r. Wednesday 23rdMay OOHS Evening at Farnham Common Nursery DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Etoo Dorney Centre 8 p.m. DORNEY VILLAGE HALL Second Monday of a.lternate months :,/6 .• MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE i.e. May, July, September Village Hall 8 p.m. DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicatede(*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2007: 17/4* 8/5 12/6 DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. DORNEY SHORT MAT Every Sunday Village Hall BOWLS CLUB 7-I0p.m. Easter Sunday DORNEY TENNIS COURT Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. 3.oo pm Monday-Friday) DORNEY YOUTH CLUB Every Thursday evening during term time (for children of the parish) in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-11 year olds 6.30 p.m -8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.30/10 p.m. RAlNBOWS Every Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. BROWNCES Every Thursday Village Ball 6-7.30 p.m. ATTITUDE Every other Thursday evening 􀅘 Youth Group Eton/Dorney Centre It 24/7 Wednesday evenings during term time 8-12's Group Slough Baptist Church Dorney Court tt Organized in aid of River Reach the children's VILLAGE BALL BOOKJNGS Dawn Russell 01628 784515 Christian holiday club: Entry£ 1.00 per child. 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FLEFLORIST Major Credit Cards Welcome Design & Construction • Suppliers of: • Site Clearance • Pergolas • Terraces SAND • BALLAST • Turfing • Driveways • Brickwork WOOD CHIPS • Plants, Trees • Car Parks Decorative TOP SOIL and Shrubs • Block Paving or Standard MUSHROOMa. • Fencing • Patios • Mature Trees COMPOST 01628 666022 • 661768 Mobile 07860 706675 TRADITIONAL 􀀑q RESTORATION COMPANY ✓ "' ,·.•• Restorers offneAntique .Furniture .· ,'}'J;rfrey /!lAri11y,,x,11 . THE COACH HOUSE, Best Dining Pub in Buckinghamshire 2007 -Good Pub Guide Greene King "Excellence Award" I Good Pub Guide 2007 1 DORNEY COURT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP AA 2007 Pub Guide TEL: 01628 660708 SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am Morning Service and Sunday School 6.30pm Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday 6pm Vigil Mass Sunday 9am, 10.15am and 6pm Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by lhe 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODXTel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J.M. Spencer, Dorincowt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODT. Tel: 01628624213 Editorial Board: The Editors, Mrs. M.C. Cody Di.􀩿trihutors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mr Spencer, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for I O issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. Private Nursing & Residential Care Home tin 9 acres o eautiful Groun • Highest quality 24 hour professional nursing care • Bedrooms -en-suite, telephone & TV • Nurse call & intercom system 􀁘EGISTERED NURSING • Automatic lifts Tu􀁙ME ASSOCIATION • Relaxed friendly atmosphere • Day room, television lounge, library, sunny conservatories • Excellent food, choice of menus, special diets • Long or short stay accommodation • Activities Co-ordinator • Visitors always welcome Parliament Lane, Burnham, Bucks SLt SNU Midway Between M4 & M40 Motorways BURNHAM -(01628) 667345 i-DORNEY Principal Joan Kellett AIDTA B/L SCHOOL Welcome you to come dancing. ballroom/lalin -adults. Every Thursday beginners and improvers 8 to 9 p.m. OF Intermediate 9 to 10 p.m. al Dorney Village Hall Also children every Saturday 11 a.m. to 12 noon at Dorney Village Ha11 Children's classes include line dancing Private lessons aslo available. Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 WEDNESDAY MAY 23rd at 7 p.m. AN EVENING AT FARNHAM COMMON NURSERY Further Events 2007 JUNE 24 COACH OUTING to STOURHEAD AUG 19 SUMMER GARDEN COMPETITION MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT AT THE WALLED GARDEN, DORNEY NEWMEMBERS WELCOME Further information : 01628 603036 or 620975 SLOUGH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Saturday 19th May at 7 .30 p.m. Eton College School Hall with The Bernwode Singers, Oxford Soloists: to be confirmed VERDI Requiem Tickets £12 from Society Box Office 07778 356551 ISSUE NO. 4/07 MAYn2007 EDITORIAL Following the sparse turn out for the 'Have your say' meeting held in Dorney School, the Annual Parish Meeting on the Wednesday of the following week attracted a large number of local residents anticipating an update from councillors on their work for the parish over the past year and their reports on ongoing parish concerns and plans. 'Open Forum' and 'Question Time' were the most popular items on the agenda and members of the audience seized the opportunity to try to get answers and promises of action on matters that most bugged them. These matters proved, in general, to be the responsibility of either district or county council or the police. Fortunately representatives from these bodies were present and could be called upon to discuss the problem and even, in some instances, to promise action. Questioned on the delay in granting permission to go ahead with the planting of replacement trees in Harcourt Road, which has been in abeyance for months because plans of underground services were not forthcoming, County Councillor, Mr.Chris Schwier, said he would attend to the problem immediately. I believe the matter is now resolved and the trees can be planted when the season is right. Representatives from SBDC promised improvement in the road-sweeping programme and further monitoring of noise from the M4. The Head teacher will also be questioning the acceptable M4 decibel level at Dorney School. The armual discussion on restricting traffic speeding through the village failed to achieve a resolution, but it looks as though the long awaited footpath from Dorney Reach to the church will be laid. Alan Russell, who is to be congratulated on all his work in setting up and running the Youth Club, reported on the club's aims and facilities and three young members spoke, with great self-assurance, of their appreciation of the club and the various and enjoyable activities in which they had participated. We wish Alan, and all associated with the club, continuing success. The Thames Valley Adventure Playground (TV AP), which for the past 25 years has , Airports & Long Distance been catering for the many children and adults with special needs, is holding its Silver Jubilee Sponsored Walk on Saturday 12th May. The Playground has in the region of 10,000 visits a year and its running costs are £250,000 a year, of which only eight percent comes from local authority funding. Dorney residents have always supported the playground and we encourage our readers to take a 5, 10, or 15 mile walk following the Jubilee River and the Thames on the 12th. The thought that friends are sponsoring you on this pleasant journey for the benefit of TV AP will make it doubly enjoyable. , Minibuses Available , Competitive Rates BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION www.areachauffeurs.co.uk JUDGING TAKES PLACE BETWEEN 22m MAY AND 1 ffJULY -12 Revd Lucy Holt writes: We all have just enjoyed a wonderfully warm Easter and it seems now that Summer isn't too far away. Despite the threat of global wanning it is reassuring that some things never change, one of which is the seasonal change of the year, each season bringing with it its own scenery and special occasions. Life is full of contradictions and the way things stay the same and change is one of them. In one sense the seasons show us that things don't change, there is a certainty of the things coming and going as the year moves on a pace. Yet life is also full of considerable change. We only have to look in the mirror regularly to see how we change as we grow ever older and hopefully wiser. In our Christian life as well there is a sense of everything changing and yet also things staying just the same. The message of the Christian faith with the steadfast love of God and the work of Jesus on the cross is unchanging. The unchanging nature of God is a comfort for us as we grow through life and we realise that he is with us no matter what life appears to throw at us. Yet I think also that our Christian faith must be not only about things staying the same but also about things changing. A lot of people grow up with a sense of God that they developed when they were a child. But for many people I know this faith, this understanding developed as a child or young person, has not changed as they grow older and have learned to experience the world through the eyes of an adult. It is important as we develop to let our faith develop and to mature to be able to see how this applies to us now as an adult, to question what relevance our faith has for our daily lives. Ifwe do this then we begin to see how we can apply our faith to the big questions of life. Lucy Holt Church Services in May 2007 Wednesday 2nd 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 6th 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) St.James the Less Dorney 11 . 00am Family Service St.John the Baptist Eton Wick 6.30pm Informal worship St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 13th 9.30am Holy Communion St.James the Less Dorney 11l.00am Holy Communion St.John the Baptist Eton Wick (children's groups) Wednesday 16th 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 20th 9.30am Holy Communion St.James the Less Dorney 11l.00am Worshipping Together St.John the Baptist Eton Wick (children's groups) 6.30pm Taize Service St John the Evangelist Eton Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, FLOWERS, BIRDSe+ "ABBEY'S" GOOD FRIDAY The more settled weather recently has encouraged lots of plants to sally forth -wood spurgewith green leaves and clusters of green flowers; red dead nettle; blue forget-me _ not; bnght blue Geneva bugle with green hairy leaves; tall green horsetail; clumps of yellow coltsfoot; low-lying large headed dandelions; tall buttercups and clumps of daisies; light blue periwinkle with multi-coloured leaves, as well as red and white camellias; lots of blue bells; soldiers and sailors (pulmonaria); King of the forest (Lords and Ladies); yellow primroses and various primulas and tulips. For some time a reed bunting has been visiting our garden. He has a distinctive black head, white moustache and a white collar. He can also be seen on the reeds at Jubilee River. One grey morning in late March, several hundred starlings swooped from the sky landing on the Dorney Memorial Garden oak trees. The garden was full of song for three to four minutes, then at a given signal, they all rose and flew off towards the rowing lake. Stragglers were then buzzed by the resident crows. Several young cormorants were seen at Dorney wetlands along with plenty of coots; grebes; moorhens and two herons. The warmer weather tempted two large hedgehogs to come out in our back garden, whilst ladybirds, several butterflies, bees and hover flies suddenly appeared. During the noon service on Good Friday at Burnham Abbey, a local female black cat called 'Abbey', which earlier was seen climbing over the Abbey roof, suddenly appeared through the open chapel window by the altar. She then jumped down and with tail up, casually sauntered down the centre aisle, cool as you like, as if she owned the place. Word of this bravado soon spread to the Aristocats. 'Charlie', Lord of the Abbey proposed to Chaircat 'Mighty Basil' that 'Abbey' be accepted to the Aristocat Club. This caused a stir. "She's a girl -we can't have thate-it's boys only;"said 'Big Ron'. 'Big Ginge Jnr', currently studying EU Law, piped up that under Human Rights article 4167, section 41, paragraph 67 (revised)e" ... all cats, male and female, be accorded equal rights where practicable." Mighty Basil, thoughtfully stroking his whiskers, then proposed putting it to the vote that 'Abbey' be made an Honorary Member of the Elite English Aristocat Club, for she had certainly shown on Good Friday that she was the coolest gal in town. "All those in favour?" said Basil "Five I" "All those against?" "Four' Motion carried and I could do with a pint'" "Yes, and make sure 'Abbey' buys a round if girls want equal rights," said 'Big Ron'. With that, they all went down to their local pub 'The Jolly Whiskers' and were soon heard singing one of their favourite songs for Abbey " ... Oh, ain't she sweet? See her coming down the street' Now I ask you very confidentially ain't she sweet? Ain't she nice? Look her over once or twice ....... " 1 Three cheers for Abbey and the Aristocats Club Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D D) -11 NO GO AREA Residents attending the recent Annual Parish Meeting seemed much concerned at perceived shortfalls in services provided by County and District Councils. 'What about the pot-holes?', they cried; 'the lack of road-sweeping, the fly-tipping and the general untidiness?' Lack of money, was the response, not withstanding another (nearly) 5% increase in Council Tax. There is, of course, more money than ever pouring into the Councils' coffers, much of it leaking immediately out to final-salary inflation-linked pensions; and to the Police precept, to fund NAGs and station bound officers. These problems could be readily solved, but only at the reduntification of a few Diversity, Equality and Health & Safety Officers. And we wouldn't want that, would we? GET MOVING The Government still claims that the introduction, on June I st, of Home Information Packs -compulsory for all marketing their properties from this date -will proceed smoothly, despite shortage of Inspectors approved to produce the only recently conceived and compulsory Energy Ratings Report. But if your property is "on the market" by 31 st May, no HIP will be required until January 2008, by which time it will be either sold or you will have changed your mind. Or both. And it could well be that one small advertisement (in this magazine -ed) may suffice to qualify your property as 'on the market', for the purposes of this legislation. s 􀀏 May2007 IFr'"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""K=e=je=r== ANB GARDEN SERVICES Too busy to mow? No urge to hoe? No hedge too tall. No weed too small. All aspects of garden maintenance undertaken to include:-grass cutting (large or small gardens), hedge cutting, strimming, leaf blowing, fencing, small patios, turf supplied and laid, garden clearance. Specialising in grass management. Alastair Brooker Mobile 078 I 4 006639 Office 01628 823202 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btintemet.com -10 Sunday 27th Pentecost 9.30am 11l.00am Family Worship Holy Communion (children's groups) St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 3l'" June 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11l.00am Family Service 6.30pm Informal Worship St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton Church Open - St James the Less Dorney wil1 be open on the afternoons of 6th-7'hMay and the 27th 28" May. Please do come and have a look around the church and enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake. It is hoped that the church will also be open again this year and refreshments served each afternoon during the month of August. THAMES VALLEY •ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND forchildrM& adults with special needs 51LVefl Jum...ee 5r:t)􀀬50l SWEEPIN6: May Eton Wick History Group meeting July Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DDBS Coach Outing to StourheadDDBS Summer Garden Competition Wednesday 30111. Sunday 241bJune Sunday 190a August LOCAL ELECTIONS, 3o"' MAY 2007 Elections have proved unnecessary as the number of nominations equalled the number of seats. l>orney Parish will welcome Alice Foxley as the new Parish Counclllor and PeterAdams as the new l>istrict Councillor. The first meeting of the new Council is on Tuesday, 8 May. This is also the Annual Meeting of the Council at which committee officers areconfirmed. Residents are, as usual, welcome to attend. FOOTPATH HARCOURT ROAD TO DORNEY LAKEConfirmation of footpath funding has naw been received and final construction details arebeing M90tlated. It Is currently hoped that work can be within a year, provided the l􀪀I and land ownership formollties can be quickly completed. ANNUAL PARISH MEETIN6The changed formot resulted in Increased numbers (around 50) and lively discussions, particularly with County and l>istrict representatives. Criticism of County tardiness Ingranting for tree planting in Harcourt Rood resulted in an on-site meeting. Detailed approval is expected shortly with some planting In l>orney Reach In the autumnand spring. Funding Is currently being sought and the finally approved plan (based onearlier local consultation) will be published in this fflOIIOZine. Similarly the officerrepresenting S8l>C -ed to expedite new M4 noise reading. The Headteacher will raisenoise problems with County. STREET U6HTIN6Problems with the maintenance contract have naw been overcome. Defective lights shouldbe reported to the Clerk and are contracted to be dealt with within three weeks. COLLECTION OF POST, DORNEY REACHPressure by the Council on regulator Postwatch should shortly result in the refitting of"Next Collection" tablets to the l>orney Reach post box. The box in Dorney has alreadybeen re-tabbed. PARISH COUNCIL WEBSITEThe Clerk is In the early st-s of setting up a new and simpler website; a first -can now be viewed onllne at www.buckslnfo.net/dorneypc/. Contoct the Clerk with anycomments or offers of help. This faclllty, which Is free, is also independently available to local organisations; contactCllr. 6raham Easton (who has started on a Viii-Hall website). for further informotion. BEST KEPT VILLA6E COMPETITIONNick Hewitt-Teale has volunteered to mastermind our entry into this year's competition. Areas needing attention should be reported to Nick or to the Clerk. J"udging takes placebetween 22nd May and 1st J"uly. -4 DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALLMANAGEMENT COMMITIEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUBDORNEY SHORT MATBOWLS CLUBDORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB(for children of the parish) RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATTITUDEYouth Group24n8--12's Group VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Second Tuesday ofeach month (exceptAugust) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday ofalternate months i.e. May, July,SeptemberVillage Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, DorneySecond Tuesday in month unlessIndicated (•) 12.IS-2.00Dates 2007o: 8/5 12/6 3n• Tuesday Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall7 -10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381(between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds ofDorney School7-11 olds 6.30 p.m -8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.3-0/10 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Thursday eveningEton/Dorney CentreWednesday evenings during term timeSlough Baptist Chun:h DawnRussell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOODWATCH SCHEME ChiefCo-ordinator:-Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS TBATREQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE999 AN APPRECIATION I have just returned from the USA where I was invited to speak to teachers in Washington. I enjoy going to the USA very much having lectured over the years at the UN, and at Chicago, Boston, Purdue, Seattle, Yale and Harvard Universities, and I always enjoy my visits and so know a great number of places in the States, but how very wonderful it is to come back home to Dorney, and to relish the good things of our village. There is no place to me as wonderful and no place like home! How very lucky we are. The cows are back on this glorious Common and yet we are so close to Heathrow and to London. We have a theatre near us in the lovely town of Windsor and the truly racially mixed peaceful shopping town of Slough close by. Here in Dorney we have an exceptionally good state school, which for no extra fees gives a fine education to our village children and promotes the good of our community. I attended the last police meeting there and was so impressed by the children's work on the walls. We now have a fine youth club run by our own local policeman. We have two fine pubs each presenting very different aspects of British Pub life and both excellent in very different ways. I am lucky in having a meal brought to me on a Sunday from the Palmer Arms I The Pineapple gives bread without fail every week for the Slough Run every Monday night. Many Dorney people are generous and kind and help the homeless and disadvantaged in Slough. One contributes every week forty Coca-colas; another gives every week forty bananas. This Easter, Dorney Parish Church gave forty-two large lovely Easter Eggs, and gave extra to those with children, for them to take to them. Thank You the Rev Lucy Holt and Mary Baker and all the givers, and how very lovely is the old church of St. James. Just before writing this I watched a beautiful bird ballet produced by literally hundreds of birds wheeling in great swirls of movement and not one out of place or bumping into one another, here over the Common. What a wonderful sight1 This garden has so many birds of so many different types because of the trees around. I know that now many people appreciate the nature notes written every month in the magazine. We have the most beautiful walks. Those loving nature will appreciate the fine Arboretum planted by Eton near the Rowing Lake and also the avenue of flowering trees there, in memory of my husband. The Lake itself provides fine walks around the water and Eton rowing club now has many Dorney young at their own rowing club run there for our local youngsters. How lucky we are1 So many places have no activities at all without cost for the young. Mentioning the Rowing Lake reminds me of my kind next door neighbours who get me out of difficulty when I forget my keys and shut myself out' l have written a great deal for this fine parish Magazine and so will now sign off with gratitude and appreciation for our Editor, and will leave space now for other opinions and ideas. So, signing off now from articles in the magazine. Phyllis Wallbank □ NEI6HBOURHOOt> ACTION MEETING The Police organised public meeting in March was poorly attended, but the Police anticipate that a NA6 group for Taplow and Dorney wlll be operating by late StJfflmer. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Vehicle Activated signs. Motorway noise DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings are held at the Eton Dorney Centre in Lake End Rood, normally from 8pm 10pm. County & District councillors and Police often attend. Residents are welcome and may ask questions. Police are scheduled to attend in even numbered months. Light refreshments ore usually served. ALL ENQUIRIES & comments to Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High St, Iver L09NI>. Phone:01753655331.e-mail: dornevcouncll@btlnternet.com: website: www.bucksinfo.net/dorncypc/ The official minutes are posted on the Council's notice boards in the Village Hall and Village Rd. keep DORN EY tidy Ple;:ise Do not p􀂆tk ot qtive on vet9es Look 􀂆Ftet yout ptopetty frontq9e issued by Domey parish council IP LOTHIAN DESIGN di Bringing your home to life ♦ Country cottages to contemporary loft spaces, Lothian Design offers bespoke design services ranging from a decoration scheme for a single room, to space planning, designing and supplying furn􀐐ure for your whole home. In addition, Lothian Design offers design consultations if you would like some ideas to work from yourself. ♦ Create the home you want, not just dream of! Call Lothian Design on 01491 413929 ♦ 07976 28841e1 ♦ lothiandesign@btintemetcom • www.lothiandesign.co.uk • Professional Interior Designere♦ KLC School of Design graduatee♦ SIDA member GARAGESALE Saturday 19th May 10 a.m. -2 p.m. The Old Cottage Village Road Dorney (opposite The Palmer Arms) NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Altwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 Tuesday 22nd -Saturday 26th May at 7 .30 p.m. Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer The opera will be fully staged with a complete orchestra Tickets: Tues. £16 (£15 cone.) £14 (£13 cone.) Wed. £17 (£16 cone.) £15 (£14 cone.) Thurs. -Fri. £17, £15 Sat. £18, £16 MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 -1.45 p.m. Dates for2007:-May 3, 17, 31 June 14, 28 July 12, 26 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 30th May Charles Knight, Philanthropist & Professional Publisher Speaker .... Mrs. Valerie Gray THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O I J8 969 8000 Tuesday 3/4 -Saturday 12/5 BAREFOOT IN THE PARK A comedy by Neil Simon Tuesday 15/5 -Saturday 16/6 ALPHABETJCAL ORDER A comedy by Michael Frayn The Editor, Dorney Parish News 16 April 2007 Best Kept Village Competition Dear Sir, At the Annual Parish Meeting on March 28th I volunteered to be a co-ordinator for Dorneyand Dorney Reach with aview to improve on our dismal performance during the construction of our various, now glorious, water features. I am pleased to inform residents that I reported to the Parish Council four areas in Village Road that needed attention. Within two days John (of flat bed white vanfame) had dealt with the matters. One involved overhanging hedges and ivy partially blocking the footpath and another was uncleared leaves making the pavements slippery when wet. Normally these issues are amatter for the relevant householder, but in both cases I felt it necessary for outside help, asthe residents concernedwere unable to undertake such clearance themselves. The judges of this competition look at three categories. • Primary features: church, graveyard/cemetery, playing field, village hall, boundary hedges, road verges etc. • Secondary features: areas surrounding pubs/restaurants, bus shelters, telephone boxes, notice boards and warmemorial. • Thereareadditional marks for overall appearance and evidence of community effort. Judging takes place between 22nd May and 1st July. In Dorney we havethree telephone boxes, two bus shelters, two pubs, onechurch, two graveyards, one village hall, one memorial garden and lots of verges and pavements! There are four distinct areas; • Village Road and Court Lane, • Dorney Reach • Ashford Lane and Pineapple area. • Boveney Is there anyone who would volunteer to let meknow what needs doing in the last three of these? Once the issues they have identified areknown I would be willing to organise a "working party" of volunteers to tidy up and where necessary to call in the assistance of John via the Parish Council. I hope all residents will do their bit by keeping their frontages tidy. Please call me if you think you can helpon 01628 605177. There is good news! Sterling work has been done to tidy the church grounds. Now that the Jubilee River car park has been re-surfaced, there is a Grundon wheelie bin onsitel That should saveat least two bags aday from your resident litter picker! Nick Teale Windrush, Village Road -7 ---:-- __:..;J,N £ 0 ? 