28 March 2020 - Garden Waste Service
Dear all,
Be warned, Dorset Council have suspended all Garden Waste kerbside collections until further notice. Tony Ferrari tells me that this is due to high levels of staff absence so the priority services i.e. food waste, general refuse and recycling are being prioritised with the garden waste staff being used on these. They are also transferring some of the highways staff onto waste to keep the service running. The website has lots of advice on how to cope with this change, mostly of the ‘teach your granny to suck eggs’ variety, but if you want to read it for yourself it’s at Garden Waste kerbside bin collections to be suspended - Dorset Council news
I was taking some exercise yesterday and walked up to Margaret’s Seat. The way to it up the side of the hill was once a smooth grassy path about 2 yards wide. Now it’s a deeply rutted farm track, 4 yards wide and most unpleasant to walk on. More like the entrance to a building site. Can’t imagine what has been going on. Anyone have any idea? On the way back I was able to stroll down Coombe Valley Road with hardly any bother from the few cars passing. Quite took me back to the mid-70s, when I used to safely run – well, jog – up Coombe Valley Road and back down Plaister’s Lane.
Hope you are bearing up well under the self-isolation regime and all is as good with you as might be hoped.
Best regards
Chris