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THE COACH HOUSE, DORNEY COURT, DORNEY, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QP .¼«rn1 ,:!ll;,Ny,,x,11 \ AA 2007 Pub Guide Private Nursing & SERVICES IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES Residential Care Home ST. JAMES, DORNEY Full details of our Services and Children's Activities are included in this magazine VICAR OF DORNEY Revd. Lucy Holt The Vicarage, 69a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick, Windsor, Berks. SL4 6NE Tel: 01753 852268 e-mail: revlucy@tiscali.co.uk METHODIST CHAPEL, Eton Wick Sunday 10.30am Morning Service and Sunday School 6.30pm Evening Service ST. GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday 6pm Vigil Mass Sunday 9am, I 0. I5am and 6pm Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Etlltors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SLG ODX Tel: 01628 624121 Mrs. J. M Spencer, Dorincourt, 45, Harcourt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DT Tel: 01628624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mr Spencer, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for l O issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. Set in 9 acres of BeautifulGrou?􀀔 • • Highest quality 24 hour professional nursing care • Bedrooms • en-suite, telephone & TV • Nurse call & intercom system • Automatic lifts 􀪅􀪆:GISTERED NURSING HOME ASSOCIATION • Relaxed friendly atmosphere • Day room, television lounge, library, sunny conservatories • Excellent food, choice of menus, special diets • Long or short stay accommodation • Activities Co-ordinator • Visitors always welcome Parliament Lane, Burnham, Bucks SLl SNU Midway Between M4 & M40 Motorways BURNHAM -(01628) 667345 1 DORNEY Principal Joan Kellett AIDTA B/L SCHOOL Welcome you lo come dancing. ba\lroom/latin -adults. Every Thursday beginners and improvers 8 to 9 p.m. OF Intermediate g to 10 p.m. at Dorney Village Hall Also children every Saturday 11 a.m. to 12 noon at Dorney Village Hall Children's classes include line dancing Private lessons aslo available. Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 JJ •------------------------------...lfEi C ANB GARDEN SERVICES Too busy to mow? No urge to hoe? No hedge too tall. No weed too small. All aspects of garden maintenance undertaken to include:-grass cutting (large or small gardens), hedge cutting, strimming, leaf blowing, fencing, small patios, turf supplied and laid, garden clearance. Specialising in grass management. Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office 0 1628 823202 e-mail: anbgardenservices(f]bt internet_ corn ADVERTISEMENTS Articles for sale etc. can be advertised in this magazine at the following rates: 20 words or less £2 each additional word I Op THE I\IILL AT SON NI NG Dinner Theatre Box Office 0 I 18 969 8000 Tuesday 15/5 -Saturday 16/6 ALPHABETICAL ORDER A comedy by Michael Frayn Tuesday 19/6 -Saturday 4/8 CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL By Alan Ayckbourn More Wit & Wisdom ISSUE NO. 5/07 EDITORIAL JUNE 2007 Now is the period in which the parish will be assessed by the Best Kept Village judges. We all know what is expected ofus and there are several exhortations in this edition. We have had success in the competition in the past, but recent years have been disappointing. Let's all do our best this year. Our last issue contained a letter from Mrs. Phyllis Wallbank in which she paid tribute to the many people who contribute to the general good of life in Dorney and to her satisfaction in being part of this community. She also said she was signing off from writing for this magazine in order to leave space for other people to express their opinions and ideas. I do hope that readers will accept this challenge' Phyllis has written many thought provoking articles for us and I hope she will occasionally take up the pen. or tap the keyboard, to impart more words of wisdom. It seems an appropriate time for me to thank Phyllis for her contributions and, in turn, to pay tribute to her exceptional accomplishments in education and modern brain research and acknowledge her concern for the underprivileged. For years, Phyllis has been involved with the Monday evening ·slough Run·. distributing food and clothing to the homeless and the needy, and although not in the best of health, she packs her wheelchair and flies off to the USA on lecture tours whenever the opportunity arises. This month she will be in Boston to give a lecture to an international group of philosophers! Phyllis was a friend of Dr. Maria Montesson and in 1951 organised the last International Montessori Association (AMI) conference in London at which Or. Montessori gave her last speech shortly before her death. Phyllis was at that time the founder of the Gatehouse Montessori School in London. At the 1951 conference, Dr. Montessori asked all Montessori people to link together to help bring peace to the world through encouraging the inner natural development of children. As a passionate proponent of this message, Phyllis, who is fast approaching her ninetieth birthday, is proposing 'Phyllis Wallbank's Montessori Centenary World Tour' a lecture tour to sixteen countries, sharing her memories, carrying Dr. Maria's message and suggesting ·keys for the child's environment' today. Money raised on the tour will be used to help children's needs in each country. I wish Phyllis well and every success in this demanding project and hope to receive repm1s from around the world for publication in this magazine. This spring saw the return of our blackbird. He comes back ever year and perches on the ridge of the roof next-door. He is a remarkable bird, for over the past six to eight weeks he has sung every day almost continuously, rain or shine, from dawn to dusk. lfhe breaks for the occasional wonn, or to visit a mate, or chicks, it must be in doublequick time for he always seems to be at his post, singing. His range of song is extensive and he has charmed us through spring and early summer. Birdsong is a lovely blessing that brings tranquillity to our lives, and we are very fortunate to have this accomplished exponent. Long may he continue to delight us. Meanwhile the magpie death squads are poking about in the hedge and arbour seeking nests containing eggs and young chicks. A magpie cull has been proposed, but as yet, no action taken. Their increasing numbers menace all smaller species and threaten to seriously reduce the number of new generation blackbirds and other songbirds. When the next-door rooftop virtuoso eventually passes on, will there be a shortage of singing No one over 70 should attempt to put their socks on standing up. candidates for this perch" Revd Lucy Holt writes: Since the beginning of the year a few people have been working hard to raise money for the Church of St. James the Less. The concert at the end of April was a wonderful occasion where we were entertained magnificently by members of the Adelaide Consort and the Taplow Boys Choir. It has been good also to see the Church open again for teas during the bank holiday weekends. These events alongside the sale of Jam and produce have raised (at the time of writing) in the region of £1o,800 towards Church funds and the upkeep and maintenance of the Church. Thank you to all who have been working so hard and to many members of the village who have supported us in different ways. We have a wonderful Church building which continues to be used not only for regular Sunday worship but to celebrate with families for baptism and weddings, as well as being there at difficult times such as funerals and burials. This building however continues to cost considerable amounts to restore and maintain. I hope that the village and members of the Church can continue to work together to enable the Church to serve the 11.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St.John the Baptist Eton Wick community in years to come. Church Services in June 2007 Sunday 3rd (Trinity Sunday) 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11o.00am Family Service 6.30pm Informal worship St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick St.John the Evangelist Eton Wednesday 6th 1 O.OOam Holy Communion (said BCP) St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 10th 9.30am Family Communion 11o.00am Family Communion St.James the Less Dorney St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 17th 9.30am Holy Communion St.James the Less Dorney Wednesday 20th 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 24th 9.30am Family Worship St.James the Less Dorney 11.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St.John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 1st July 10.30am Special open air Jubilee River Grouping Service at Taplow Court (at St Nicolas Church, Taplow if wet) Note• There will be no services in our churches this morning. 6.30pm Informal worship St.John the Evangelist Eton DORNEY & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SUNDAY JUNE 24th COACH OUTING to STOURHEAD information & reservationse: 01628 603036 or 620975 Further Events 2007 AUG 19 SUMMER GARDEN COMPETITION SEPT SEPT NOV 8 21 30 ANNUAL SHOW HARVEST SUPPER with speaker A.G.M. + CHEESE & PATE with speaker 7.30 pm 7.30 pm MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT AT THE WALLED GARDEN, DORNEY NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Further information• 01628 603036 or 620975 ooRNEY TENNIS COUR,- 􀘞Y 􀘝-_.;.J.- Open to all -- £2.50 per hour 􀐼e or !; yearly season tickets available at the following £10 under the age of 18 £20 aged 18 and over £35 family C.mtact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 DORNEY SCHOOL SUMMER FETE 2007 Dorney School PTA will be holding itever-popular Summer Fete on Saturday 23rd June 2007. Come along and enjoy a host of attractions for all ages including bouncy castle, children's play area and face painting. Browse around the many stalls and have a leisurely lunch from the food hall or the BBQ. A programme of entertainment will delight you during the afternoon, plus many raffles, tombolas and games galore. GATES OPEN AT 1200o-3pm. Please park on Trumpers f;eld. Expansion at Heathrow Since the report by the 2M Group featured in the April magazine there has been an increase in the estimated future flights at the airport, from the current figure of 480,000 a year to almost 800,000. The extra capacity would be achieved by building a third runway and abandoning the current practice of runway alternation which provides partial relief for residents during the day. Transport minister, Gillian Merron, said in answer to a parliamentary question from Susan Kramer MP that introducing mixed mode operations on the two existing runways could provide up to 15 per cent more traffic movements than the current limit of 480,000. She also confirmed that adding a new runway would, by itself, boost the current total to 720,000 movements. The minister also said that this year's planned consultation on a series of expansion proposals at the airport would include details of flight paths. However, any changes to air routes would not take place without first being subject to separate consultation by the Civil Aviation Authority. Cllr Daniel Moylan, speaking on behalf of the 2M Group. said: "This is worse than we feared. Until now the forecasts had suggested an increase of 50 per cent on current numbers to around 720,000. But including the impact of mixed mode takes the total towards 800,000. It is hard to imagine how growth on this scale could be accommodated without a major impact on the quality of life for people around Heathrow. It is also becoming clear that many new communities will experience more aircraft noise as new flight paths are added. Concern about aircraft noise is not a localised issue -it spreads throughout large parts of London and the Home Counties. Ministers might have been hoping they could get all the bad news out in one go with a short sharp consultation in the autumn. The more complex and farreaching the proposals, the more time ministers must allow for a fair consultation." The proposals are also expected to include a review of the Cranford agreement which protects communities at the eastern end of the northern runway from take-off noise and the westerly preference system which means aircraft normally land into the prevailing westerly wind. The 2M Group represents two million people in areas affected by aircraft noise in London Boroughs and Authorities outside London including Slough, South Bucks, Spelthorne and Windsor and Maidenhead BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION JUDGING NOW TO END OF JUNE DON'T LET NICK DOWN !!! Residents will have noticed improvements in key areas due to the efforts of Nick Teale, his small band of volunt-rs & the Council's handy man. Now's the time for YOU to do your bit. PLEASE LOOK AFTER THE FRONT OF YOUR PROPERTY South Bucks District Council employ contractors to cut our grass every three weeks, but this service is often late, not always satisfactory & unlikely to improve. Why not cut the grass adjacent to your property on a regular basis? And keep your hedges trimmed and cleared. DO NOT PARK OR DRIVE ON VERGES If no parking space is available within your boundaries, please park in the road, and ask your guests to do likewise. Driving & Parking on verges is anti-social, unnecessary and illegal. issued by Dotney p;itish council News from Dorney School We are very proud of the fact that Dorney School has recently been featured in a prominent educational publication as an example of good practice with regard to our approach to 'personalised' learning and our commitment to building a school that aims to meet the needs of every individual. We have also been asked to contribute to a national conference about gifted and talented education along with an invitation to present our work to schools across the county at a Buckinghamshire conference. So what is personalised learning? 'Personalised' learning is about tailoring each child's educational experience to meet their individual needs, interests and aptitudes so as to ensure they achieve and reach the highest standards possible (well that's the official jargon}, put more simply it is making sure that every pupil gets the best possible education we can offer_ As a small village school we know our pupils very well and doing our best for each and every pupil has always been at the heart of our ethos, so it has not been difficult for us to take the lead with this latest government initiative. It is,however, nice for us to receive recognition for our hard work and to be able to share the good things we do wrth others. Other exciting events Class 4 and Class 5 had a chance to stretch their creative wings when working with local poet Coral Rumble. The children relished the opportunity to find out how a real poet works and rt was inspirational to see so many children excited to read and write poetry. The week's work culminated in the children performing their own works of art to the whole school and their parents. Coral also undertook a book signing session after the performance_ Everyone really enjoyed this opportunity to celebrate poetry and the children produced some outstanding pieces of work during the week. As part of our poetry celebration we hope to make a book out of some of the poems the children produced. Class 4 and Class 5 will then sell their book as part of an enterprise activity to raise money for a charity which will be chosen in our forthcoming charities week. I think one pupil from Class 4 summed up the success of the week when he told me: 'I now love poetry. I never knew it could be so fantastic to read'. Another exciting event this term has been developing the children's interest in gardening thanks to the Walled Garden Centre who have kindly donated a number of plants and shrubs to help us develop the school grounds. We now have the start of a sensory garden, vegetable patch and herb garden. Foundation Class are looking forward to harvesting a healthy crop of new potatoes in the not too distant future. By the time you read this we hope that you will have noticed less cars coming into the villaqe and more children walkinq to school as we will have taken part in the FALL IN It is some (many) years since we last won our class in the Bucks Best Kept Village Competition. If my memory serves me well, Colonel Palmer was in charge of the Parish Council & together with Bridget Ames, ensured a plentiful supply of "volunteers' to pick litter and generally tidy up the area. Much more difficult now, of course, what with the minimum wage and the Health & Safety. But residents cannot fail to notice the recent general improvements wrought by Nick Teale and his band of helpers and by Village Hall Committee members outside their premises in Trumpers Field. Even the District Council's grass cutting is, as I write, to an acceptable standard. All we need now to collect the Silver is for residents to ensure that their own immediate area is approaching immaculate. UNHIP My estate agent contact tells me that the biggest reason for house sales to fall through is not gazumping or chain failure, but because the vendor changes his mind! The number of properties new to the market is increasing daily and this b'TOwth will continue until the end of May, after which sellers must provide an expensive Home Information Pack. Much of this new marketing is, of course, speculative and can only lead to an even greater number of disappointed potential buyers. The government's stated objective of the HIP was to make house purchasing easier and to avoid unnecessary costs. Clearly it will fail. dismally, on both counts We are llldebted to Ralph Lilley for the following biblical extracts. (Part 2) Children were asked questions about the Old and New Testaments in a Catholic school test. This is a selection of their uncorrected answers. The greatest miricle in the Bible 1s when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him. David was a Hebrew king who was skilled at playing the liar. He fought the Finkelsteins, a race of people who lived in biblical times. Solomon, one ofDavid·s sons had 300 \Vives and 900 porcupines. When Mary heard she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Caita. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption. St. Paul cavorted to Christianity. He preached holy acrimony which is another name for marriage Christians have only one spouse. This is called monotony. The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 decibels. The epistles were the wives of the apostles. 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DorneySchool has a particular responsibility to evaluate and improve its environmental impact because so many of our pupils live outside the catchment area and inevitably use a car to get to school. We have been awarded an initial grant of £1o,000 to encourage us to promote the reduction of car use. If we can reduce the number of car journeys taking place during this year we will be awarded a further grant next year. The governors are very keen to promote success in this area and have organised an exciting 2007 Walk to School Campaign. It is hoped that this will benefit the whole community and ease the congestion in the village. The campaign • is aimed at raising awareness and developing on-going strategies to encourage people to use more environmentally friendly modes of transport. • Finally, a couple of dates for your diary: We do hope you will be able to attend our Summer Fayre being held on Saturday23'' June 2007. Do come along as we will be having all the usual stalls and attractions. Additionally, we will be holding Sports Day on Thursday 12th July and hope that you will not be inconvenienced by any parking on this date. I also should mention that it is the time of year when all the classes go on a school trip and we do hope that the coaches have not caused you a problem. We do regularly remind parents and coach drivers to be considerate to local residents. If you do experience any problems please do let us know and we will endeavour to resolve them. Thank you for your continued support. Miss Paula Allen (Headteacher) NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 0 1628 788997 Saturday 16th June at 8 p.m. Berks, Bucks and Oxon Big Band Hear the wonderful, toe-tapping sounds of the BBO as they play numbers from the swing era including Ellington, Basie, Kenton, Miller and much more as singers Steve Bailey and Tricia Bassett remind us of some of the great songs of the time. 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LOTHIAN DESIGN i:.;c.p;ced interiors Saturday 23n1June Sunday 24th June Wednesday I l'h July Sunday 19th AugustSaturday 8th SeptemberFriday 21"1September Friday 30th November DORNE\' PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNE\' OVER 60's CLIJB DORNE\' BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLIJB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLIIB (for children ofthr parish) RAINBOWS BROWNIES ATTITUDE Youth Group 24/78-12's Group VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Dorney School Summer Fete 12 noon-3 p.m. DDHS Coach Outing to Stourhead Eton Wick History Group meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DDHS Summer Garden Competition DDHS Annual Show DDHS Harvest Supper and speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. OOHS AGM Cheese & Pate' and speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. July, September, November Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in lhe Virarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicatede(*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2007:12/6 3/7* No lunch club in August Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-to p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 -10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-1 I year olds 6.30 p.me-8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.30110 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Thursday evening Eton/Dorney Cenlre Wednesday evenings during term time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell 01628 784515 Bringing your home to life • Country cottages to contemporary loft spaces, Lothian Design offers bespoke design seivices ranging from a decoration scheme for a single room, to space planning, designing and supplying fum􀋵ure for your whole home. 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TELEPHONE 999 -11 Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, VARIOUS TOPICS INCLUDING 'TIGER CUP' 12th MAY The generally dry, warm weather in April brought forth early a host ofplants and blossoms includingblue and lilac wisteria; greater celandine; white cow parsley; blue and mauve periwinkle; pansiesgalore; wild yellow camomile; beautiful ox-eye daisies, lots ofdandelions; buttercups and daisies: honeysuckle: white and deep purple lilac; mauve bush tufted and cultivated vetch, as well as blossoms galore including may; apple; pear, white and red horse chestnut -what a picture. Plenty ofbird chicks on the wayjudging by the extra long feeding hours done by their parentsBlackbirds and robins in particular up at 5 am. until 8 pm. plus. Our resident Dorney Memorial Garden crows arealsovery busy and much in evidence I'm anticipating around 4-5 crow chicks from that nest. George, our favourite robin is still with us -they seek him here. they seek him there -he's everywhere. What he lacks in size he makes up for in guts; courage; as welt as tenacity, audacity; bombasity (new word); perspicacity; sagacity and lots ofrobinacity (another new word) No wonder he is England's favourite bird! Thank you to the children (and parents) who have written to me saying how they enjoy the adventures of Mighty Basil the cat and his Aristocats Yes, he should definitely be knighted On Thursday 12th April Basil received a phone call from Rupert, captain ofthe Dorney Reach A\leycats fo<)tball team, asking ifthe Dorney Aristocats would take them on forthe 'Tiger Cup' on !2th May '07 Unfortunately the Boveney Bashers team had to ciy offowing to injury and food poisoningBasil agreed to take up the challenge, which included not only the 'Tiger Cup' and the privilege of being called 'Kings ofthe Jungle,'but also a free Year's supply ofWhiskas and Kat-O-Mcat for the whole team. Charlie, Lord ofthe Abbey, suggested new Honourable Member Abbey (female) be centrc-fornard "She's very agile and a great header ofthe ball. She can climb head and shoulders ahove the rest," he said. Basil agreed "Abbey centre forward; Big Ginge Jnr and Dashing Dudley down the wings, and the rest ofyou I will sort out after training. Training will be three or four nights a week Early to bed and no late nights out. We will play 5-3-2-1 formation So get the ball down the wings, cross into the centre and straight into the Alleycats goal. Remember, no arguing with the referee; no jumping all overone another or aquaplaning like demented lunatics when scoring. Save your energy for more goals. We've got to win to put Dorney Aristocats on the map_" Saturday May 12th was an ideal day forthe match -cloudy with a gentle breeze After a tough first halfthe score was 2-2. "The second half we have the breeze in our favouro-use it -get the Alleycatson their back paws and get more crosses in from the wings --use our centre forwards more you can do it," said Basil. The final score was 5-3 to the Dorney Aristoeats with Abbey scoring three greatheaders "Well done, everyone," said Basil, "the landlord ofthe Jolly Whiskers is opening up an hour earlier and the first drinks are on him. So get showered and down there a.s.a.p. I'm proud ofyou allo" Soon the Aristocats were singing their new song. "Now we're the kings ofthe jungle, thejungleVIPs, the Tiger Cup is here to stay, and this is what we say:-Oh Ooo Bee Doo, oh yes we do like you, Aristocats are champs today -hurrah! Cheers everybody Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D D) DORNEY PARISH PUMP Published on behalf of Dorney Parish Council,,,ji/1 Chairman: KeH-h Horris (01628 603856) Clerk: Glenda Collins (01753 655331) \i'{f\ Councillors, Jill Dox (01628 603486 ), Grohom Easton (627416), Alice Foxley (660268) ,cJ.\ Andrew Purdie (670611). Ken Richmond (626972). Peter Smith (County Councillor 01753 827034) FORTHCOMING-MEETINGS:Tuesdays, June 12, July 10. September 11, October 9, November 13 GRASS CUTTING w/c June 4, 25, July 16, August 6, 27, Sept 17. ROAD SWEEPING, July ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCIL A.II councillors (elected unopposed) were present at the meeting. Councillor Horris was re-elected as Chairman for his 6th year and stated that the Council must next year look for a new Chairman to carry us forward in the run up to the Olympics. The Chairman welcomed Alice Foxley as the replaceJMnt for Simon Philpot who did not stand for re-election. Other responsibilities & external corrvnittce representation were agreed as follows: Vice-Chairman-A Purdie; Finance-K Richmond GC2C-A Foxley, K Hal"Ms, K Richmond; Eton/0,,,,,,,,ics convnittees-J Dax, K Hol"Ms. K Richmond; Hag H,11 Trust-A Purdie; S8JLC-P Smith; SSALC-A Foxley, A Purdie; NAG--J Dax Parish Puny,-K Richmond; Tree Warden-Mrs G Easton. MOTORWAY NOISE With all other avenues exhausted, it was agreed to once again bring the problem to the attention of our M.P. It was noted that decisions ore based upon a figure calculated to an abstruse formula, not on actual noise readings. STREET UGHTING A new maintenance contract hos been awarded. [)efective lights should be reported to the Clerk and are contracted to b-e dealt with within threit weeks. BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION BKV Tsar Nick Teole has been active with his small bond of 'IOlunteers, assisted by the Council's handy man with a van. Dorney's Walled Gorden Nursery has donated plants to the value of £200, which hove been planted in Lake End Rood tubs and around the Village Hall Residents ore encouraged to ensure that hedges, grass and the area around their properties is as tidy as possible. LOCAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES Councillors noted that the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead had formed some sort of highpowered but unofficial convnittee to disruss arrangements for the Olympics but hod not invited this Council to be represented. It is understood that this will bit rectified in future. • • Letters to Th£ main Olympics Committee seeking local official representation have, as yet. goneunanswered. The Chai"'1Cln said that it was most important that the Parish be properly representedto ensure that the best interests of the Parish ore upheld. NEW TREE.5 IN HARCOURT ROAD Quotations fOf' planting hod been received and possed to the Tree Worden for recommendations and full discussion at the July meeting. As contractors do not offer a full after-core service, it • seems likely that owners of properties in front of which tree are planted will bit asked to take core of watering MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Vehicle Activated signs. Motorway noise. Dorney Reach Post Box. Harcourt Rd Trees DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetingsore held at the Eton l>omey Centre in Lake End Rood. normally from 8pm -10pm County & District councillors and Police (0845 8505 505) often attend. Residents ore welcome and may ask questions. Police ore scheduled to attend in even numbered months. Light refreshments are usualtyse􀐽d. 1 just hope they don't play cricket! I think all these cats deserve a long holiday. Ed ALL ENQUIRIES & comments to Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High St. Iw:r L09ND. Phone:01753655331.e-mail: dorneycouncile?btinternet.com: website www.bucksinfo.net/domeypc/The official minutes are posted on the Councl'l's_11':,,tice boards in the V,1/age Holl and Village Rd. Copy for Dorney Parish News WindrushVillage Road DorneyWindsorSL4 6QJ 01628 605177 email:nickteale@btinternet.com 12 May 2007 Mr Andy Newman Managing Director The Walled Garden Centre Court Lane Dorney Best Kept Village May/June 2007 Dear Andy, On behalf of the Parish Council and all the residents of Dorney and Dorney Reach. please accept our heartfelt appreciation for your most generous gift of plants, compost and fert ii iser. These have been put to good use, which you may have noticed on your drive into Court Lane. A team of local volunteers has • re-planted the six stone tubs at the junction of Court Lane and Village Road. • livened up the tub in the Memorial Garden • created a completely new bed at the side of the Village Hall. This. I am sure. will be greatly appreciated by all Village Hall users and by the many parents of pupils at Dorney School who park nearby lo deliver and collect their children. The volunteers were fortunate that it rained both during and after planting. This will have done the plants much more good than it did us! Let us hope that the plants thrive and brighten up the village as we enter the judging weeks. I hope those who live nearby the planted sites will keep an eye on the weather and ensure that your contributions are kept watered when necessar y. Our sincere thanks once again. Yours sincerely, Nick Teale Best Kept Village co-ordinator. Copy to: Dorney Parish Council The Ups and Downs of the NHS (and Speed Bumps)! I did not write anything for the Parish News last month because I was not at home. Iwas lying in comfort being pampered, and tampered with, by kind ladies, soothed by soft drugs. and tempted by the gounnet menus of Wexham Park Hospital. I was only there for three days, but ii, and particularly the lead up to it, was a thought provoking experience. I won't describe the condition l had. Suffice it to say it is common in older men. In my case it came on rather suddenly and became serious on a Saturday. When you are in pain and a bit fiightened it is discouraging to find that your local GP surgery is shut very shut. A recorded message referred me to NHS direct. I phoned and talked to a nice lady at the call centre who took all my intimate details then explained that she was only the operator. she would need to put me through to the nurse. The nurse was very professional and reassuring, but she was in Newcastle so she suggested I contact a number in Reading where the out of hours doctors are coordinated. More lay operators heard my intimate details and then I was put through to a doctor in Slough. She did not see me. but she prescribed antibiotics which we had to pick up from a chemist there. By the Sunday I was very much worse. Again tl1e out-of-hours service passed me fi-om person to person until a doctor said she couldn't come out but would see me at St Marks in Maidenhead. My wife, Tina, drove us there in our little Smart car. It was very uncomfortable and I wished I could have had a home visit. TI1e doctor immediately saw that I was i11 serious trouble, arranged an emergency admission to Wexham Park and suggested that Tina should drive me "to save time". Ijust hope that those who design Berkshire's traffic calming systems were choking on their Sunday lunches as I cursed them each time we went over one of their spiteful speed bumps. l know from a paramedic friend of mine that. even in ambulances. patients in pain suffer unnecessarily because of these monstrous devices. and in our small car. despite Tina's excellent and careful driving, it really hurt, and I was nearly screaming by the time we arrived. Wexham Park Hospital is often criticised, and it is by no means perfect, but to me it provided the first sanity and sanct1iary of that whole dreadful weekend. o delay. nodiscomfort, just reassuring professionalism. Soon I had had the treatment that stopped the pain and put me out of danger. and I was on a ward with drips and things making me feel better. True the variety oflanguages spoken by the nurses and doctors was confusing, and some of the systems were poor. But there was wannth. care. consideration and laughter. My th.ree days there helped to restore some ofmy confidence in the NHS and I am very grateful to Wexharn -even ifTII never forgive the highways department. 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GILBERT'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Eton Wick Sunday Mass 9.00am OUR LADY OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH, Burnham Saturday 6pm Vigil Mass Sunday 9am, 1 O. l 5am and 6pm Mass Material for publication should reach one of the Editors by the 16th of the preceding month. NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY AND AUGUST Editors: Mr. C. C. Cody, Easter Folly, 7, Dorney Reach Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 0DX Tel: 01628624121 Mrs. J. M. Spencer, Dorincowt, 45, Harcowt Road, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead. SL6 ODTTel: 01628 624213 Editorial Board: The Editors. Mrs. M.C. Cody Distributors: Mrs Cobb, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mr Spencer, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright RATE OF SUBSCRIPTION: £4.00 per annum for IO issues (Payable in Advance) It is requested that Treasurers of Local Organisations pay their subscriptions in January. Distributors who collect subscriptions from those taking the magazine should hand them to Mrs. Cody. The Editors are not responsible for the opinions of correspondents expressed in letters or articles published in this magazine. Set in 9 acres of • Beautiful Grou􀪊􀊥 • Highest quality 24 hour professional nursing care • Bedrooms -en-suite, telephone & TV • Nurse call & intercom system 􀅓GISTERED NURSING • Automatic lifts HOME ASSOCIATION • Relaxed friendly attnosphere • Day room, television lounge, library, sunny conservatories • Excellent food, choice of menus, special diets • Long or short stay accommodation • Activities Co-ordinator • Visitors always welcome Parliament Lane, Burnham, Bucks SLl 8NU Midway Between M4 & M40 Motorways BURNHAM -(01628) 667345 ,-DORNEY Principal Joan Kellett AIDTA B/L SCHOOL Welcome you to come dancing. ballroom/latin -adults. Every Thursday beginners and improvcrs 8 to 9 p.m. OF Intermediate 9 to 10 p.m. at Dorney Village Hall Also children every Saturday I I a.m. to 12 noon at Dorney Village Hall Children ·s classes include line dancing Private lessons aslo available. Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 ISSUE NO. 6/07 EDITORIAL JULYn2007 ISSUE NO. 6/07 EDITORIAL JULYn2007 AREA CHAUFFEURS , Airports & Long Distance • Professional Service with a Personal Touch • Executive Cars for the Price of a Cab • Stretch Limousines (8 to 16 Seats) -Pink & Black Available , Minibuses Available • Competitive Rates 01628 685557 or 07774 944800 www.areachauffeurs.co.uk Mercedes-Benz Email: contact@arealimo.com ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 11 th July An evening with Tony Oliver Garden Shed to Eton Wick History on wheels Speaker ... Tony Oliver Wednesday 29th August A Bamardo Childhood Speaker .... Mr. D. Sloan THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 118 969 8000 Tuesday 19/6 -Saturday 4/8 CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL By Alan Ayckbourn Tuesday 7/8 -Saturday 8/9 DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER Comedy by Marc Camolleti adapted by Robin Hawdon More Wit & Wisdom The good thing about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow. -16 The best time to take cuttings is when no one is looking. (Bob Flowerdew) A few people have put in a lot of work in the past month or so tidying up the village and planting flowers and shrubs in various locations to enhance the general appearance of the parish. Some of this planting is to be seen around the village hall where, I'm sad to relate, dastardly deeds of a horticultural nature have set back the overall blossoming of these flowerbeds. I know you will find this hard to believe, but on two occasions newly bedded plants have been stolen. The beds were not vandalized (in the normal • sense of the word) and so suspicion has fallen upon someone who is perhaps a keen gardener with an under stocked garden. It's a wicked world' • On page 6 you will find a report from the Highways Agency entitled 'Noise Mitigation Policy'. The criteria set out therein seems designed to make qualification for mitigation as convoluted as possible. I think there is a specific criteria to be applied locally, particularly in Dorney Reach. That is, that the M4 runs through the parish at an elevated level and bridges the river, which greatly accentuates the sound, although one enlightening passage of the report reveals that the HA does not use actual noise measurements to detennine traffic noise. There is no doubt that the application of lower noise surfacing materials would alleviate our torment. We are told this will only be applied when the road needs resurfacing which, apparently, is several years hence. The surface of our section of the M4 seems very long lasting, for this lower noise material has been available for years. In the scheme of things the resurfacing of our section cannot be inordinately costly and I think the HA should be more accommodating. We are indebted to our MP, Dominic Grieve, who has agreed to make further attempts to hasten resurfacing. Politically correct issues were raised by my June editorial. In praising the vocal accomplishment of our resident blackbird I may have implied that other blackbirds in the area are deficient. Birds who have come from overcrowded, less privileged nests, may not have had singing opportunities, and they should not be made to feel inadequate. I must take a more comprehensive view and appreciate the tweeting of many rather than the trilling of one or two. • Thus my thoughts turned to the Best Kept Village Competition. The winning village is bathed in glory, but what of all the other villages that don't make the grade? Whose residents, forced to face the fact that they are losers, are plunged into a deep and despondent trauma fed by an humiliating and lasting feeling of inferiority. No, competition must be abolished and all villages awarded a simple plaque bearing the words 'A People's Village' to be displayed (Health and Safety requirements allowing) at the village entrance. The Dorney Parish News is not published in August. We request that copy for the September issue is submitted by 13th August, please. This is a few days earlier than normal. -1 Revd Lucy Holt writes: Over the last week I have been in three schools talking to the children about the importance of being aware of what is around us. As I daily walk I am amazed at the beauty of this area of the world; the wonderful collection of plants, trees and flowers, the beauty of both wild and domestic animals. But it is very easy to get so used to seeing these things that we forget about them and take them for granted. Perhaps one of the greatest dangers of modern living is the way that technology allows us more time to do other things which invariably leads to more time at the office desk or computer. With more things to cram into life we are often left with little time to take time out and enjoy the beauty of creation and the world in which we live. I have heard many people say to me how God speaks to them in the majesty of the mountains, or in a field of corn, or in the sight of a new born baby's hands or feet. God does reveal himself to us in creation but often our lives are too busy to relax let alone to give time to appreciate the amazing imagination and creativity of God. As we start the holiday time perhaps I can urge you to take some space to wonder and to let our creator God speak to you through the wonder of what you see. • Church Services in July and August 2007 Sunday 1 st July 10.30am Special open air Jubilee River Grouping Service at Taplow Court (at St Nicolas Church, Taplow if wet) Note: There will be no services in our churches this morning. 6.30pm Informal worship St John the Evangelist Eton Wednesday 4th July 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 8th July 9.30am Family Communion 11o.00am Family Communion St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 15th July 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 11.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 18th July 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton • Sunday 22nd July 9.30am Family Worship 11o.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 29th July 11. 00am Special RiverReach service 6.30pm Said Holy Communion Eton Wick School St John the Evangelist Eton "Meeting concluded," said Mighty Basil. "See you all later at the Jolly Whiskers, and then I'm off on a sailing holiday." "What boat have you got?" asked Big Ginge. "It's a CATAMARAN ofcoursel" said Basil. "Very wise, very wise," said Humphrey. Later they could all be heard singing one of their favourite songs.e" .. roll out those hazy, lazy, crazy days of summer .. Enjoy your summer everyone. Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D D) ANB GARDEN SERVICES Too busy to mow? No urge to hoe? No hedge too tall. No weed too small. All aspects of garden maintenance undertaken to include:-grass cutting (large or small gardens), hedge cutting, strimming, leaf blowing, fencing, small patios, turf supplied and laid, garden clearance. Specialising in grass management. Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01628 823202 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btinternet.com Distributors: (revised) Mrs Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mr Goodier, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenharn, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, BIRDS (FEATHERED), FLOWERS + HOLS May has proved a busy month for the birds this year with lots of activity by the parents feeding their young. The first chicks to show were sparrows; starlings; robins; wrens; blackbirds; blue and great tits; jays; woodpeckers, whilst our resident Memorial Garden crows appear to have several chicks almost ready to leave the nest. Other birds still busy were chaffinch; thrush and mistle thrush plus ringdoves. Thanks to the reed buntings which bad visited our garden in March and April and were also much in evidence in the reeds along Jubilee River, Dorney Wetlands, for the first time in five years or so in Dorney, I heard the cuckoo on May 11 th and 12th. The cuckoo lays her eggs in the nest of the reed bunting, so we knew we had a good chance of hearing the cuckoo once again. What a wonderful sound. On Sunday 27th May, the weather turned cold, wet and stormy. A homing pigeon took refuge in our back garden to weather the storm which lasted through Bank Holiday Monday 28th May. This beautiful bi.rd, fully rested, well fed and watered, then took off on Tuesday 29th May, hopefully to complete hi.s journey. Clever bird' Some flowers didn't last very long in the unusually warm dry weather of April and early May. Tulips and yellow cela11dine came and went very quickly, whilst others such as red quince flowers (which have flowered all the year so far), primula, geranium; iris; various columbine and periwinkle have all done well. Roses, dog roses and peonies are out early and will not want too much rain. "Right, pay attention," said Mighty Basil, Cbaircat of the English Aristocat Club. "I've called this brief meeting before we all break up for summer holidays. Well done everyone for winning the 'Tiger Cup' on May 12th. I'm pleased to see that you all walked home safely after the celebrations at the Jolly Whiskers pub -no drinking and driving -you know the rules. However there's been a complaint from old Mrs. Brown of Abbey Cottage." "Oh, she's always moaning," said Charlie. "Nevertheless, she's heard some of you singing some old rugby songs outside her cottage, including 'Old Uncle Tom Cobblers and all. ... ' and 'My Sister Belinda she....' Well you know the rest! Now l'm all for everyone having a good time and enjoying themselves, but at the right time and at the right place. Old Mother Brown is entitled like everyone else to peace and quiet after midnight. Remember the good name of the Aristocats Club." "Very wise, very wise," said Humphrey. "Abbey, as you are now one of us, when I use the terms gentlemen, boys or lads, that includes you. ['m not into this Euro catperson lark -it's a waste of time and space." "That's fine with me, Baz," said Abbey. "Good girl,'' said Basil. "Finally, Johnny, landlord of the Jolly Whiskers is having a barbecue tonight to set the summer off with a swing. Everyone is invited and Tone, the pianist will be playing some good old tunes and songs on Johnny's piano. Johnny says a restaurant/pub is never empty if you have a decent piano and pianist." "He's right. The Jolly Whiskers is never empty and it's a great atmosphere," said Big Ron. Wednesday 1st August 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 5th August 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11.00 am Family Service 6.30 pm Informal worship St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 12th August 9.30am Family Communion 11o.00am Family Communion St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 15th August 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 19th August 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 11.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 26th August 9.30am Family Worship St James the Less Dorney 11.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St John the Baptist Eton Wick IDLOTHIAN DESIGN inspired interiors (jl Bringing your home to life ♦ Country cottages to contemporary loft spaces, Lothian Design offers bespoke design seivices ranging from a decoration scheme for a single room, to space planning, designing and supplying furniture for your whole home. In addition, Lothian Design offers design consultations if you would like some ideas to work from yourself. ♦ Create the home you want, not just dream of! Call Lothian Design on 01491 413929 ♦ 07976 288411 + lothiandesign@btintemet.com • www.lothiandesign.co.uk • Professional Interior Designer • KLC School of Design graduate • BIDA member -3 DORNEY PARISH PUMP Published on behalf of Dorney Parish Council Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 603856) Clerk: Glenda Collins (01753 6!55331) Councillors: Jill Dax (01628 603486 ). Graham Easton (627416), Alice Foxley (660268), Andrew Purdie (670611), Ken Richmond (626972), j Peter Smith (County Councillor -01753 827034) FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: Tuesdays, July 10. September 11, October 9, GRASS CUTTING w/c June 25: July 16, August 6, 27. ROAD SWEEPING: July COUNCILLOR RESPONSIBILITIES. Vice-Chairman-A Purdie; Finance-K Richmond. • 6C2C-A Foxley, K Harris, K Richmond; Hag Hill Trust-A Purdie: NAG--J Dax. Olympics committees-J Dax, K Harris, K Richmond; Tru Warden-Mrs G Easton. SBJLC-P Smith; SBALC-A Foxley, A Purdie; Parish Pump-K Richmond; MOTORWAY NOISE Dominic Grieve, MP has agreed to make further attempts to hasten re-surfacing and the Council will arrange a Public Meeting to show support in the autumn. BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION The Council noted that the appearance of the Parish had been much improved, but deplored the theft (twice) of newly planted plants and shrubs around the Village Hall. DORNEY LAKE Councillors will meet with Dorney Lake managers during June to discuss a number of current issues and to receive an update on the plans for Olympic rowing. Letters to The main Olympics Committee seeking local official representationremain unanswered. NEW TREES IN HARCOURT ROAD Discussion took place on recommendations by the tree warden, based upon a total cost for 18 trees of around £7000. Funding of up to £1600 may be available from external sources and it wos felt that the Council could not justify the expenditure of more than £1900 from reserves. A detailed proposal will therefore be prepared, by the Clerk for the planting, this year of 7-9 trees at a cost not exceeding £3500 for full discussion and formal approval at the Julymeeting. Owners of properties in front of which it is proposed to plant trees will • be fully consulted. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Vehicle Activated signs. Motorway noise meeting. Dorney Reach Post Box. Harcourt Rd Trees. DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings are held at the Eton Dorney Centre in Lake End Road, normally from 8pm -1 Opm. County & District councillors and Police (0845 8505 505) often attend. Residents are welcome and may ask questions. Police are scheduled to attend in even numbered months. Light refreshments are usually served. ALL ENQUIRIES to Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High St, Iver L09ND. Phone :017536!55331 : dorneycouncil@btinternet.com: www. bucksinfo. net /dorneypc/ The official minutes are posted on notice boards in the Village Hall and Village Rd. -4 He adds, 'Identifying potential sites is just the first step in the waste planning process. Any proposal for waste facilities has to satisfy the same demanding tests and challenges as any other kind of development.' DATES OF PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS: Date Venue Time Friday 22 June Fitzwilliam Centre Beaconsfield 1400t-1900 Saturday 23 June Fitzwilliam Centre Beaconsfield 1000t-1600 Friday 29 June County Museum Aylesbury 1400-1900 Saturday 30 June County Museum Aylesbury 1000-1600 Friday 6 July Beales Hotel Buckingham 1400-1900 Saturday 7 July Beales Hotel Buckingham 1000-1600 Friday 13 July The Carrington Room Guildhall High Wycombe 1400-1900 Saturday 14 July The Carrington Room Guildhall High Wycombe 1000-1600 More information For further information please contact: Sian Hughes, Communications Officer Tel: 01296 382149 Fax: 01296 382005 Email: sihughes@buckscc.gov.uk MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30-1 .45 p.m. Dates for 2007:-July 12, 26 August 9, 23 September 6, 20 News from Buckinghamshire County Council HAVE YOUR SAY -DON'T THROW IT AWAY Buckinghamshire has to deal with nearly two and a half million tonnes of waste each year. Enough to more than fill a swimming pool every hour. Buckinghamshire County Council, like every other authority in the country, has to figure out what to do with this waste, now and in the future. With the cost of transporting and burying rubbish in holes in the ground at over £40 a tonne and forecast to grow to £200 per tonne in the very near future, doing nothing is not an option. The cost to residents combined with the environmental damage of landfill means that we need to find more and better ways to both recycle and recover value from waste. To achieve this, the County Council has to find possible sites in Buckinghamshire for new or improved waste processing facilities that could be developed by 2021a. Technical assessment has helped identify potential locations for household waste recycling, composting, waste transfer, materials recovery and energy from waste facilities. Now the Council needs all residents to have. their say on the proposals. Starting on 22 June, you have the chance to find out more and give your views on possible sites for waste facilities; online, at Council offices and libraries, and at public exhibitions across the County. Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, Martin Teti says, 'We can't carry on doing what we've always done -not only are we damaging our environment but if we don't meet Government landfill targets we will be heavily fined. So, I would urge everyone to come along, consider, and comment on what's proposed for future waste management.' -1:i .. Windrush Village Road DorneyWindsor SL4 6QJ The Editor Dorney Parish News 19 June 2007 Best Kept Village Competition Dear Sir I have just completed a tour of "The Village" and in myview, if the judging were to take place tomorrow, we would stand a pretty good chance of a favourable mention. The verges in Harcourt Road and Close are neat and tidy, the forecourt to Village Hall is similarly clean and remarkably litter free. The ditches along Village Road and the verges and pavements are clean and relatively weed free. The flowers in the tubs at the junction with Court Lane are resplendent and thankfully still there. The same can be said for the plant tub in the Memorial Garden. Unfortunately two attempts to brighten up the not particularly attractive Village Hall were foiled by plant thieves. This does not provide any incentive to repeat the effort. This is such a shame, as the competition is not about the most pretty village, but about the care residents take about their environment. My thanks go to all the volunteers who have helped spruce up our area and to The Walled Garden for their plant donations. Particular mention is required for our local outdoor handyman, John, who has responded well to requests for particular effort in bench painting, pavement sweeping, weeding of beds in Harcourt Close and Road and for preparing the now redundant flowerbed by the Village Hall. Nick Teale BKV Co-ordinator Wite&eWisdom Dignity is one thing that can't be preseived in alcohol. Noise Mitigation Policy The Government alk>cates an annual ring-fenced budget of £5 million for noise mttigation measures, such as acoustic fencing, on existing roads where traffic noise is a problem. This Noise Mttigation Fund is currently being targeted at locations which will derive the most benefil from noise mttigation measures, such as provision of acoustic barriers. Generally these are high population areas adjacent to motorways. The Government has set strict criteria by which we should assess whether a location may qualify for noise mttigation funding, and also how such an assessment is carried out. This is to priorttise affected sttes across the country, and to ensure that maximum beneftt is derived from the expendtture Ministers set the priorities for allocation of this fund, as follows: i. Trunk roads must have been opened before June 1988, but priority for attention is to be given to locations affected by roads which have remained unaltered since October 1969 (the qualifying date for compensation under Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act for properties adversely affected by the construction of new roads); ii. Current (ie 1998) noise level immediately adjacent to the road to be at least 80 dB(A); and iii. In the case of roads opened or altered after October 1969, the current (ie 1998) noise levels must be at least 3 dB(A) greater than predicted for the design year. The sift criteria for the investigation of noisy locations on the trunk road network was set by Ministers on 22 March 1999 in order to identify the most serious cases. The sttes identified as meeting the three criteria could then be studied in greater depth to determine whether practicable and cost-effective noise mttigation could be provided. The method specified by the Government for a detailed assessment of traffic noise requires a consideration of all dwellings exposed to a traffic noise level in excess of 68dB. The calculation method is defined wtthin the Department of Transport's technical memorandum entttled Calculation of Road Traffic Noise 1988. There is no formal distinction made between high and low denstty of housing as part of the process. The determining factor is the number of properties located wtthin the calculated 68d8 contour. There is, therefore, a direct correlation between the number of properties sttuated wtthin the 68dB contour, and the location's position on the Noise Severity Index. In order to ensure that qualifying sttes are assessed in a fair and impartial manner across the country, the Highways Agency does not use actual noise measurements to determine traffic noise. This is because temporary factors (such as weather conditions and time of day, week or year) can have a significant impact on the results. Instead, because tt is essential that qualifying sites be treated in an equttable manner, a complex combination of the calculated traffic noise (using traffic flow data), and the population denstty is carried out to determine the location's posttion on the Noise Severity Index. was 70. After he died she enjoyed a full social life on and outside the estate. As she became frailer she moved through all three sections and had died in the nursing wing cared for by staff that she knew well, not strangers. That is what I call living until you die, and as I sat in the crematorium hearing how much she loved Lynwood, I thought, "If only more people could live to the end like that". Perhaps we could club together to create our own continuing care community in Dorney. All the best ones were built and run by local • communities, trades or industries for their own people. Now, there's a thoughtl Anybody want to talk about it? Geoffrey Atkinson NOISE FROM DORNEY LAKE Several residents have complained about noise from the PA at recent functions and Parish Councillors have relayed these complaints to Lake Managers. It is important that consensus is reached on this matter. Residents wishing to contact the Lake should phone, on the day 01753 832756 and or e-mail dorneylake@etoncollege.org.uk . Please also advise the Parish Council if you think there has been a problem. NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 Thursday 2nd August at 7 .30 p.m. Viv McLean (piano) 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 Brahms Fantasie in C, Op. 17 Schumann Sonata in B flat, D. 960 Schubert In 2002 Viv McLean won first prize in the Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona. He has played at major venues throughout this country and Europe, and has performed concertos with many of the UK's major orchestras. His programme includes two of the great piano scores of the 19th century, Schumann's dramatic and impassioned Fantasie, and Schubert's sublime final sonata, one of the most beautiful works in the whole piano repertoire. Tickets: £11 (£10 members, £5 under 16's) -11 􀁫Let's face it; we just don't like old people." About 25 years ago, I found myself at a government "consultation" with representatives from the NHS and Social Services, politics, the church, business and trade unions. My group represented benevolent funds providing residential care. We were locked away for 2 long days and told to recommend how the UK should prepare for the inevitable explosion in the elderly population as we approached and entered the 21 stCentury. At first it was all quite constructive, with delegates suggesting ways to help • people in need. Then, as they calculated how much this would cost, they started to discuss how little society, as a whole, could get away with doing. Finally I was shocked to realize that some were seriously proposing to encourage euthanasia. That was when I lost my temper and said "Let's face it, as a society we just don't like old people." That did not endear me to anybody, but I still believe it. We are ageist. We have closed thousands of residential beds whilst increasing all funding for younger people. We refuse to provide drugs for age related problems such as Alzheimer's. We force families to become carers to save Social Services money. And all this while our political masters urge us to live healthier lives so that we will live even longer -whether we want to or not. As we strive for longevity the "scrap heap" of older people grows, creating more problems for our unprepared and under-funded services. The strain on even the most loving family and friends can be unbearable and I was not surprised when a recent report revealed that 227,000 people over 65 were neglected or abused in the past year. To encourage and help people to live longer is fine, but the key word is "live". Our objective should be to ensure that people live until they die at whatever age. For so many to die alone, in pain, frightened, cold and starving is a national disgrace. This whole problem could have been alleviated by the development of more care communities where adults (not just the old ones) can live together, independently, but confident in the knowledge that they will never have to leave as their needs grow. One of the residential centres that I used to run is Lynwood, near Ascot. It has independent flats, residential rooms with care, and a full nursing home. Last week I attended the funeral of a resident who moved into a flat there with her terminally ill husband 24 years ago when she -10 Another method of reducing noise from traffic is the use of lower noise surfacing materials and the Government has given a commitment that all Mure maintenance resurfacing on the moto,way and trunk road network will be carried out using lowernoise surfacing materials. However, due to the cos1s and disruption to the travelling public, resurfacing is only carried out for maintenance purposes, in order to keep the road in a safe and serviceable condition. It does not take place purely for noise mitigation purposes. PLEASE LOOK AFTER THE AREA ADJACENT TO YOUR PROPERTY South Bucks District Council employ contractors to cut our grass every three weeks, but this service is often late, not always satisfactory & unlikely to improve. Cutting the grass adjacent to your property and trimming your hedges will improve our environment. DO NOT PARK OR DRIVE ON VERGES If no parking space is available within your boundaries, please park in the road, and ask your guests to do likewise. Driving & Parking on verges is anti-social, unnecessary and illegal. issuec! by Dorney p;itish council DORNEY& DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Events 2007 AUG SEPT SEPT 21 NOV 30 19 SUMMER GARDEN CO8 ANNUAL SHOW HARVEST SUPPER with speaker A.G.M. + CHEESE & PATE with speaker MPETITION 7.30 pm 7.30 pm MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT AT THE WALLED GARDEN, DORNEY NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Further information : 01628 603036 or 620975 -7 Dorney Social Diary Wednesday llth July Eton Wick History Group meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Sunday 19th August DDRS Summer Garden Competition Wednesday 29t11 August Eton Wick History Group meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Saturday 8t11 September DDHS Annual Show Friday 21" September DDBS Harvest Supper and speaker Village Ball 7.30 p.m. Friday 30tl1 November DDBS AGM Cheese & Pate and speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. DORNEY VILLAGE HALL Second Monday of alternate months MANAGEMENToCOMMJTTEE i.e. July, September, November Village Hall 8 p.m. DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicatedo(•) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2007: 3/7• (outing) No lunch club in August. 11/9 9/10 DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. DORNEY SBORT MAT Every Sunday Village Hall BOWLS CLUB 7 -10 p.m. DORNEY TENNTS COURT Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) DORNEY YOUTH CLUB Every Thursday evening during term time (for children of the parish) in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-11 year olds 6.30 p.m -8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.30/10 p.m. RAINBOWS Every Thursday Village Rall 4.30-5.45 p.m. BROWNIES Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. ATTITUDE Every other Thursday evening Youth Group Eton/Dorney Centre Wednesday evenings during term time 8-12's Group Slough Baptist Church VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGIIBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chief Co-ordinator:-Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTRlNG SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT lNCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -8 PANNING INQUIRIES Can we really be expected to have any faith in the proposal for Independent Planning Committees -appointed by government -to replace Public Inquiries? Recent history shows (generally) that members are carefully selected to provide the government's required result and the Chairman is duly rewarded with a Knighthood! Third runway, anyone? DISLOCATED HIP As predicted in this column, the Government has had to delay the introduction of mandatory Home Improvement Packs for (at least) 2 months and to temporarily exclude, according to the (ir)responsible minister, properties with "fewer than four bedrooms". As I write we are still waiting for a better definition of this exclusion, otherwise we can expect the number of"3 bedroom houses with large studies" will rise disproportionately. According to the minister this change should keep the newly trained Energy Inspectors off the dole queue, which I don't recall as being the original concept. PATHFTNDERS LOST? 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No urge to hoe? No hedge too tall. No weed too small. All aspects of garden maintenance undertaken to include:-grass cutting (large or small gardens), hedge cutting, strimming, leafblowing, fencing, small patios, turf supplied and laid, garden clearance. Specialising in grass management. Alastair Brooker ISSUE NO. 7/07 SEPTEMBER 2007 EDITORIAL It was quite a surprise when sandbags were deposited at the junction of Harcourt Road/Meadow Way and we were advised that twelve/ree sandbags could be collected by every householder. I had been keeping an eye on the river level, which was no higher than in a normal winter, and, considering our non-flooding history, thought it improbable that we would suffer the fate of other areas of the country. The arrival of sandbags was therefore disquieting. Did someone know something that we didn't know? Was there a head of water upstream that would suddenly rush down and engulf us? Consequently, I thought it imprudent not to take some action and, risking a hernia, placed the sandbags at the most vulnerable doorways around the house. After a couple of days I took the same risk and transferred them to a storage area down the garden. Although I felt that against my better judgement I had been coerced into unnecessary weight lifting, I must express my gratitude to whatever authority had had the foresight to provide some protection for our homes, should it have been required. All the activity surrounding the arrival and distribution of the sandbags was enthusiastically welcomed by a group of young boys seated on the grass verge by the delivery point. It was the most interesting and exciting thing to happen in what, up to then, had been a rain sodden, boring summer school holiday. It could have been a chapter from 'Just William'. Office: 01628 823202 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btinternet.com THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 1 I 8 969 8000 Tuesday 7/8 -Saturday 8/9 DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER A comedy by Marc Camolleti adapted by Robin Hawdon Tuesday 11/9e-Saturday 20/10 ONE FOR THE ROAD A comedy by Willy Russell MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 -1.45 p.m. Dates for 2007:-September 6, 20 October 4, 18 If you drive a car, Maidenhead has become a town that is best avoided. On most days you can be sure that traffic in one part of the town or another will be pretty much at a standstill. Some of the offending hold-ups are due to public services work, but the chiefcause can be laid at the door ofSainsbury's. The building of this uninspiring edifice seems interminable (my young granddaughter describes the architecture as '"funky, but not nice looking" and I think she is being kind), and this supermarket's ability to cone-off sections of the main through thoroughfare ( after all, it is the A4) and be responsible for the introduction of the absurd traffic-light system is beyond comprehension. On top of all this, the suspension of traffic wardens means that cars are parked all over the town for unlimited periods and it is almost impossible to find a space to enable one to shop. The only possibility is that you will be held up for so long on the coned-off A4 that you will be able to nip out of the driving seat and pop into M&S. Following the Annual Parish Meeting in March when questions were asked about the delay in planting replacement trees in Harcourt Road, County Council gave planning permission and it was resolved that the trees would be planted when the season was right. No action has been forthcoming, which considering the generous rainfall of the past few months, would suggest a missed opportunity. If you now turn to the 'Parish Pump' you will read that the Parish Council is procrastinating and, instead of getting on with it, the matter is to be discussed further at a special parish meeting to be held in November. A few more months, then 1 Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, FLOWERSo+ BIRDS; 1766 and WIMBLEDON Thanks to a mild spring and early summer, lots of bird chicks survived well including chaffinches, robins, wrens, blackbirds (everywhere), blue and great tits, woodpeckers, jays, sparrows, starlings (enjoying the blackberries now), magpies (everywhere), and our resident Memorial Garden crows. The resident crows have already shown their remaining two young ones the 'Dorney Triangle' and how to defend their patch. The triangle includes their Memorial Garden nest, a nearby neighbour's rooftop to the south and a neighbour's tallest treetop to the north, thus giving them a commanding view for defence purposes. Any birds straying too close are now chased off by four 'lightning' crows. Owing to the unpredictable weather from mid-June and through July, with heavy storm winds and rain, some plants suffered badly, whilst others thrived. Roses, soldiers and sailors and, for a while, geraniums were badly hit. But mauve yarrow and blue succory (seen along Lake End Road) thrived, along with spreading deep mauve liatris, tall yellow king-cup buttercups and tall blue forget-me-nots (by the Jubilee River, Dorney Wetlands). Along the sandy walk (parallel with the Rowing Trench) beautiful pine bushes and trees have trebled in size and height. By the two small ponds, bulrushes thrive with lots of butterflies, dragonflies (brown and grey) and kingfisher blue damselflies. It really is a wonderful area for walks and cycle rides. Get out there -it's all free' Hands up those who were around and remember 1766 AD.? God bless you and thank you for being so honest. Climate records have it that 1766 was one of the wettest summers England experienced, and so-called experts today compared our start of summer season this year with that date. Every expert under the sun sallied forth with their opinions as to why we were having such a turbulent start to summer. Oceanographers; ecologists; meteorologists, climatologists, and any other 'ologists' you could think of, pontificating their piece. But all the time, the answer lay closer to home -yes, Wimbledon 1 The first two weeks in June were beautiful, but then the weather turned nasty just as the Wimbledon tennis commenced. Near the end of June, I met a little Irish lady called Bridgette from Co. Wicklow, the Emerald Isle, at our local supermarket. I've met her before, and after the usual pleasantries the conversation swung onto the now turbulent weather at the end of June. Suddenly she exclaimed "Sure, it's the Wimbledon tennis which brings the wind and rain'" I was amazed. With a single stroke (tennis) she had wiped all the 'ologists' off the map. No more CO2 emissions; sunspots; earthquakes or El Nino, Bridgette had the answer to the problem. So next time you hear doctors and professors of 'ologies' pontificating on radio or TV, tum the sound down and call out "WIMBLEDON TENNIS." They might just get the message. I give you 'DAME BRIDGETTE.' Bless her! 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Tony Cullum I would like to thank friends, neighbours and the boys of Dorney Youth Club who helped to look for Minty when he went missing on the afternoon of 18th July. PateOxlade. Dorney Combined School Han:ourt Close, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead, SL6 0DY Tel: 01628 620871 Fax: 01628 782073 E-mail: offietef@dorncy,buclgl,ach,uk ChairofGovernors: MrsJWebb 4􀇹eJulye2007 Peter Smith County Councillor Buckinghamshire County Council County Hall Walton Street AylesburyHP20e1UA Dear Peter I attended the Dorney Palish Council meeting in June to inform our local councillors of our very successful walk to school initiative, which took place in May as part of The National Walk to School Week. I thought I'd take this opportunity to write to you and keep you up to date with what we are trying to achieve at Dorney School. W􀇺h the help of two children from each year group we had A Hands UpSurvey to find out how each child arrived at school each morning. Then with the help of County we organised ourselves to take part in The National Walk to School Week. The children could walk, scoot or cycle to school with specially Footsteps-trained adults, most of them being parents, to escort them. We repeated the Hands up Survey at the end of the week. The number of children, parents and staff who took part was unbelievable. So successful was this that we now take part in a weekly Footsteps Friday walk to school. From the children's point of view this has been a great big adventure and they enthusiastically lake part. We have made sure to involve and inform the local community in what we are trying to do and we have their whole-hearted support. From the school's point of view we hope to improve safety and reduce pollution. II should also reduce traffic in and around the immediate school area and create a safer environment, which will be welcomed by the local residents. We hope it will benefit the children by increasing their travel awareness and improve their road and personal safety skills; increase their knowledge and awareness of the local community and its environment: improve their general health and give them some measure of independence. _,_ Every Cloud I love living near Windsor. From dawn to dusk the view of the Castle across the Common is magical, and the family who live in it are very nice, too. The Theatre Royal, the Windsor Festival, good restaurants and the River itself, make it a very special neighbour. I love watching the tourists gazing, in open mouthed admiration, at things that we all take for granted. Strangely, among the most photographed sights are 747's approaching Heathrow. Whole coach loads stop, point their cameras skyward and say "wow!" in various languages, as these great aircraft lumber by loaded with even more tourists who will soon be saying "wow!" all over again. lsn 'tit a shame, though, that every cloud has to have a grey bit as well as a silver lining? Even as I write, environmentalists are, understandably, gathering to protest at Heathrow. Those magnificent flying machines created for a11 the right reasons by visionaries like Sir Arnold Hall, who lived next to us in Dorney, are sadly now revealed as major contributors to global wanning. Now for my grwnpy old man bit. Windsor itself has grey bits too. Recently some friends from Edinburgh visited us. We showed them round and took them on the Windsor Wheel, and I found myself embarrassed by the state of the town centre. Peascod Street seems to be made up of cluttered shop fronts (some with rotting fascias), tatty signs, and litter. Compared to Edinburgh it is a disgrace. There was scruffy scaffolding on the hotel in Thames Street and rickety road signs everywhere. Worst of all, though, as you ride on The Wheel you are confronted by a really nasty new building at the foot of the town. This is to be home to a supennarket and an hotel. It is so out of character with the rest of Windsor that whoever designed and approved it should hang their heads in shame. I can't help but wonder if the town council's Planning Department is next to the Highways Department. Ugly concrete lumps, whether used as hotels or speed bumps, seem to be sacred to them. The ride on the big wheel itself was great, and you could look away from the building sites and instead gaze down on the river, and over the meadows between there and Dorney. We couldn't quite see our house so perhaps I will pop out tonight and pollard a couple of the trees along Cress Brook. When they are trimmed we can see the Castle from our kitchen window, so we might see our house from the wheel -providing, of course, that they don't build another blooming great concrete supermarket and hotel in front of us ready for the Olympics at the rowing trench' At the end of our morning as critical tourists with our Scottish friends, there was still to be a silver lining. We sat outside, in the sun, enjoying excellent food and wine and watching the boats sail by on the river. Perhaps I shouldn't tell you where we went. It might get too crowded. On the other hand, why not share the silver lining? It was the Riverhouse. Yum1 Geoffrey Atkinson DORNEY PARISH PUMP Published on behalf of Dorney Parish COU11Cil Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 603856) Clerk: Glenda Collins (01753 655331) j Councillors: Jill Dax (01628 603486 ). Graham Easton (627416), Alice Foxley (660268) Andrew Purdie (670611). Kon Richmond (6269n). Poter Smith (County Councillor -01753 827034) FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: Tuesdays, September 11, October 9, Nowmbor 13, l>oc 11 GRASS CUTTING w/c August 27, Sept 17. ROAD SWEEPING: ? COUNCILLOR RESPONSIBILITIES. Va-Chairman-A Purdie; Fina""-K Richmond. 6C2C-A Foxloy, K Harris, K Richmond; t1M/O/yllJ'ia c....,ittoos-J Dax, K Harris, K Richmond; Hag Hill Trust-A Purdi<; SBTLC-P Smith; SBALC-A Foxloy, A Purdie; NAG-J Dax. Parish l'rmJ)-K Richmond; Tru Wm.kn-Mrs G Easton. SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING Dominic Grieve, NI' hos agreed to attend a Public Meeting, provisionally arranged for THURSDAY 29'" NOVEMBER. Main agenda Item will be Motorway Noise. Capitol expondi1'1ro proposals relating to Trees & Traffic Calming will also be presented for discussion. BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION Despite heroic efforts by some residents we did not appear on the honours board. More details when they are available. DORNEY LAKE Councillors have met with Dorney Lake managers & the Ol􀘟ic:: Project Manager for the Lake. Draft plans for Lake O"ics, including buildings (temporary stands) & spectator tra"'I access, will be awilable for a meeting to be arranged in January and there will be regular meetings thereafter. The Lake MD has agreed to address °"""'nt nais• issues and traffic problems. NEW TREES in HARCOURT ROAD. TRAFFIC CALMING in DORNEY VILLAGE It was agreed that plans and costs for both the above will be finalised and presented at the special meeting to be held in November. ETON WICK PARK & RIDE The embryonic plan by Windsor & Maidenhead Council for a 6000 Car Park & Ride site in Eton Wick is not currently part of any 2012 °"ics -al, but this Council has asked to be kept fully informed of proposals by bath Windsor Council and °"ic managers. Any scheme which might bring traffic through Dorney will be vigorously oppos•d. PATHFINDERS The SBt>C Chief Executive will attend the September council meeting to explain what to expect from the newly approvsd County & t>istrict "PathfinderNstatus. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Vehicle Actiwted signs. No..mbor Special Meeting. Dorney Reach Past Box. Harcourt Rd Troistrict councillors and Police (0845 8505 505) often attend. Residents arc welcome and may ask questions. Police are scheduled to attend in even numbered months. Ught refreshments an: usually served. ALL ENQUIRIES & canwonts to Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High St, Iwr L09ND. Phano:01753655331.e-mail: dorneya,uncil@btintornet.com: website www .buekslnfo. not/domoypc/ The offickll minutu are post,d on thl Councifs nofk¥ boords in thl Vilklge Hall and Vilklge Rd. -12 We currently use two county approved parking sites and walking routes: 1. The Marsh Lane Weir car Park. Jubilee River, walking straight upMarsh Lane and down Harcourt Road to the school. 2. The second being The Wetlands car Park, .llbilee River, Lake End Road. This is a very small car park but with kind pennission from the Pineapple our adult helpers can park there. From the Wetlands car park, both children and adults have to cross two very busy roads. Now while every precaution is taken to see that each child and adult arrives safety at school, It would be a lot easier and safer for all concerned ff we could have the new Marsh Lane footpath we have been promised. We could then walk from the new Dorney Lake visitors car park and straight up the new Marsh Lane footpath and down Harcourt Road to the school, therefore not having to cross any busy roads. At the Parish Council AGM in March 2007 it was announced that the new footpath was approved and funding was in place. Can you confirm what the current status is and the planned timetable for construction. As you can see from the above. the new footpath will make a huge difference to the school children and helpers as well as the local community and an early implementation would be desirable. Yours sincerely Mary Baker School Governor (On behalf of Dorney School Travel Planning Team) (E-mail: baker.mary@btopenwor1d.com) Copy to: Chris Schwier, BCC Highways Dorney Parish Magazine DORNEY& DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Events 2007 SEPT 8 ANNUAL SHOW Village Hall SEPT 21 HARVEST SUPPER with speaker 7.30 pm NOV 30 A.G.M. + CHEESE & PATE. with speaker 7.30 pm MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT AT THE WALLED GARDEN, DORNEY NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Further information: 01628 603036 or 620975 Wita& Wisdom Wouldn't it be nice if the wattage ofa car stereo could not exceed the IQ of the driver? -5 Buckinghamshire County Council News Release 2nd. July 2007 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE'S ROADS -THE HOLE PICTURE Following our experiences with last year's exceptionally bad winter, Buckinghamshire County Council carried out a thorough review of the way in which dangerous potholes are repaired. As a result there are now more contractor gangs fixing potholes and the gangs are using hot 'tarmac', which ensures a higher quality, first time permanent repair. This is already proving to be far more effective than the methods previously used, although Council contractors are still working through a large backlog of work. The prolonged rainfall during the winter caused many roads to suffer badly, with the top layer of tarmac stripping off in many locations. Rural roads in particular have been affected in this way and in addition to pothole repairs our contractors have been carrying out more substantial structural patching repair work during recent weeks as well to arrest the deterioration. Unlike pothole repairs, this method of repair is designed to deal with much larger surface defects where normal pothole repairs would not be technically feasible or cost effective. This work involves replacing the top layers of the road over quite large areas with tarmac designed to withstand most weather and traffic conditions. The finished product produces a cost effective, long lasting repair that will keep road surfaces safe and serviceable for a number of years. Whole scale re-surfacing programmes, although desirable, are costly and have to be prioritised over the entire county. More local pothole repairs and structural patching is inevitable in the year ahead rather than re-surfacing. The budgets for road repairs are under increasing pressure mainly due to inflationary increases in energy and contractors costs. Limited government central funding has not kept pace with these increases, which means that expenditure on road maintenance in real terms has remained static. Cabinet Member for Transportation Val Letheren says 'We do have limited budgets and we have to assess and prioritise works across a wide area to maximise the use of our available resources. Our task of prioritising work has been made even more difficult this year by the effects of last winter, but we do strive to keep road surfaces safe and serviceable to minimise the risk of damage to car tyres and wheels. However a backlog of work did build up during the winter and some repairs have taken longer to complete than would have been the case normally. Please keep us informed by calling Highways On Call on 0845 230 2882 or by email HOC@buckscc.gov.uk" GROWING ANXIOUS I understand that the theft of plants from outside the Village Hall has been formally reported. As part of our Best Kept Village bid the flowers were planted in the border adjacent to the hall; the police are digging into it and hope to weed out the offenders in the near future. Initially, unfounded suspicion had fallen on local dog-walkers when the police found several promising leads. REGULATION REGULATORS RELEGATED Rather like Public Inquiries, government appointed regulators have proved to be largely ineffective. Even the various Ombudsmen have quite narrow tenns ofreference. This has been proven by the failure to regulate the dozens of £1 a time "quizzes", (even .1'Q!! knew the answers) operated by commercial TV companies, which have been, for some time, so obviously rather iffy; and, in reality, stealing the money of those foolish enough to enter. The BBC deceit is, by comparison, mainly technical, but has, so far, attracted much of the regulator's attention. Similarly OFCOM & ICSTIS have failed to take any proper action in respect of the confusion of telephone charges. We now have low tariff O I & 02 numbers (your operator may even let you dial these free) but most large commercial companies now use what are deceptively called "Local -084--" or, more likely "National 087something" numbers at a cost probably exceeding JO pence a minute. You are probably using such numbers to sort out problems with your bank or phone provider! And don't get me started on 091--s PATHFINDERS NOT LOST Bucks County and Districts' bid for this untried "Pathfinder" administrative arrangement to "improve services & reduce costs" has been approved by Central Government. A County Council spokesman is reported as saying that residents "would not notice any difference" which rather begs the question of why go to all the bother, Notes for editors For more information, please contact the relevant area office: Aylesbury Vale, Dave Chapman 01296 383426; South Bucks and Chiltern, Chris Schwier 01494 586622 Notes for editors A and B roads are inspected once a month, C roads every 3 months and unclassified roads every 6 months The council aims to repair defects within the following timescale; Category 1 defects identified by its highway inspectors -within 24 hours. Category 1 defects identified by other means including reports via Highways On Call -by the end of the following day. Category 2 potholes (up to 1 squared metre) -in 28 days Structural patching work -An order will be placed with the council's contractors to be done as soon as possible. In the meantime, the road will be maintained to ensure that no danger is posed to road users For further information please contact: Sian Hughes, Communications Officer Tel: 01296 382149 Fax: 01296 382005 Email: sihughes@buck.scc.gov.uk Visit our Web Sitet: http://www.buckscc.qov.uk _r.,_ Of course, the new arrangement is not unlike the Unitary Authority which it is likely to eventually become. We are still awaiting the comments of the six Chief Executives who have managed to retain their jobs and index linked pensions, although these are more likely to confinn details ofreductions in services. In July it was revealed that 40% of parents were unable to recite any nursery rhymes to their children. 'The Now Show' audience was asked to compose some modem versions. Here is a sample from those submitted:- Jack and Jill went in to town To fetch some chips and sweeties Jack can't keep his heart rate down and Jill's got diabetes. Perhaps our readers can do better? _ _,, Affordable Warmth: we can all have it in our homes! Do you feel cold in your home when the temperature drops outside? Are you spending more on your fuel bills trying to keep your house warm than your income can comfortably cope with? If you answered "Yes" to these questions, maybe it is time to consider just how energy efficient your home is! Over 30 per cent of carbon emissions into the atmosphere come from heat energy escaping from domestic housing. This wastage is contributing to climate change and, for the householder, is making gas and electricity bills more expensive than they need to be. Wasting energy is a waste of money! If your home lacks good insulation measures, you are losing a high percentage of heat energy through its roof, walls, windows and doors. Check out the level of insulation in your loft; if it is less than 100mm (4 inches) in thickness, you need to consider topping up the insulation. The current recommended thickness is 270mm -over 10 inches! Insulating your property's cavity walls will reduce the amount of heat being lost from the house by 25 per cent (from 35 per cent down to 10 per cent heat toss). Double-glazing is expensive to install, but draught-proofing is a cheap remedy that will help stop heat being lost through gaps in the window frame. Doors can also be draught-proofed to keep the heat in and the cold out. Expensive or inefficient heating systems can be a financial burden on a household's income. Make sure you know how to use your heating system controls correctly, and fit thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) to all the radiators; this will allow you to regulate the temperature in each room to the required comfort level. Cold damp homes lead to an increase in illnesses such as asthma, influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia, as well as increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other circulatory conditions. Older people and young children are particularly vulnerable in cold damp conditions. If you find it difficult to keep your home warm in the winter, help, advice and financial assistance is at hand to help you to live in your home in thermal comfort, white at the same time reducing your impact on the environment and reducing your fuel bills, too! Ring the Energy Helpline on freephone 0800 8048777 and find out what grants and discounts are on offer to help you with the cost of loft insulation and cavity wall insulation. People in receipt of certain income-related benefits will not have to pay anything towards the cost of Insulation and may be able to apply for a Warm Front Grant, if their boiler doesn't work and is irreparable. Don't wait until next winter, act now to make sure your home is adequately insulated against cold weather. By the way, good insulation also helps keep the home cooler in the hot summer months! Karen S Weber Affordable Warmth Co-ordinator for Buckinghamshire Milton Keynes Energy Agency 20 July 2007 A reader sent us the following e-mail: IT HAS JUST BEEN POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE NOWAN ISLAND! DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE NOW NEED NOT PAY TAXES TO THE MAINLAND? WHAT OTHER BENEFITS CAN OTHERS SUGGEST? -10 Eton College Rowing Centre Dorney Lake We said Lake Unes would be back from time to time, so here we are. We hope everyone has enjoyed the Summer after the alarming monsoon-type rains in July. Since the last article in December 2006 life at Dorney Lake has continued to be busy with an array of events, including the formal launch of our Volunteer Scheme. It is going very well, with a merry band of really helpful people from Dorney and a little further afield. With help from grants and donations we were able to buy a mobile unit from our friends at Burnham Beeches and it has proved a very useful focal point as our 'Visitor Information Centre' and a base for our volunteers. ' The volunteers do three-hour sessions on weekends in morning or afternoon by arrangement. They welcome visitors and do gentle patrols through the Park and Arboretum to ensure the site rules are kept to for the comfort and safety of all. Every three months or so we have a pleasant evening all together to introduce new volunteers and provide updates on Lake happenings and guidelines. If you fancy joining our friendly group, please contact me at the Lake office on 01753 832756 or e-mail me at p.powell@etoncollege.org. uk. We have also recently held a meeting with representatives from DorneyLake, Dorney Parish Council, Dorney Court, the Eton Dorney Project, Dorney Village and The Willows area in Windsor (opposite the Boathouse) together with Sara Cobain, Environmental Health Officer for South Bucks District Council and Matt Willmott, Venues Project Manager for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), one of the two '20I 2' Olympic bodies and responsible for staging the Games. (The other is the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) which handles • infrastructure). Both bodies are keen to foster good relations with those in the environs of each venue. The meeting was at the request of Dorney Parish Council and was essentially for the purpose of talking round the likely traffic and logisticsrequirements for '2012', when Dorney Lake is destined to host the rowing and flat-water canoeing Olympic and Paralympic events. It was veryamicable, sensible questions were asked and were answered by Matt as far as was possible at this relatively early stage. There will be a follow-upmeeting in the New Year and on-going contact as necessary. Patricia Powell -7 Dorney Social Diary Saturday 8th September Friday 21" September Wednesday 10th October Saturday 20th October Friday 30th November DORNEY PARJSB COUNCJL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMl:NT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) RAINBOWS BROWNlES ArnTUDE Youth Group 24/7 8-12's Group VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS DDHS Annual Show DDBS Harvest Supper and speaker Village Ball 7.30 p.m. Eton Wick History Group meeting Eton Wick Village Ball 7.30 p,m, DVHMC Autumn Dance Village Hall 8 p.m. -1 I.JO p.m. DDBS AGM Cheese & Pate and speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. September, November Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless Indicated (*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2007: 11/9 9/10 13/11 11/12 Every Tuesday Village Ball 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7-10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-11 year olds 6.30 p.m -8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.30/10 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Every other Thursday evening Eton/Dorney Centre Wednesday evenings during term time Slough Baptist Church Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chief Co-ordinator:-Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHLNG SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -8 OellEY'IJU.NIE􀁜ff 􀁝􀁞i i&E 􀅢-t&ff ooRNEY TENNIS cou11,- Open to all £2.S0 per hour or yearly season tickets available at the following£IO under the age of 18 £20 aged 18 and over £3S family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 -9 ) , BOSCH Service Dorney Parish News Bosch Car Service WHITE HEATHER GARAGE (DORNEY) LTD VILLAGE ROAD, DORNEY WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE SL4 6QJ 1 Our Services Include: ✓ MOT Testing ✓ Manufacturers' Servicing ✓ Electrical & Mechanical Repairs ✓ Electronic System Diagnosis ✓ ABS Braking ✓ Traction & Stability Control Systems ✓ Air Conditioning ::,-;: -.. 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I Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 d.__________......,_______ 􀂍􀂎 Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, FLOWERS + BIRDS + "THE TRUTH JS OUT THERE" The beautiful September weather has encouraged some of our wild plants to stay with us somewhat longer. Deep Mauve Iiatris bushes spreading along both banks of the Jubilee River; lots of beautiful yellow toad-flax, some 2-3 ft tall along the Jubilee footpaths, with the nearby harvested fields displaying white and also yellow star-like flowers of the cooking cabbage plant; the field hedgerows showing lots of field bindweed (medicinal) with its small pink and white flowers alongside the larger hedge bindweed (convolvulus) with its much larger white trumpet-like flowers. Beautiful yellow mullion, now 6-8ft tall can be seen at the back of the Walled Garden exterior stores. All the early summer rain has made some ofthe plants grow much taller and bigger. Fruit abounds everywhere -plums; apples; pears; quinces; blackberries; mountain ash berries; rose hips by the barrow-load; plenty of gin making sloes (mother's ruin) everywhere. Nature really responded to plenty of rain followed by warmer weather. The spindle berry this year is spectacular along the Jubilee River between Dorney Bridge and Manor Farm Bridge. It is very deep pink with orange centre and even its leaves are a wonderful pink colour. Beautiful rose-coloured Iavatera bushes (mallow) have lasted very well this year. Along the Jubilee River, dozens of Canada Geese; coots and lapwings were seen on the islets mid-September, along with a good parade of ducks; grebes; cormorants and common terns. The terns were spotted hovering over the water then suddenly diving for fish. A pair of herons were seen patiently stalking for prey. I had the good fortune this September to meet 'Dame Bridgette' from the Emerald Isle again in our local supermarket and I explained to her that her 'Wimbledon Tennis' theory regarding sudden weather change this summer was now being challenged by the 'ologists.' Climatologists are now saying that it was the northern 'Jet Stream' which occurs in Artie regions moving further south than normal during early summer which caused our weather disruption. "Not at all," said Bridgette, "it's the Earth which has taken a tip. Think about it. All the digging and mining that goes on throughout the world for gold; silver; copper; diamonds; oil; water and goodness knows what else. There's nothing left to fill all the excavations, so the Earth must tip at sometime. Sure the balance has gone." 'That is a very good theory Bridgette, and scientists and ologists so far have not explained it," I concurred. I then mentioned the space probe Voyager One, which was meant to last five years sending information back to Earth for the scientists. In fact the probe has lasted thirty years having flown billions of miles deep into outer space and still sending back vital information and spectacular pictures. Voyager Two was rocketed off five years ago and is still doing likewise. "It really is wonderful," said Bridgette "and now they want to send men to Mars." "Would you like to go to Mars? I asked. "Me?" she said "the nearest I want to get to Mars is a MARS BAR!" Bless her, and I look forward to more pearls of wisdom from 'Dame Bridgette' of the Emerald Isle. Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D D) -20 ISSUE NO. 8/07 OCTOBER 2007 EDITORIAL Contrary to expectations, we did not win the Morris Cup in the Best Kept Village Competition. You will find the marks and judges' comments herein. One comment indicates that the judges need to see more evidence of community effort, which is a little ironic as perhaps more people were involved this year than in the past. But of course it is always left to the few, and those of us who did little or nothing to aid their efforts are now feeling rather guilty. I am surprised by the judges' observation that there are no facilities for children except the tennis court as I was unaware that a lack of 'facilities' was judged as not Best Kept I There are those who consider the Competition anachronistic, but if we wish to live in a pleasant environment then this annual event is a reminder that we have to do something about it. Maybe the judges' remarks will encourage us to take a critical look at our surroundings and do what we can to make Dorney a Best Kept Village not only at competition time, but throughout the year. There is a bumper apple crop this year. We have three apple trees in our garden, a Bramley, a Cox and an unidentified variety bearing a delicious green apple suitable both for eating and cooking. This tree was so laden that a large branch split under the weight and had to be sawn off, but the other trees, too, are bearing much more fruit than in recent years. This abundance is very satisfying, but picking is quite time consuming and, without an apple loft, finding space for storage is a challenge. One begins to wonder whether it wouldn't be easier to buy a few from the supermarket as, and when, required. But the supermarket apple, whilst being more uniform and unblemished, cannot compare in taste to our garden selection which is also rich in protein from the more than occasional maggot! The most satisfactory way to store for the months ahead is to peel, core, cut out the maggots, slice, put into plastic food bags and place in the freezer. I hope the crop is a little less next year! Phyllis Wallbank, our intrepid 90 year old Boveney resident, sets forth this month on her 'Montessori Centenary World Tour' carrying Dr. Maria Montessori's message asking all Montessori people to link together to help bring peace to the world through encouraging the inner natural development of children. Phyllis will also be proposing her own 'keys for the child's environment today.' Phyllis will be visiting China, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and finishing in the USA. She will be one week in each country and proceeds from her lectures will go to the poor children of that country. Before she leaves, Phyllis is on a panel for educationalists at Olympia on the last Saturday of September. One must admire Phyllis's stamina and determination and we wish her a successful and enjoyable tour. -1 Revd Lucy Holt writes: As I write this we are in preparation for our harvest celebrations both at Dorney and at Eton Wick. Harvest is a wonderful time to thank God for all the material blessings that we enjoy and to give thanks for those who work so hard to produce our food. I was not brought up in the countly and so as I grew up the celebration of Harvest was somewhat strange and all I ever seemed to take up into the church was a tin of baked beans. I remember one harvest festival however later in my life where we were asked to bring and place on the altar something which symbolised our own harvest, what we as individuals produced in our Jives. Different things were placed from a pile of books for a teacher, a picture of children for a mother, a brick for a surveyor, and a picture of a smile representing friendship for a retired person. And as each offering was made it symbolised that God was present helping each with the work that they had been called to do. Again this acknowledged the dependence upon God in all aspects of the lives of individuals. It promoted an awareness of God's presence with us even in our secular work places and homes. As we come to thank God for the amazing blessings he does give us, as we acknowledge our dependence on him perhaps we too can remember his presence with each individuaJ no matter what walk oflife they are m. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk All pre-school children and their parents or carers are invited to UblaRsheS For Songs, Stories, Treasure Searches and Fun Followed by drinks and something nice to eat On the 2ndand 4thWednesday of each month From 9.30-11am At St John's Church Eton Wick Dates for October 10th,31" (5thWeds due to half term) Harvest Festival St. John the Baptist, Eton Wick Sunday 7th October 2007 11.00am There will be the usual harvest decorations in the church but please note that we ask congregation members to bring gifts of non perishable items (tins, packets, etc). These can then be taken to the drop in centre for the Slough homeless run by SHOC (Slough Homeless Our Concern) OelNiit'VD.uaE􀁍•·· 􀂌􀂍ii& present their MffllMN􀁌 ( fe<1turing music from the Gre<1t Amerian Songbook & st<1nq<1rqs ) 8.00 -11.30 HOTSVPPER TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW .f'!O from MARY BAKER 01628 661435 ooRNEY TENNIS COURJ- Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets available at the following £10 under the age of 18 £20 aged 18 and over £35 family Cootact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 t­ o 0 N 1 I-< Q.) fr rFJ. ii ....... ....... - ..... 0 ..i::1u !Zl ..... 0-. ] ro Q.) !Zl -a Q.) i ] ] !Zl § ..... !Zl ..... (.) Q.) Q -18 Church Services in October 2007 Wednesday 3rd October 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 7th October 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) St James the Less Dorney 11.00 am Family Service (Harvest Festival) St John the Baptist Eton Wick 6.30 pm Informal worship St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 14th October 9.30am Family Communion St James the Less Dorney 11a.00am Family Communion St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 17th October 1 O.OOam Holy Communion (said BCP} St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 21st October 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 11.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 28th October 9.30am Morning Worship St James the Less Dorney 11a.00am Holy Communion (children's groups} St John the Baptist Eton Wick THE ETON DORNEY PROJECT BRING & BUY COFFEE MORNING at I0.30 a.m on TUESDAY 30th OCTOBER at THE ETON-DORNEY CENTRE THE OLD VICARAGE, LAKE END RD CRAFT CARDS, SMALL GIFTS, CAKES etc . EVERYONE WELCOME -J (Tap/ow, Domey & Lent Rise Electoral Division) County Councillor Peter Smith The Old Place Lock Path, Dorney Nr. Windsor, Berks, SI4 600 Tel: (01753) 827034 Fax: (01753) 855022 Mobile: 07778 848 255 E-mail: pesmith@buckscc.gov.uk 20 September 2007 Mary Baker School Governor Harcourt Close Bucks CC/Local/L Baker Email: office@dorney.bucks.sch.uk Dorney Combined School Dorney Reach Maidenhead SL6 ODY Dear Mary, Marsh Lane Footway Following your letter to myself, with a copy to Chris Schwier of Bucks Highways, I now have an update on the situation of the footway down Marsh Lane. First, I would like to say how impressive it is that the parents, school and governors have shown such a commitment to the 'Walk to School" initiative. This is something that should be encouraged and rewarded, and as a result, I am pushing the footway forward as fast as possible. Did you know Bucks has reduced car use on the school run across the County by 17% from 44% in 2000, to 27% in 2006. The footway at Marsh Lane has been a long time coming and is extremely expensive (£60,000) but I think it is essential in order to link Dorney Reach with the other part of Dorney Village by foot. There is still work to be done on the issue of cycling down Marsh Lane. myself run along Marsh Lane, and I sometimes wonder whether this is a healthy activity! I have often had to throw myself into the briary verge! Contd ... -4 arrivals, but there is never a quick solution. We will be holding another 'Walk to School' just before half term and we are going to continue 'Footsteps Friday' every week, so we hope to give you some respite! Best wishes from all at Dorney School. BARKo&HIDE According to newspaper reports, a Park & Ride scheme, located in Eton on the B3026 Dorney to Slough Road, is planned for the benefit of Windsor, to accommodate between 300 and 9000 vehicles, according to which paper you are reading. Windsor & Maidenhead Council originally claimed that this idea was from the previous administration, to be looked at in due course, but now admit that a business plan is to be prepared in October. But rumour has it that substantial funding (from SEEDA?) is already available, which is improbable unless a firm plan already exists. A large piece of Green Belt, ( probably belonging to Eton College) adjacent to and with potential access to both the Relief Road and to the railway has already been identified as the probable site. And we also need all those involved in the proposal to be more forthcoming and to ensure that there is proper representation and consultation. BYoTHEoBYWAY Eton College is also proposing to pedestrianate a large area to include, maybe, most of Eton town south of the playing fields! But how difficult it is to get any details of these proposals. With the B3026/Eton High Street junction included in this scheme, would, 1 wonder, our route to Datchet then be via the Park & Ride access to the Relief Road9 And would not, then, the new facility be a convenient location for the Olympics Park & Ride buses via Dorney? 􀀋fe,,4 NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 0 1628 788997 Friday 19th October at 8 p.m. The Daniel Smith Blues Band The Daniel Smith Blues Band incorporates good-time boogie woogie, authentic blues and classy jazz-blues crossover material, as well as bottleneck piano playing and fiery drum solos. Daniel Smith is regarded as a serious challenger to Jools Holland and his top-class band. Pete Miles (drums), George Pearson (bass) and the brilliant T-Bone Taylor (guitar) have an impressive recording and performance history. Tickets: £10.50 £8.50 Members. -17 News from Dorney School We were very pleased to welcome everyone back to the new school year, especially those who were joining us for the first time. Over the summer we had lots of fun and games with holiday clubs running and staff getting ready for the new school year. am sure many of you will have already noticed that the fencing contractors have almost completed installing a smart new perimeter fence. Not only does it make the school site look a lot neater, but we are now much more safe and secure. We have also had a high security shutter installed to further protect the frequently targeted Sunshine Room at the rear of the school. The shutter is similar to the ones shops use and is virtually indestructible (I hope!). Since the theft of the laptops we have been working closely with the local police to look at how our school can be better protected and we have put a significant number of new security measures in place, I will not share these with you, as we would really rather leave them as a surprise for any would be burglars! Thank you for all your extra Sainsbury's Vouchers, we were able to purchase some new playground markings which the children are really enjoying -so a great big THANK YOU to all of you who dropped in your vouchers last year. You really have made a difference and we are very grateful. The children loved taking part in the recent Horticultural Show and we were all delighted with their prizes. This year we are going to be busy inspiring 'little' green fingers, so if anyone wishes to get involved with the children's gardening, do pop in and let us know. We would also like to thank everyone who gave us feedback regarding our travel plan survey. In the next few months we hope that we will be accredited with having achieved a Level 3 Travel Plan, which means we will be given over £3,500 to help develop projects such as improving the cycle sheds and other initiatives to reduce the cars coming into the village. To achieve the award we have to prove that our 'Walk to School Weeks' and 'Friday Footsteps' have really made a difference and any evidence in the form of community support would really help our application, so if any of you have a minute and could pop some positive words down on paper, we would be very grateful, as we can then include ii in our application. We would also like to thank you for your continued patience with parking. We are still encouraging parents to park considerately and where possible not to park at all in the residential areas. The school is currently full to capacity and this does mean that there are extra cars coming into the village compared to previous years and I know parents are finding it hard to squeeze onto Trumper's Field. We are trying to address this through strategies such as offering earlier drop-off times, etc to try and stagger The footway/pavement will be completed in February 2008. It will be l .Sm wide narrowing to 1.2m, with a tarmac surface. It will run fromthe entrance of the rowing lake and will join with the existing pavement at Harcourt Road. Please post this letter on the school noticeboard to reassure parents, children and the school that we are moving ahead with this, and I willbe keeping a close eye on the timing -and keeping you informed. Congratulations on an excellent effort. Yours sincerely, PETER SMITH Member for Taplow, Dorney & Lent Rise Bucks County Council cc: Chris Schwier -BCC Highways Dorney Parish Magazine MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 -1.45 p.rn. Dates for 2007:-October 4, 18 November I, 15, 29 December 13 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 10th October Eton's Big Store Speaker. ... Tony Cullum THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office O 118 969 8000 Wednesday 12/9 -Saturday 20/10 ONE FOR THE ROAD A comedy by Willy Russell Wednesday 24/10 -Saturday 24/1e1 A NIGHT IN PROVENCE A comedy by Robin Hawdon -16 Dorney & District Horticultural Society Annual Slloa'. The effects of thts yearsgrowing season influenced the number and quali􀖾' of entries. This was disappointing for many people with few items to exhibit_ as the season had advanced too quickly. However there were good examples of runner beans. potatoes and tomatoes, but fewt.."T onions and other ,egetables on display. lt was a good year for cooking apples. while plwns were past their be-rt. For the first time figs made an appearance. A good year for pumpl,;ins too. The pumpkin given for tbe 􀖿guess tbe weight 􀗀competition weighed 72.lbs. Two guesses were correct, but one winner generously aUowed the other to receive the bottle of \\hiskey. The Dorney school chtldren made a large and significant contribution to the Show. with displays of paintings, drawings, birthday carJs and models, all of a high standard. We are hoping that ne"t year their parents will also contribute by shQ\Vlng their skill in the culinary arts of c-akc and jam making. The school "'un the E..Chast:-Memorial Cup for the first time. Ve􀗁' well done all of you and we look forward to your exhibits next yearn. The winners and their trophies are ac; follows􀗂 The Gardens Competition Founders Cup Large gardens Mr_ D.Lidstone Founders Cup Small gardens MrsN.Shaw The Show Awards Society Cup Best exhibit Division. J . \'eg. Mr J Akerman Pollard Trophy Rest ent􀗃· Classes 23 r24 veg. Mr J.Akerman. Williamson Challenge Cup. Winner Div. J Fruit.:veg.. Mr J.Akerman Banksian Medal Overall winner Div. l MrnM Ashford Woodhouse Challenge Cup Dahlias Mr J.Akerman) Mr DWilson) Salisbury Challenge Cup Floral arrangement MrsT.Smith Mrs Beaton Trophy Cookery MI5J Mess1tt Bill Barnes Memorial Trophy Photograph Mr D Kenley Ames Cup Best model Bonnie Messitt Challenge Shield Natural hist"')' exhibit Bonnie Messin Ryccroft Girls Cup Handicraft Bonnie Messitt Parish CoWICil Award Drawing Bryony Akcnnan Clifford Memorial Trophy Most Entries .'V1r D. 'Nilson Dorney Show Trophy Overall Show Winner Jl.!r .Akerman We are gratefuJ to all who entered exhibits in the Show m spite of the problems caused by the odd weather conditions, but we need to expand our members to improve the number of entries. Anyone who has an interest in plants, gardens and cookery will be \·ery welcome to ha,·e a go. You may or may not \\in, but it's fWl. With luck, see you all again next year R.S.Liney Jolly Boating Weather Although we have lived near the Thames for 19 years and enjoyed river holidays for almost the same length of time, it never occurred to us before to combine the two. We have hired cruisers on many of the French rivers and canals and even on The River Shannon in Ireland but I suppose the Thames seemed too close to home. How daft can you get? We were enchanted by our river as we progressed serenely from Datchet to Dorchester. Kris Cruisers prepare the boats very well the scenery is fabulous and although the riverside food might not be quite as interesting as the nosh Rick Stein described on the Canal Du Midi, there were many other features that were much better. Foremost amongst these must be the lock keepers. For a start, most of our locks are manned, unlike the rivers in France, where most have to be opened and closed by hand. This involves a lot of winding and pushing and running up and down the banks which is easy for young boatmen but a bit wearing on poor old geezers like me. Where there are lock keepers in France and indeed in Ireland they are unfailingly grumpy unless you cross their palms with Euros. Every keeper we met here was efficient, helpful, informative and often good fun as well. In Shiplake Lock the keeper and I realized that we knew each other. lt took a while to remember why, then, to the surprise of the other boats he started to sing. They were even more surprised when I joined in and the next thing they saw was the two ofus doing part of a routine from the musical show "Pickwick" which we had been in together as amateur thespians. Inevitably there were downsides. Late one night, when we were moored in Henley, mindless drunken yobs came along pulling out the mooring stakes. Five boats, including ours, were set adrift. Fortunately the river is very slow there so no one was swept away on the stream, but it was very scary especially since the police did not respond to our 999 call. A bailiff later advised us to drop our anchor as well as using mooring lines ifwe were unsure of our security. The river banks are beautifully kept and very clean everywhere except at points where some fishermen had left their rubbish. You can see the same disgusting garbage at various points on our local towpath. What is the matter with these oafs? The final downer was on our last morning. It had nothing to do with Old Father Thames. We passed through Ronmey lock at Windsor before handing the boat back at Datchet. It had been an amazing week with wonderful weather and we felt as if we had been away on another planet even though we had never been more than 20 miles from home. Then an unusually serious looking keeper handed out leaflets telling us that we were entering the Foot and Mouth exclusion zone with all its restrictions, including our own Dorney cattle penned in and unable to enjoy their usual freedom on the Common. Welcome back down to earth with a bang Eh? Geoffrey Atkinson. 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Nicely laid ouL "'th a 1,-ood range of shrubs for the soil t\-pe. A lovely garden. Small Gardens 1" N. Shaw Beautiful selection of shrubs. With the open la􀪏;out one can sec most of the garden at a glance. Good mixed borders. 2a"" J. Townsend A nicely laid out garden, ,,,ith good use of space and good examples 3"' of shrubs P. Middleton lntereshng rang􀪐 of conifers at front. Some good crops in the back area. 4 "" G Kellell 4"'° Beautiful garden .with good design for such an awkward shape. L Wright 6"' Bedding plants look wonderful in contained areas -not a weed in sight R. Povey Beautifully maintamed garden. Some inten.'Sting bushes-lovely ,iews. 7" L HackenGood range of shrubs with an interesting design layout. Competitor.., thank you aH for your hard work and interest and we hope that, weather permitting. )"OU and other gardeners \\-ill join in again in 2008. Jn the meantime, enjoy a traditional English autumn. RSoLiney -7 PARISH PUMP Published onbehalfofDorneyParish Council Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 6038!56) Clerk: Glenda Collins (01753 6!55331) Cow,cillors: Jill Dax (01628 603486 ). 6rah11111 Easton (627416), Alice Foxley (660268) Andrew Purdie (670611), Ken Richmond (626972), Peter Smith (County Councillor -01753827034) FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: Tuesdays, October 9, No"'mber 13, December 11, Jonuary 9 .oGRASS CUTTING w/c October 5, 26 (last). ROAD SWEEPING: December . .}J; '1l. MOTORWAY NOISE Dominic Grieve, MPr has agreed to make further attempts to hasten re-surfacing and will attend a Public Muting in the Vill090 Hall on THURSDAY 13􀍢 DECEMBER. Further details later. • 8EST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION The Parish was unplaced in this competition, full de.tails elsewhere in this magazine. Members were puzzled by some of the comments made by the Judges. ETON PARK 4 RIDE • We are writing ta the Royal 8arou9h requesting full information relating to the proposed Park a R.ide site in Eton. Councillors believe that funding may already be available and that plans are more advanced them has been admitted. NEW TREES IN HARCOURT ROAD The Council will apply for a grant towards Tree Planting from the SBDC Environmental Fund. It is hoped that some, if not all, of the proposed trees will be planted in the winter season. VEHICLE ACTIVATED SI6NS It was 09'fld to poy a £300 consultancy fu to the County Council for a detailed report (cost. benefits. siting) into the possibility of a Vehicle Actuated Sign in Village Road. Approximate cost is likely to be £7CXX>􀍣£9000. It is claimed that o properly sited sign can reduce spuds by up to 4 mph ond collisions by a third. ORCHARD HER8S, LAKE END ROAD The site owner has appealed against the two Enforcement Noticesdemonding clearance and reinstatement of land and there will now be a Public Inquiry. www.bucksinfo.net/dorneypc/ The site has now been relaunched in the Bucks County format. You can currently access details of Councillors, meeting agenda and approved minutes. There will be links to Sat>C planning applications. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Vehicle Activated signs. Motorway noise meeting. Dorney Reach Post Box. Harcourt Rd Trees. DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL meets on the second Tuesday of every month except August. Meetings are held at the Eton Dorney Centre in Lake End Road, normally from 8pm -10pm. County 4 l>istrict councillors and Police (0845 8505 505) often attend. Residents ore welcome and may ask questions. Police are scheduled to attend in even numbered months. Ught refreshments ore usually...,..d. ALL ENQUIRIES & comments to Glenda Collins, Cow,cil Offices, 45b High St, Iver L09ND. Phone :01753655331.e-mail: @r_!'leycoy_ntjl@b...ti!\!􀅎r_!l_􀍤--com: website 􀍥w_w_.l,uclssinfQ_._n_􀅎t/t;i_<:>rr:iey􀍦/ COUNCILLOR RESPONSI8IUTIES. Viu-CIHtlrmon-A Purdie; Finance-K R:ichlftOnd. SC2C-A Foxley. I( Harris, IC Richmond; Eton/Olympics committees-J Dax, K Horris, K Richmond; HagHill Trust-A Purdie; 58JLC. P Smith; SBALC-A Foxley, A Purdie; NAG-J Dax. Parish Pump-K Richmond; Tru Ward,n-Mrs G Easton. TM offickll tninutu are post,d on tlw Ccuncifs notice b,,ards in tl,e VilloHall and Village Rd. age The minutes together with o'flMr information can alsobe found on the Council's website. -8 DORNEY YOUTH CLUB A 'Get Together' onTrumper'• Field Sunday 7th October I pm -3 .30pm On site will be Bucks County Council Mobile Climbing Wall Young and older are invited to test their climbing skill. All safety equipment supplied. It's free! Bring a picnic, join in the games Open to all ages . ANB GARDEN SERVICES Too busy to mow? No urge to hoe? No hedge too tall. No weed too small. All aspects of garden maintenance undertaken to include:-grass cutting (large or small gardens), hedge cutting, strimming, leaf blowing, fencing, small patios, turf supplied and laid, garden clearance. Specialising in grass management. Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01628 823202 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btintemet.com -13 Dorney Youth aub C/o 6 Meadow Way Dorney Reach Maidenhead SL6 ODS Ph 01628 784515 Email: alrussell@talktalk.net Dear Dorney Residents. On behalf of Dorney Youth Club, I'm very pleased to report we have survived our first year. The Club has had a positive impact on both the Young people who attend the Club, and upon the quality of the Parish. The Young people have an identity. Having been involved in projects in the Village, they have some ownership, increasing their respect and pride of the Village. Those who use Trumper's Field will see the 30 trees planted have established themselves well, the recent precipitabon obviously played an important part too! You will also see on Trumper's Field that the Goal posts are back! Dorney Youth Club worked in partnership with South Bucks District Council. The Youth Club sought a grant from SPORT RELIEF to pay for the posts, the Youth Oub Young People and many parents all helped in digging the holes and concrebng in the posts. The Posts are galvanised and painted wMe, and are now locked in position. To overcome the issue of insurance and indemnity, the posts were then 'Gifted' to SBDC, who mark out the ptch and take on the maintenance with the condibon that the Posts are to remain in the Parish for the benef􀅠 of the residents of the Parish. The older members have just taken part in activities at a Centre in Milton Keynes, Caving, Oimbing, Sailing, Kayaking, Archery, and Canoeing. The travel cost for this was subsidised by a Grant from South Bucks District Council Community Fund. In the pipeline we have a Family day/BBQ , some Theatre visits for Christmas, and some interesting guests to enlighten the Young people. I am always interested in people who can give a little time to help out in any way, this does not have to be regular help. Our existing hard working volunteers have found it fun, and rewarding to be involved. If you can spare some time, or wish to become involved in a Parish activity to support our Young People, please contact at the above addresses Alan Russell DorneySocial Diary Wednesday 10th October Saturday 20th October Friday 30th November DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DORNEY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) RAINBOWS BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, treasure hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Eton Wick History Group meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7 .30 p,m, DVHMC Autumn Dance Village Hall 8 p.m. -I 1.30 p.m. DDHS AGM Cheese & Pate and speaker Village Hall 7 ,30 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month ( except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.e. November, January Village Hall 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (*) 12.15n-2.00 Dates 2007: 13/11 11/12 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. Every Sunday Village Hall 7 -10 p.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term time in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-11 year olds 6.30 p.m -8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.30/10 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Sttond and Fourth Wednesday of month unless indicated (*) St. John's Church, Eton Wick 9,30 a.m. -11 a.m. Dates 2007: 10/10 31/10• 14/11 28/11 Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME ChiefCo-ordinator:-Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -9 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL COUNCILS County Hall. Walton Street,Aylesbury. Bucks HP20 IUA Telephone OI296 383154 Fax OI296 387966 e-mail: balc@buckscc.gov.uk wwwbucksalc.gov.uk .e Mrs G Collins f' Dorney Parish Council 45B High Street 􀎀 lver r. 1 Bucks SL0 9ND 1 August 2007 Dear Glenda BEST KEPT VILLAGE COMPETITION 2007 You should by now have received a copy of the press release with the results ofthe competition. I am writing to let you know the judges' comments on Dorney & Dorney Reach: Cl) :::! (.,) 0 u ...J 0 ...J LL. 0 <: 0 j:: s u '<>'t:i t.) 􀪒 r,..,, 􀎉,;: 5 0 "'w i:, 0 9> 􀎊e2 - "I ·E: lo<·:::" C 0 􀎏 (.) (JCl) LU fil ..c: 1/) -.:: l1l Q. J i ar ·'9 1/) Cl) 􀪕"E Ill Ill :;; J a, :c 1/) ·-.:.f. 1/) .... Ill Ill 􀅙 ':i \n 0---:VJ 0000 """"N N'"""" < OQ .j) ....0 0 -.!> C) 0 000 0 0 ..-..-..-4 ..- $ "' a ...J 1/) Q) C (ll Q_ u "' -ro 􀃈(I) £ _VJ 􀎴 􀎵 - §§O 3 a, 0 ::,_ - Ill C::, 28 Q) gj 􀅕 􀅖 .c::, -0 1/)::, . 􀎹 -􀎺 >-Q) 0 'Oro ·a> Q) 􀎻 .Q ro, 􀎼 - C § 'O Q_ 0 C <:: Q) ::,E u (!) (!) ..J 0 QJ 0 Q_ 1a 'O 'O > ,:: Ill u C Cl> ..J s well, elder trees and weeds and long grass around boundaryfences. JJ1 ·s: /I ) /' 0: 3 􀁌 ·;;;..c - 􀎾 􀎿 '-coe-o 0Q) Cl) q: LU 1b Nofacilitiesfor children except the tennis court behind the Village Hall. le Exterior ofhall shabby and in need ofmaintenance, vandalism lo side door. 2a Nicelypresented pub. ·s; a, E ,_ fh 'O t/) 1]le§e_g \ O-·􀂔3 >l!I/)\-CD £Q) CO 􀏃 (ll Q) -;;; - C u 1/) -'O :::Ql 0 Q) 1/) a, ro uC E Ql "' 2c War Memorial areawell kept. > _./. ,_ 8 􀎚 C Overall we needed to see more evidence ofcommunity effort. _g Q_ a.e'-·.... IlleIll ::, £>.eQ)ero c::_ 􀏄􀏅 . o:: 0) -5i _g E -Q) Q) Ji::, ,g0 E􀎧 . 1/) 1/) -3:􀎨 .c Q) -c ta ·: Q) L: r u '-.cu .B 0 o en "O 􀏆 ....a, -0 >0 'eQ) O The Bucks Association of Local Councils would like to thank the parish council for entering Dorney & Dorney Reach this year and their continued interest in the Best KeptVillage competition. 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Private Nursing & Residential Care Home Set in 9 acres of Beautiful Grou?􀊥 • Highest quality 24 hour professional nursing care • Bedrooms -en-suite, telephone & TV • Nurse call & intercom system • 􀁘EGISTERED NURSING • Automatic lifts 'W!!􀁙ME ASSOCIATION • Relaxed friendly atmosphere • Day room, television lounge, library, sunny conservatories • Excellent food, choice of menus, special diets • Long or short stay accommodation • Activities Co-ordinator • Visitors always welcome Parliament Lane, Burnham, Bucks SLt 8NU Midway Between M4 & M40 Motorways BURNHAM -(01628) 667345 ,-pDORNEY Principal Joan Kellett AIDTA B/L SCHOOL Welcome you to come dancing, ballroom/latin -adults. Every Thursday beginners and improvers 8 to 9 p.m. OF Intermediate 9 to lO p.m. at Dorney Village Hall Also children every Saturday 11 a.m. to 12 noon at Dorney Village Hall Children's classes include line dancing Private lessons aslo available. I Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 d, Best Kept Village results Gurney Cup winner Chenies Little Marlow, Weedon, Weston Underwood Morris Cup winner Hyde Heath joint runners-up Cuddington, Marsh Gibbon (Dashwood Trophy) DeFraine winner Steeple Claydon Woburn Sands Michaelis winner Marlow BuckinghamPushman Cup winner Haddenham Chalfant St Peter Tindall Cup winner Olney runner-up Great Brickhill Marlow also won the Sword of Excellence Village of the Year Smaller villages winner, Cheddington runner-up, Stewkley Larger villages winner, Stokenchurch runner-up, Great Kingshill The village ofCheddington also has the added honour of being selected to go forward to represent thecounty in the prestigious calor Village of the Year® for England competition 2007/8. This will give themthe opportunity of gaining recognition at national level as well as a share of a prize fund totalling morethan £36,000. MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 ~ 145 p.m. Dates for 2007:-November I. 15. 29 December 13 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 21st November RemembranceSpeaker ... Frank Bond NO MEETING IN DECEMBER THE MILL AT SONNING DinnerTheatreBox Office 0118 969 8000 Wednesday 24/10 -Saturday 24/11 A NIGHT IN PROVENCEA comedy by Robin HawdonTuesday 27/1o1 Saturday 12/1 RUN FOR YOUR WIFE - A comedy by Ray Cooney ISSUE NO. 9/07 EDITORIAL NOVEMBER 2007 If you are unaware of certain local issues that are causing some concern among Dorneyresidents and our neighbours in Eton Wick, turn to the Parish Pump in this issue. Bucks County Council is consulting on new mineral extraction plans in areas I I and12 (Lake End) and residents in Ashford Lane are particularly apprehensive. This isapparently merely an updating ofexpiring plans and not an indication that extraction inthese areas is about to commence. But keep an eye on it'Ourchiefconcern is the "Park and Ride' and 'Eton Pedestrianization· proposals. Theseproposals are apparently linked with the Rowing Olympics. but there is a reluctance incertain quarters to put the proposals in the public domain. They seem to include a hugecar park in the fields between Eton and Eton Wick. ostensibly for a park and ride route • into Windsor. and of course purely incidentally, to the rowing lake. Then we come tothe pedestrianization ofthe B3026 through Eton. which will prevent us from driving toEton or Slough along this route. Rumours abound ofvarious circuitous routes to overcome this road closure, one ofwhich is ofa link road to be built from the EtonWick Park and Ride car park to the elevated Windsor by-pass. This route, and all theproposed routes. enables tratlic to flow between the rowing lake and the Windsor sideofthe river (and Slough) without inconveniencing Eton College. Another ·rumour''' suggests a directroad link between the M4 junction 7 and the rowing lake entrance. Whilst we may be pleased to welcome the Olympic rowing to Dorney and accept theinevitability oftemporary inconvenience, we are not prepared to accept the permanentrearrangement of our environment. I hope it will not be suggested that the pedestrianization ofthe B3026 is for the safetyof the Eton boys. I remember that the same argument was put foiward at the RowingLake Inquiry'All ofthese proposals seem absolutely preposterous, but as we know. mention ·Olympics' and cost and inconvenience is ofno concern! On Thursday 13th December ourMP, Dominic Grieve_ will attend a Public Meeting inthe village hall to discuss motoiway noise-reduction resurfacing. Highway Agencyofficials have also been invited. I think it important to emphasise that the motoiway iselevated through Dorney Reach, and therefore due for special consideration. The meeting will also be an opportunity to raise questions regarding the proposedB3026 closure etc. I realise that 13th December is close to Christmas, so accept no party or other social engagements for that date. • At the date ofwriting, it has been a particularly rain free October, and so, despite allthe summer rain it will be an excuse for a hosepipe ban next year. And I read in the newspaper today that drought rules will be more extensive and new legislation willgive water companies unprecedented powers to curtail domestic water use. You will not be pennitted to clean your windows, norto fill your hot tub unless it contains fish. Goldfish. dead or alive, will be at a premium'Perhaps a reservolf at Eton Wick would be better value than an Olympics car park. I heard on the radio this lunchtime that 'West Side Story' is fifty years old. Surely itcan't be true' Revd Lucy Holt writes: The beginning of November brings with it the time of short days and travelling to and from work in the dark. In many ways with this coming upon us it can be a depressing time of year. Then in the middle of November we have Remembrance Sunday; a day which is steeped in poignancy as we remember those who have given their lives in the service of others. The words "lest we should forget" remind us of the need to remember in order to avoid the atrocities of war. However, we only have to take a look at the daily news to see the consequences of violence not only in places of unrest but also on the streets of this country. One could perhaps say • then that November isn't the most uplifting time of year. However, in the Christian year November starts with the celebration of light in the darkness. On 1st November we celebrate All Saints Day, a day when we remember all the Saints who have gone before. Many of these individuals have stood up for their faith amidst persecution and difficulty. Although we may not see ourselves as saints we are • called like them to shine the light of Christ into the difficult places of the world. Perhaps as we enter November we can be challenged to think of the places where we can shine some Christian light and make a difference in the world. For information about our churches, activities and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk Church SeTYices in November 2007 Sunday 4th November 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) 11.00 am Family Service (Harvest Festival) 6.30 pm Informal worship Wednesday 7th November 10.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick St John the Evangelist Eton St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 11th November (Remembrance Sunday) 9.30am Family Communion with Remembrance St James the Less Dorney 10.45am Remembrance Service St John the Evangelist Eton 3.00pm Ecumenical Remembrance Service St John the Baptist Eton Wick Sunday 18th November 9.30am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney • 11e.00am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 21 st November 1 0.00am Holy Communion (said BCP) Sunday 25th November 9.30am Morning Worship 11e.00am Holy Communion (children's groups) St John the Evangelist Eton St James the Less Dorney St John the Baptist Eton Wick Carers Bucks Who is a Carer? ·'A Carer provides unpaid support and care on a regular and substantial basis to a relative or friend who, due to frailty, illness or disability, would not be able to live independently without them." Carers may, but do not always, live with their cared-for person -someone who cannot manage without them. Crucially, Carers are not paid care-workers or care staff. Who cares? Carers Bucks does! It is thesupport organisation for unpaid Carers across lhe county. Carers Bucks supports Carers as young as 6; the oldest Carer we have is 97, who looks after her daughter in her 70s who has learning difficulties. Caring is no respecter of social position or wealth: 1 in 3 of us will be a Carer at some point in our lives. How many people care? It is estimated that there are more than 43.000 Carers in Bucks, ie, just under 1 in 10 of the population. What does Carers Bucks do? Carers save the country £57 billion per year. Carers Bucks provides support for them to continue their role in good health. We provide: • Up-to-date information and advice on services available in the community and to inform Carers of their rights • Liaison with statutory, health and other organisations • Emotional support and a listening ear • Advice on how to protect their health • Training to help them in their caring role • Links with other Carers, including support groups • Access to grants payments to help towards practical ,terns, massage or counselling Most Family Carers do what they do for love, and don't regard themselves as Carers. They care for their child, spouse or parent, without realising either how special they are, or that they are entitled to support in their own right. We need to identify as many of these Carers as we can. 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In addition, Lothian Design offers design consultations if you would like some ideas to work from yourself . • Create the home you want, not just dream of! Call Lothian Design on 01491 413929 ♦ 07976 288411 • lothiandesign@btinternetcom • www.lothiandesign.co.uk • Professional Interior Designera• KLC School of Design graduatea• BIDA member News from Dorney School We are pleased to announce that for the first time Dorney School have been involved with Macmillan's biggest coffee morning event. We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who supported this event. Each class held their own coffee morning inviting parents along to buy cakes and have a chat over a coffee. The buzz around the school was electric. There was also a 'Penny Laying' event going on in the playground before school, which proved very popular with all the children. Three of our Class Six children created their own PowerPoint presentation about the Macmillan Organisation, the idea was entirely their own initiative. We are very proud of our parents and children who helped raise over £800 for this fantastic charity . Other exciting events Some of our Dorney pupils were asked to assist in a special 'Keep Dorney Safe' campaign by our local police officers. The children were trained and then equipped with high visibility jackets. The police undertook speed checks in an area which is on our route to school and has a speed limit of 30 m.p.h. After speeding drivers had been issued with the appropriate caution or fine, some of our Year Six pupils were asked to help the drivers to understand the possible consequences of their driving habits. Many of the drivers reported that they thought this was a very good idea and that it had really made them think about what they had done. I would just like to remind you that our annual Bonfire Celebration will be taking place on Saturday 3rd November. I hope we don't disturb your peace and quiet too much! Finally, we would like to thank many of our local residents for taking the time to share our celebration Harvest coffee morning with us, it was lovely to see so many familiar faces. Thank you for your continued support. Miss Paula Allen (Headteacher) PLEASE HELP MAINTAIN A TIDY VILLAGE DO NOT PARK OR DRIVE ON VERGES If no parking space is available within your property please park in the road , and ask your guests to do likewise. Driving & Parking on verges is environmentally damaging, anti-social and illegal. PARISH PUMP :1􀗄 Published on beholf of Dorney Parish Council Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 603856) !!:" Clerk: Glenda Collins (01753 655331) Councillors: Jill Dax (01628 603486 ), Grah􀄀m t:aston (627416), Alice Foxley (660268) Andrew Purdie (670611), Ken Richmond (626972), Peter Smith (County Councillor -01753 827034) FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: Tuesdays. November 13. t>ecember 11, January 9, Feb 12 GRASS CUTTING w/c Oct 26 {last), then Spri09 2007. ROAD SWEEPING: December SPECIAL PARISH MEffiNG Dominic Grieve, MP will attend a public meeting on THURSDAY 13th DECEMBER to gauge the strength of local support fOf" early motorway noise-reduction resurfacing. Highways Agency have been invited and will respond "when some investigations are completed''. The Council will also give latest information on current matters -Harcourt Rd Tree planting, • Vehicle Actuated Sign in ViUage Rd, new Marsh Lane path & the Eton/RBWM Pork & Ride/Pedestrianisation proposals. PUBLICATION OF PLANNING PROPOSALS • Residents are warned that they wi II now not necessarily be advised of any proposed development on neighbouring properties. All planning applications are advertised in the local press and con be viewed on the SBDC website (there will also be a link on the Dorney website); those with any concerns should look out for information in these media. PARK & RIDE and & ETON PEDESTRIANISATION PROPOSALS No further information regarding these. plans have been received from RBWM or Eton College, but it is understood that discussion on Park & Ride at RBWM Cabinet has been deferTed from October to late November. Eton Wk:k residents have organised a petition and a website saynotopark&ride.com/. This site has links to information relevant to this proposal. Although the two proposals are not, as far as we know, directly linked there may well be some dependency not to the advantage of Eton Wick & Dornq re.side.nts. Information Packs have been distributed throughout Eton Wick and we may deliver similar pocks to all our residents in due course. PLANNING -DORNEY COURT and DORNEY LAKE The Council hos raised objections to on application to site a marquee within the grounds of listed Dorney Court during the spring/summer months 2008 -2010. The Council hove objected to this application as 1t was felt that better control could be exercised with individual, event specific applications. It was noted that a large marquee had been permanently sited at Dorney Lake during summer 2007, without specific permission and this will be brought to the attention of the appropriate authority. Bucks County will be asked for an assurance that the bund adjacent to the field owned by Thames Water, which should have been removed under the original plans, will not cause on additional flooding hazard to Dorney Reach. Presumably they will need to consult the Environment Agency. MINERAL EXTRACTION LAKE END, CONSULTATION AREAS II & 12 BCC is consulting on a new minerals extraction pion to replace the plan now expiring. Areas 11 & 12 are on the old and proposed new plan as "phasedH i.e non-priority sites; so far as we can see nothing much has changed. We have accepted an offer by Peter Prior of Summerleaze to explain all at our November meeting. www.bucksinfo.net/dorneypc/ Have you visited the Council's relaunched website? You can currently access details of Councillors, meeting agenda and approved minutes. There will be links to SBDC planning applications. Residents are invited to make comments & suggest how it could be improved; or perhaps you would like to be the Web master? MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Replacement Post Box Collection Tablets, Vehicle Operated Sign, Marsh Lone footpath Internet or Internot? I am sorry to be a bit nerdy. (and non computer users please read no further) but are you being served9Do you get a reliable broadband connection from the BT line or does it take yonks to get started? Even when you are on do you get cut off at regular intervals? My reason for asking the question is that I knew that my neighbours down Boveney Road often have problems, but we thought that this is because we are on a spur from the main line to Dorney and the signal is bound to be weak. However. talking to a friend in the centre of the village I found that their service -or lack thereof -is the same. If one complains strongly enough someone does something and you have the luxwy of a quick reliable system for a week or so and then it slides away again until. lfyou are like me. you become apoplectic with frustration. Perhaps. if this is a general problem in Dorney as opposed to one that varies from house to house it may mean that the signal to the village as a whole needs to be boosted or something. (You can tell I don ·1 know what rm talking about. can ·1 you0) Would it be worth comparing notes? I would be happy to hear if you have had similar problems. I would collate any responses that I receive. and then let you know if there is a general problem that we should take up, perhaps through the Parish Council. Or. if The P.C. doesn"t feel it would be P.C. for them to address our P.C. problems. we could go sh·aight to BT with the results of this veiy unscientific piece of research. Ifyou would like to follow this up and let me have your experiences. my email address is geoffatkinson3@aol.com. It will be ironic. won't it? ifmy line goes down completely now. and no one can get through. I look fotward to hearing from you. in the meantime I will see if I can get on-line for long enough to Email this to the editor. Geoffrey Atkinson NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Allwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 01628 788997 Saturday 17th November at 7. JO p.m. London Classic Theatre Company presents Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh Tickets: £1n1 (£10 cone.) £10 (£9 cone.) £8 Members. ALL ENQUIRIESe&: comments to Glenda Collins, Council Offices, 45b High st. Ivcr L09ND. Phonc:01753655331.e-mail: Q_orn,Y!=91,1.,:if;iJ􀇴.:tinternet. com: website www. bucks info. net /dorneypc/ FAULTY FOOTPATH UGHTING should be reported direct to Qffi􀇵.'-@_t;,leighgr.Q1,1E.,_􀇶Q_,_1,!_\,:. by phone 01753 893339. or to the Clerk The officio/ minutes are posted on the website & notice boards in the V,1/oge Ho/I and V,1/age Rd DORNEY COUNCILLORS' RESPONSIBILITIES. Via-Chairman-A Purdie: Finance-IC Richmond. GC2C-A Foxley, K Harris, K Richmond; Eton/0/ympics committees-J t>o.x, K Harris, K Richmond; Dorney Youth Club Hog H11/ Trust-A Purdie; SBJlC-P Smith; SBALC-A Foxley. A Purdie; NAG-J bax. C/o 6 Meadow Way PoriSh Pump-k Richmond; Tree War-du-Mrs G Easton. Dorney Reach Maidenhead SL6 ODS Speeding traffic has been identified as the primary concern of local residents. Ph 01628 784515 After relevant consultations The Neighbourhood Action Group has produced Email: alrussell@talktalk.net • the following report Summary of NAG Speed Proposals Dear Dorney Residents. Taplow & Dorney On Sunday 7l"' October, The Youth Club hosted a Fun Day on Trumper's Field. • Location Existing Bucks CC Speed I ProposedThose residents who ventured onto the field would have witnessed some 45+ Limit SpeedYoung people of all ages from the Parish, taking part in the activities. .. 1..Limit : MARSH LANE NSL 40 [ A4: 1sr bend - The centrepiece was the Mobile 22' Climbing wall. i Sha􀋶p bends NSL --40 The wall that is towed on a trailer and staffed by Bucks C.C. climbing o instructors was supported by a grant of £500 from the very helpful 1 􀋷:􀋸􀋹t,o·---􀋺· -'-: N-S-L -· .40 Buckinghamshire Foundation. 􀋻 JL!b)Le_􀄔 f3iy􀄔r. -I _ j ___ _ Upon its arrival at 12.30 to its dose at 3.30pm every Young Person 'aged 4'ish Jubilee River , No upwards' along with Mums and Dads took up the safe challenge. (_To􀋼􀋽 BriQg􀋾_ i.c􀋿?.nge . I M4 Bridge to 5 i No There followed a game of football involving all generations, It was a pleasure to see. (Some mentioned the event should be held at judging time for the Best Kept Village). I would like to see the event run at the same time as the Horticultural show. On a similar note, there has been a call for a Children's Play area to be built in c. 􀌀g􀌁􀌂􀌃􀌄􀌅6�itNl! the Parish, the management of the Youth Club are willing to lead on this Marsh Lane !_change5 Marsh Lane to ! No Dorney Rowing Lake I changeGate I • Rowing Lake gate to '. ·No _LaktlD.9J3oad ____ ________ _u:_han_ge ! NSL 30 project; if you have any time or would like to be involved in this 'village' 1 l HILL FARM ROAD 􀌆NSL • : ·so Residents view Dorney 40 40 40 40 40 20 Residents view Taplow 30 30 30 40 E_questrian7view 40 40 40 40 40 30 _1 __ '30 - ,Il30 ' j . ------1 0 i 30 i project please contact me. 1320 ; HILL FARM ROAD ( , 30 . No ' 30 1(QU!5id_e_\11nage) . __l_ r-- Finally the Young People are taking part in the Lions SWimarathon on 12l"' I within Villagel) i 20 I change 1· January at 7am! You are welcome to come along and cheer them on. • 30 -------· i_ We are entering two teams, under 12s and over 12s. LD 0 ➔ i􀌊ange Each team will swim in relay for a total of 55 mins. The Young people will be I::::::􀌇l􀌈:􀌉:l• :::l I BOUNDARY ROAD NSL seeking sponsorship per team for the number of laps completed per team. Of the monies raised 50% of it will go to Lions Charities,the rest to the Youth Club. I hope you will support our Young Peoples'efforts. Alan Russell (Chair) l ' ( Hill Farm Junction - 3----1 0 Ml􀀅􀀆p􀀇1%k NSL ••I30-·· -, 4 ·t STATION ROAD NSL • 41i" I • 30 , APPROAC-H ROAD 'NSL :30 l:ft 1· -------· - - Tree Warden Notes Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor. The trees are vital for a village like ours. Not only for the lovely leafy-lane look, but RED ALERT. FLOWERS and THAT DARN CAT because of all the environmental benefits including shelter for the birds, slowing the winds, and absorbing noise. Pay attention, this is serious. Our wild garden birds are suffering badly from a virus called ·avian trichomoniosis· passed on by birds saliva causing their throats to swell to the extent that they can neither eat nor drink. It is very impo11ant that you clean out birdbaths and tables regularly. Wild birds such as sparrows, chaffinches, bullfinches. blackbirds, yellowhammers and siskins have all been affected. This virus does not pose a threat to humans, or other animals. Scientists from the Zoological Society of London are working overtime on tests to overcome this disease, which is proving a fw1her blow to our wild birds whose numbers have rr declined by 50% in I O years. September, generally a great month this year, has encouraged the following plants to do well -Spindle bushes with their red/pink and orange berries; white, mauve and purple michaelmas daisies; mauve lavatera and blue Canterbury bells are re-appearing. Wild plants such as low-lying scarlet pimpernel, yellow and white cabbage flowers, mauve yarrow and blue succory flowers, plus a resurgence of dog roses, dandelions, buttercups and daisies -amazing. Some children of Dorney Parish as well as *Helen & Douglas House. Oxford were somewhat miffed by Mr. Editor's remark (DaP News June 07) " .... l think all these cats deserve a long holiday." The children have a message for Mr. Eda-altogether children --....Boo! party pooper! We want Basil! When do we want him? Now' .. Indeed Mr. Ed was lucky not to get a rocket from No. I O Downing Street, London. where Mighty Basirs friend Sybil, a lovely black and white cat now lives. Basil has friends in high places'The good news is that Mighty Basil is back from his catamaran cruise, so there·s no 'claws· for alarm. Charlie, Lord of the Abbey (Burnham Abbey) has been appointed Deputy Chaircat, being a steady and reliable four paws on the ground, three square meals a day and a few pints down the Jolly Whiskers pub kind of cat. Meanwhile, sleeker black cat Abbey, also of Burnham Abbey, has been made Head Chorister as she has a good head for heights and can easily reach Top C of the diatonic scales in both English and Latin. Further good news. Mighty Basil and the English Aristocats send a note of appreciation to the editors of the Dorney Parish News for all their hard work collating all the letters; checking the spelling as well as ensuring suitability for publication and timing for printing and distribution. Basil has requested that one of their favourite tunes be played for the editors and readers with his compliments. It's called 'That Dam Cat!' from Walt Disney"s ·That Darn Cat!' composed by Richard and Robe11 Sherman. "While the city sleeps, every night he creeps, just surveying his domain. He roams around like he owns the town: he's the king, he makes that plain. He knows every trick, doesn't miss a lick when it comes to keepin' fat. Some city slicker! No one is Our trees are in a sorry state and now need serious attention. They have been disappearing at quite a rate through disease, old age and removal due to the reorganisation {when fields changed shape because of the road widening and flood relief schemes .... ). Those that are remaining are heavilyhung with ivy and the chestnuts in Court Lane and at Boveney have problems that are urgently being researched. In Harcourt Road two years ago over twenty trees had to be removed as they had rotting trunks and boughs. I became Tree warden to see if anything could be done. After a deal of phoning, writing, and site visits, plus a lot of work from Ken Richmond, Peter Smith and our super Parish Clerk Glenda, a replanting programme is at last ready to start. General details of this scheme were published about a year ago in this magazine. Mostly planting will be on the North side of Harcourt Road, from n􀍞mbers 􀍟 to 28. _ There will be a few replacement trees on the other side also. Precise location 1s dependent on the position of services, etc. Indigenous trees have been selected with the advice from a tree specialist provided by County. All the councils have played their parts and have helped secure environmental grants towards most of the costs. and the work should start early in December. If _ you think you may be affected and wish to make an observation please contact _ Dorney Parish Clerk, contact details in this magazine. Let's restore the road to its former glory, and join with us in making Harcourt Road as it was before. ADVERTISEMENTS Articles for sale etc. can be advertised in this magazine at the following rates: 20 words or less £2 each additional word IOp DiMrihutor.I: ( reYised) Mrs Cobb. Mrs Cox. Mrs Grant. \4rs Hewitt-Teale. Mrs Jackman. Mrs Millward. Mrs Oxlade. /Vtrs Richmond. Mrs Roberts. \1r Russell, Mrs Tuddenham. Mrs Tyler. Mrs Wiltshire. Mrs Wood-Dow. Mrs Wright Phyllis Wallbank's World Tour www.montessoriworldtour.co.uk -11 9, Wymers Close, Burnham. SL 1 8JR 17th. October, 2007 Dear Mr. Cody, I recently saw a copy of the Dorney Parish Mag. My Dad died thirty years ago this year, so I was delighted to see the Bill Barnes Memorial Trophy was still being used. I don't suppose anyone who receives the cup will remember him, but thank you. Yours sincerely, Sue Spong (Susan Barnes) SLOUGH PHILHARMO IC CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Sunday 11 th November at 7 .30 p.m. The Centre, Slough Overture to ·Candi de' Bernstein Violin Concerto Korngold (Thomas Gould: violin) Symphony No. I (Titan) Mahler Ticketso£ 12 from Society £3ox Office 07778 356551 (evenings & weekends) www.sloughphil.freeserve.co.uk ooRNEY TENNIS cou11,- Open to all £2.50 per hour or yearly season tickets anilable at the following £ to under the aJ?e of 18 £20 aged 18 and over £35 family Contact Charlie Coish 01628 629381 -10 quicker than That Darn Cat!.. The music is 1=-,reat and played in a slow slinky style, ideal for cats and cat lovers. Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D D) *Helen & Douglas Houses, Oxford, care for children who rarely live beyond 20 years owing to genetic defects. So they need lots of ti.111 and TLC. Perhaps my request to send these cats on a long holiday was too subtle. Please. 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Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01628 82.1202 e-mail: anbgardcnscrviccs@btinternet.com Domey Social Diary Friday 30'" November Thursday 13•h December DORNEY PARISH COUNCIL DOR EY VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB DORNEY SHORT MAT BOWLS CLUB DORNEY TENNIS COURT DORNEY YOUTH CLUB (for children of the parish) RAINBOWS BROWNIES LITTLE FISHES For pre-school children (and parents or carers) Songs, stories, tr·easurl' hunts, fun and refreshments. VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS DDUS AGM Cheese & Pate and speaker Village Hall 7.30 p.m. SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING Village Hall 8 p.m. Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. Second Monday of alternate months i.l'. November. January Village Ball 8 p.m. Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicatede(*) 12.15-2.00 Dates 2007: 13/11 11/12 Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.111. Every Sunday Village Hall 7-I0ep.m. Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) Every Thursday evening during term timr in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-11 yrar olds 6.30 p.m -8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.30/10 p.m. Evrry Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Second and Fourth Wednesday of month unless indicatede(*) St. John's Church. Eton Wick 9.30 a.m. -11 a.m. Dates 2007: 14/1e1 28/1 l Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME Chief Co-ordinator:-Mikr Hoilr 0 1628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHING SllSPlCIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 Wit & Wisdom Intuition is the strange instinct that tells a woman she is right. whether she is or not. _ ,._ DODGY HIPS You are obliged. in the process of selling your 3+ bedroomed house, to pay £150 or so for an Energy Report. So you might expect the results to be a reasonable reflection of the true facts. Not necessarily so. It seems that the software used by inspectors is unable to cope with your older or nonstandard property; but a report is still required, notwithstanding that it may be inaccurate. misleading and therefore as useful as a chocolate condensing boiler. And no, you can't have your money back DEMOCRACY RULES, OK Eton Wickians are signing petitions and generally getting very hot under the collar about a mysterious plan for a Windsor (& Olympics?) Park & Ride. inevitably involving, so the rumour goes, Eton College. It is unfortunate that neither RBWM Officers nor elected Councillors are prepared to provide any information to those who keep them in the manner to which they have become accustomed. COLD COMFORT Lake End Residents adjacent to gravel extraction areas included in the provisional County Minerals Plan can be assured that this diggery is not on the priority list and would only to be used in exceptional circumstances. 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Please telephone Joan (01628) 670003 NORDEN FARM CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Altwood Road, Maidenhead Box Office 0 1628 788997 Sunday 16th December at 11.45 a.m. Lunchtime Concert Taplow Choir Concert in the Long Barn Taplow Youth Choir are finalists in this year's National Festival for Youth. The choir will offer a programme of Choral pieces and solos reflecting the season. Tickets: £8 (£5 under l6's) £21 including two course lunch in Norden's restaurant. Tuesday I st January 2008 at 7. 30 p.m. St. John's Chamber Players present New Year's Day Concert works by Handel, Vivaldi and J. S. Bach Tickets: £15 £13.50 (£5 under 16s) ISSUE NO. l0/07 DECEMBER 2007 􀉽EDITORIAL􀉾 oo 0o During November I attended two meetings in connection with the proposed Park and Ride car park on South Field, Eton Wick. The first was an absolutelyjam packed protest meeting in Eton Wick village hall which gave everyone an opportunity to express their opposition to the proposal. It would be of no benefit to the residents of Eton Wick, would be a blight on their environment, bring problems of increased traffic, increase pollution, increase the risk of flooding, be a centre for car crime and, in general, be of constant and lasting detriment to local peace and harmony. The Scheme Design includes a new junction from the Windsor and Eton Relief Road directly into the site; a new station and associated track work on the existing Slough to Windsor rail link; a new junction from Eton Wick Road into the site providing access directly from Eton Wick to the Windsor and Eton Relief Road, M4 and Slough; parking spaces for 900 cars/25 coaches plus 300 spaces for Eton Wick residents, potential to increase the parking capacity to 1,800 spaces. This plan, or something similar, was conceived by The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, but the cost of such a scheme had put it on the back burner for some years until the last Lib/Dern RBWM administration thought it might persuade the Olympic Development Agency (ODA) of the P&R's potential value for Dorney Lake. The capital cost of the scheme is an estimated £19m plus an operating deficit of circa. £275k per annum for at least 15 years. So far, funding of £8m is possible (£7m SE ERA. £1 RBWM Corporate funding). I attended was on the evening of 22nd November at the The second meeting Thames Valley Athletics Centre. This was a meeting of the RBWM Council Cabinet at which it was to be decided whether the Park and Ride plan would Events programme for 2008 will be published in February be implemented or rejected. It was an open meeting, and Councillors from the various Windsor wards and adjacent councils and members of the public were invited to speak. Once again it was a packed meeting, consisting mainly of Eton Wick residents who are to be congratulated on the solidarity and expertise of their opposition. 1133 written objections had been presented. All WALLED GARDEN, DORNEY the speakers, including the vice chairman of Dorney Parish Council, Andrew Purdie, eloquently expressed their reasoned criticisms of the plan. Fortunately, the RBWM has a newly elected Conservative council and it seemed to me that the Cabinet was less than enthusiastic about its Articles for sale etc. can be advertised in this magazine at the following rates: predecessor's scheme. It was of the opinion that the ODA would find it difficult to justify putting £11 m into a car park for just three weeks of rowing and that 20 words or less £2 the on-going expense of the project would be financially ruinous for the Borough and incur a 2.5% increase in council tax for the next 20 years. Members thought that other schemes should be pursued, if possible within the confines of Windsor town. And so, considering the financial shortfall and, in particular, all the persuasive arguments and petitions of the residents of Eton Wick, Eton and adjoining -16 communities, the chairman of the Cabinet asked its members to vote. The Park and Ride proposal for South Field was unanimously rejected together with any further proposal for North Field or other sites adjacent to the Relief Road. What a wonderful early Christmas present for local people! And what a reward for their solidarity! We regret that due to rising printing costs the price of this magazine will be increased to £5 p.a. with effect from February next. Our printers have kept their charges to a minimum over the years, but with increasing costs of labour and materials (the price of paper went up three times in 2007 alone) it is inevitable that we must pay more. We have not increased the price of this magazine since the beginning of 1991 (seventeen years) and we hope that a price of £5 will be acceptable to our readers. THE DORNEY PARISH NEWS IS NOT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY. In February, distributors will be asking for your subscription (£5) for 2008. Please help them by keeping a fiver, or a cheque payable to 'Dorney Parish News', handy. We wish everyone associated with the production and distribution of this magazine and all our readers A Vny Happy Christmas antl New Year 􀀷--w CAROL SINGING in DORNEY VILLAGE II' WEDNESDAY 19th DECEMBER -6.30 p. m. Starting from OLD DIMMINGS, VILLAGE RD. Money collected will be shared between St James Church, Dorney and Cancer Research/Support Wyndham, Village Road, Dorney Dear Editor, PLANTS, BIRDSe+ CHRISTMAS With a good October and a reasonable November so far, spindle berriesewith their red _ and orange berries are still with us, along with tall, elegant yellow evenmg pnmrose; orange Chinese lanterns; roses, which are making a last stand (as good as Custer's); dandelions; buttercups; daisies; alyssum and winter yellow jasmine. Already snowdrop shoots are appearing. All now depends on what winter weather we have. On the Dorney Wetland islets, Jubilee River, a dozen beautiful cormorants were seen several young with their first winter coat (white chest and belly); hundreds of lapwings and golden plovers giving aerial displays before landing on an islet, along with dozens of coots and varieties of ducks. In the garden mighty robins are dominant with their red breasts; lots of blue and great tits; ring doves; chaffinches; blackbirds; sparrows; jays; b'feen and spotted woodpeckers; hedge accentors (they look like sparrows but have a sharp beak and grey chest and belly); starlings and wrens. Magpies; rooks and crows are thriving well and increasing in numbers. As Christmas approaches, lots of choir practice for carols. Watch out for Christmas Carols from King's College, Cambridge, our finest choir singing on Christmas Eve, BBC2 TV around 6 pm. Meanwhile from the Duke and Duchess of Dorney and all the Aristocats -Mighty Basil; Charlie; Abbey; Big Ron; Wise Hwnphrey; Big Ginge Snr; Big Giuge Jnr. and Dashing Dudley -we wish you all a Peaceful and Happy Christmas and New Year and we would like you all to join in as we play and sing this jolly Christmas song called "Oh, what a Merry Christmas Day." Here we go *Oh, what a Merry Christmas Day Hear the joyous music play Bells are ringing, choirs singing Oh, what a Merry Christmas Day. Sharing the season of good cheer With the ones we hold so dear Friendly faces, warm embraces Oh, what a lovely Christmas Day. Snow-flaked covered country lanes Jack Frost painted windowpanes Twinkling stars on Christmas trees Oh, what happy memories. Gathered round a fireplace Families filled with love and grace From the peaceful embers' glow Blessed Yuletide spirits grow Oh, what a lovely Christmas Day' Regards, Tony Dixon-Smith (D D) *From Walt Disney's Mickey's Christmas Carol Composed by Irwin Kostal and FrederickJ?􀇻les MARLOW MOBILE LIBRARY rf􀂏rf'􀂐,f""r r't ..·· Visits Dorney Reach on alternate Thursdays. Meadow Way 1.30 -I .45 p.m. Revd Lucy Holt writes: Over recent years there has been much discussion concerning some towns which have decided it is not politically correct to talk of Christmas lights, but have instead renamed them winter lights. Now whatever we may feel about this it seems to me Dates for 2007:-December 13 Dates for 2008 January 10 24 ETON WICK HISTORY GROUP MEETING Eton Wick Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday 9th January SOCIAL EVENING Special guests... Vivienne and David Gibson NO MEETING IN DECEMBER THE MILL AT SONNING Dinner Theatre Box Office 0 118 969 8000 Tuesday 27/11 -Saturday 12/1 RUN FOR YOUR WIFE A comedy by Ray Cooney Tuesday 15/1 -Saturday 23/2 SUGAR DADDIES that this points to the fact that Christmas is becoming more and more secular. In response to this secularisation we need to think again what is it all about, why do we celebrate? To answer this question we come back to seeing something very simple. A stable, with a very ordinary couple, surrounded by animals and hay, very ordinary and yet at the same time completely extraordinary. Extraordinary because it was here that something amazing happened. In a simple stable to simple people like you or me a baby was born who was to change the face of history. That baby Jesus was God made man. At our carol services we shall be hearing these words from John's gospel: "The Woro' became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." God come to earth as a man, so that we could know what God is like, so that we can see his glory, and have the ability to get to know him for ourselves. You are all very welcome to come along to any of our services over Christmas to hear for yourselves these words and see how God can reveal himself even today. May I wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas. For information about our churches, activijies and church history please see our parishes' web site: www.stjohnstjamesed.org.uk .Ii Church Services in December 2007 Sunday 2nd December 9.30 am Holy Communion (said BCP) St James the Less Dorney 11 . 00 am Family Service St John the Baptist Eton Wick ooRNEY TENNIS cou11,- 6.30 pm Advent Carol Service St John the Evangelist Eton Open to all Wednesday 5th December 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton or Sunday 9th December 9.30 am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney Family Communion St John the Baptist Eton Wick Y 11.00 am Sunday 16th December 9.30 am Holy Communion St James the Less Dorney 11.00 am Worshipping Together (children's groups)St John the Baptist Eton Wick 6.30 pm Ecumenical Carol Service St John the Baptist Eton Wick Wednesday 19th December 10.00 am Holy Communion (said BCP) St John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 23rd December 11.00 am Holy Communion St John the Evangelist Eton 6.30 pm Carols by Candlelight St James the Less Dorney Monday 24th December: Christmas Eve 4.00 pm Christingle Service St John the Baptist Eton Wick 5.30 pm Christingle Service St James the Less Dorney 11o.30 pm Midnight Communion St James the Less Dorney Led by the new Archdeacon of Buckingham 11o.30 pm Midnight Communion St John the Baptist Eton Wick Tuesday 25th December: Christmas Day 9.00 am Family Communion St James the Less Dorney 10.15 am Family Service followed by Communion St John the Baptist Eton Wick Ot b I'􀀸 􀐚􀐛-􀐜􀐝􀐞,;o􀐟o􀐠􀐡􀐢:io;􀐣rvice •• St John the Evangelist Eton 1 1.¼r; r--0 111 􀈍'""a'􀈌I- ! Y.,􀂧ll' -- J:i --,,11 11 i: ' .,; i, 1 \" Sunday &"' January "'􀈎-,, 9.30am Holy Communion (said BCP) St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Family Service St.John the Baptist Eton Wick 6.30pm Informal worship St.John the Evangelist Eton Wednesday 9th January 1 O.OOam Holy Communion (said BCP) St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 13th January 9.30am Holy Communion St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Holy Communion St.John the Baptist Eton Wick (children's groups) Sunday 20th 9.30am Holy Communion St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Worshipping Together St.John the Baptist Eton Wick (children's groups) Wednesday 23rd 1 O.OOam Holy Communion (said BCP) St.John the Evangelist Eton Sunday 27th 9.30am Morning Worship St.James the Less Dorney 11o.00am Holy Communion St.John the Baptist Eton Wick (children's groups) -4 NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) Thank You Very Much! We were away for a couple of weeks when the last issue of the Parish News arrived so, at first, we thought that Chrisnnas had started early in Eton Wick. All those bright posters looked really festive, and since the yellow ones were advertising a European Christmas Market, we assumed that they all had a similar Yuletide theme. Then we read The Parish News, and the awful truth began to dawn about the Park and Ride scheme and possible pedestrianization (is there such a word?) ofEton itself So it continues' The rape of our locality was inevitable from the moment that the rowing trench was approved. After all, if you are going to create an Olympic class sporting venue, it has to have roads, car and bus parks, hotels and other buildings that will overwhelm the local environment. Our villages will never be the same again. Having said that, it is good to see how strong the feeling is, now, against this project. The Eton Wick campaign is terrific. When I took our petition forms into the pet shop I was told that about a thousand had already been returned and then a gentleman came in with what looked like several hundred more. This should be a good battle even if it is one that will be hard to win. Perhaps the combined might ofGovemment, Eton College and Lord Coe will ensure that this awful infrastructure is created whether we like it or no􀕋 but, at the very least we should try to minimise the disruption. There can be absolutely no justification for the suggestion that the road through Eton should be closed. On the contrary it is their project, so if the Park and Ride is built, all site traffic should go through Eton, not through Eton Wick and Dorney Village. When the trench was dug a justification for it was that the boys from Eton were being put at risk on the river by those awful cruisers. Now apparently, they can't be expected to cope with the road when horrid cars and lorries are on it. 1 once observed that on my way to work, I had to avoid cattle on The Common and boys in Eton. On the whole the cattle seemed to have the better grasp of the Green Cross Code. One morning, recently, a sleepy boy still struggling to do up his collar, drifted off the pavement in front of my car and wandered up the road ahead of me. I beeped at him and was treated to a truculent sneer as he took his time to move out of the way. I wondered ifhe would do the same in front ofa contractor's lorry. Even Eton boys need to learn about road problems and dangers. Wrapping them up in cotton wool by sending traffic past other people's homes won't prepare them for the real world Eton's Nimbyism must not be accepted. Their gain from the trench and its infrastructure is indisputable but, so far, they have kept all the pain at anns length. I hope that the campaign against future schemes, such as the proposed Park and Ride proposal, will ensure that Eton takes its share of the downside. I wish the organisers every possible success, and thank them for what they are setting out to achieve. Geoffrey Atkinson. Dorney Youth Club News from Dorney School First of all, we would like to offer our warmest congratulations to Alan Russell and Dorney Youth Club AGM the Youth Club on their South Bucks District Council Community Awards. They were prior to normal committee meeting, 7.30 pm 8th January 2008 very well deserved as this is such a rewarding and successful group, and we hope PT A hut, grounds of Dorney School. the Youth Club will continue to thrive for the foreseeable future. Our annual Bonfire Celebration went off with a bang! As usual the children were able to enter a picture that celebrates Bonfire Night, this could be created in any PERFECT PINKIES Nail technician Creative Trained. Taplow, Bucks Call Ericaa. 07733 2949a6 5a ANS GARDEN SERVICES Too busy to mow? No urge to hoe? No hedge too tall. No weed too small. All aspects of garden maintenance undertaken to include:-grass cutting (large or small gardens), hedge cutting, strimming, leaf blowing, fencing, small patios, turf supplied and laid, garden clearance. Specialising in grass management. Alastair Brooker Mobile: 07814 006639 Office: 01628 823202 e-mail: anbgardenservices@btintemet.com medium and all the entries were astounding. We had so many entries that judging was a very difficult task, the children were very creative and all sorts of mediums were used. Year One and Year Two were very busy making Guys for their topicwork on Guy Fawkes which were placed around the bonfire -a very eerie sight! The firework display was fantastic and enjoyed by everyone. It was lovely to see so many families enjoying mulled wine, samosas and burgers. A big thank you goes to all our PTA members for organising such a fantastic event. Books for Kenya We are delighted to have received a lovely letter of thanks following the donation of some of our text books to a school in Kenya as we already know from work with our twin school in Sri Lanka how much these schools value our support. .., 􀐤 Other exciting events If you need to get a few Christmas gifts, our annual Christmas Bazaar is being held on Saturday 1 stDecember in the school hall. As the Christmas season is upon us, we would like to inform you that KS1 will be performing their nativity play on Monday 10th December at 2.00p.m. in the village hall. If you would like to come and watch the performance, please contact the school office. We would also like to invite you to our Carol Service which is being held on Friday 21st December from 1.45p.m. to 2.15p.m. in the school hall. You are very welcome to come along and join in with the carols, just let the school office know you are coming -thank you. Finally, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas on behalf of Dorney School and thank you for your continued support. Miss Paula Allen (Headteacher) Distributors: (revised) Mrs Cobb, Mrs Cox, Mrs Grant, Mrs Hewitt-Teale, Mrs Jackman, Mrs Millward, Mrs Oxlade, Mrs Richmond, Mrs Roberts, Mr Russell, Mrs Tuddenham, Mrs Tyler, Mrs Wiltshire, Mrs Wood-Dow, Mrs Wright -5 PARISH PUMP ! Published onbeha/fofDorneyParish Council - Chairman: Keith Harris (01628 603856) Clerk: Glenda Collins (01753 655331) Councillors: Jill Dax (01628 603486 ). Groh4m Eastoo (627416). Alice Foxloy (660268) Andrew Purdie (670611), Ken Richmond (626972), Peter Smith (County Counc:illor -01753 827034) FORTHCOMING MEETINGS: Tuesdays, December 11, Ja...,ry 9, Feb 12. Special M'9: Dee 13 GRASS CVTTING w/e Spring 2007. ROAD SWEEPING: lleumb&r QUALITY PARISH COUNCIL Council has recently satisfied the. criteria necessary for certification as a Qualfty Parish Council. Qualification depends upon at least 6 councillors being elected (and not co-opted). theprovision, by the Clerk, of a satisfactory portfolio and compliance with a number of government requirements. SPECIAL PARISH MEETING -WJTORWAY NOISE Dominic Grieve, MP will attend a public muting re the above at 8.15pm on THURSDAY 13th DECEMBER. The Council will provide updates on Tree Planting, Speeding, New Footpath and Park & Ride. The Clerk will receive, on behalf of the Council, the QUALITY PARISH COUNCIL certificate. ORCHARD HERBS SITE -LAKE END ROAD Additional building work and inte:nsifieotion of use have been reported to SBDC, who have been asked to explain the undue delay in CUTOnging the Public Inquiry into the appeal ago.inst S8bC's April enforcement notice. HARCOURT ROAD TREE PLANTING Tree planting on Highways verges will be completed before O...ristmas: most residents with properties adjacent to projected planting have been advised. Please note that precise location will depend on safetyand location of services. This proJect is almost fully grant funded. WINllSOR/ETON PARK & RIDE A discussion paper on the obow: will be considered by RBWM Cabinet in December. Cabinet will decide if this matter should be further developed to a deadline of April 2009 for planning approwl. There are two perceived problems for this Parish. Firstly, its possible use for coaching O􀃫ic: spectators via Eton Wick -Village Rd -Dorney Lake and vice versa. Secondly. it might provide a rat run for vehicles, Including heavies.between M40 & M3. Full details of the disa.JSSion paper etc. can be found on the excellent web site: www.saynotoparkondridc.com PLANNING -DORNEY COURT and DORNEY LAKE SBDC has refused the planning application to site a marquee within the grounds of listed Dorney Court during the spring/summer months 2008 -2010. Bucks County has not yet replied to our suggestion that the marquee which has been permanently sited at Dorney Lake since the spring is a breach of planning regulations, although SBDC have, incorrectly, cited the 28 day rule (which doesnotapply where there is a building on a site: or regarding a possible flooding hazard of a bund retained within the site. There is confusion between County & District as to which authority is responsible for the different aspects of the Dorney Lake site. This council will write requesting prompt and accurate resolution of these issues. MINERAL EXTRACTION LAKE END, CONSULTATION AREAS 11 & 12 BCC is consulting on a new minerals extraction plan to replace the plan now expiring. Areas 11 & 12 ore on the old and proposed new pion as "phased .. i.e non-priority sites. Peter Prior of SUnwnerleaze will attend the December meeting to explain any implications for Dorney. MATTERS FOR DIS. Phono,01753 655331. •-mail, dorneycouncil@btinternet.com: website (for Agenda. minutes, links to SBDC. etc.: www.bucksinfo.net/dorneypc/ FAUL TY F001PATH LIGHTING -email: office@bleighgroup.co.uk, by phone 01753 893339. l>ORNEY COUNCILLORS' RESPONSIBILITIES. Vice-Chairman-A Purdie; Finance-I( RJchmond. 6C2C-A Foxley, I( Hams. K Richmond; Efon/0/y,IJ,ics -J Dax, K Harris, K Richmand;Hag Hill Trust-A Purdio;S&11.C-P 5mith; SBALC-A Foxloy, A Purdio; NAG-J l>ax. Parish Putrp-K Richmond; Tre• Ward•n-Mrs G Easton. PLEASE HELP MAINTAIN A TIDY VILLAGE MAINTAIN THE AREA ADJACENT TO YOUR PROPERTY WHY NOT CUT THE GRASS ON A REGULAR BASIS? AND KEEP YOUR HEDGES TRIMMED AND LEAF DROP CLEARED. , DO NOT PARK OR DRIVE ON VERGES .A. 1ii'- IF NO PARKING SPACE IS AVAILABLE WITHIN YOUR PROPERTY PLEASE PARK IN THE ROADe, AND ASK YOUR GUESTS TO DO LIKEWISE. DRIVING & PARKING ON VERGES IS ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING, ANTI-SOCIAL AND ILLEGAL. issued by dorney p<1tish council AREA CHAUFFEURS • Airports & Long Distance Sea Pictures • Professional Service with a Persona! Touch Gloria Poulenc • Executive Cars for the Price of a Cab Rebecca Hodgetts (soprano) Vanessa Williams (mezzo-soprano) , Stretch Limousines (8 to 16 Seats) • Pink & Black Available Tickets £12 from Society Box Office 07778 356551 (evenings & weekends) www.sloughphil.freeserve.co.uk 􀪚:- , Minibuses Available • Competitive Rates 01628 685557 or 07774 944800 .􀁎' More Wit & Wisdom (: What does one give to the man who has everything? 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Professional Interior Designera♦ KLC School of Design graduatea• BIDA member Wit & Wisdom Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. -P- Thursday 13•h December SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING 􀑀 Village Rall 8 p.m. Wednesday 19'h December Carol Singing in Dorney Village Meet Old Dimmings, Village Road 6.30 p.m. New Year's Eve DVRMC Dance Party Village Hall 8.30 p.m. -I a.m. Wednesday 9th January Eton Wick History Group Meeting Eton Wick Village Hall 7.30 p.m. DORNEY PARJSO COUNCIL Second Tuesday of each month (except August) Eton Dorney Centre 8 p.m. DORNEY VILLAGE HALL Second Monday of alternate months MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE i.e. January, March Village Hall 8 p.m. DORNEY OVER 60's CLUB Luncheon in the Vicarage, Dorney Second Tuesday in month unless indicated (*) 12.15 -2.00 Dates 2007: 11/12 DORNEY BADMINTON CLUB Every Tuesday Village Hall 8-10 p.m. DORNEY SHORT MAT Every Sunday Village Hall BOWLS CLUB 7 -10 p.m. DORNEY TENNIS COURT Telephone 01628 629381 (between 4.30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday) DORNEY YOUTH CLUB Every Thursday evening during term time (for children of the parish) in hut in grounds of Dorney School 7-1 I year olds 6.30 p.111 -8 p.m. 12-16 year olds 8 p.m. -9.30/10 p.m. RAlNBOWS Every Thursday Village Hall 4.30-5.45 p.m. BROWNIES Every Thursday Village Hall 6-7.30 p.m. Ll"ITLE FISHES Second and Fourth Wednesday of month For pre-school children unless indicated (*) (and parents or carers) St. John's Church, Eton Wick Songs, stories, treasure hunts. fun 9.30 a.m. -11 a.m. and refreshments. Dates 2007: 12/12 Dates 2008: 9/1 23/1 VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Dawn Russell 01628 784515 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME uir-' Chief Co-ordinator:-Mike Hoile 01628 625407 TO REPORT ANYTHlNG SUSPICIOUS TELEPHONE POLICE 08458 505505 TO REPORT INCIDENTS THAT REQUIRE IMMEDIATE POLICE ACTION TELEPHONE 999 -?