You need to be living on Chester Rd. Shrimps have been found giving themselves up to predators in the coastal waters because they are all on prozac. Nearer home a friend of Lisa's in Mold questioned the vet over one of the medications for the dog under treatment. The vet explained it was a doggy prozac to help the dog whilst it was ill.
One week after the dog stopped taking doggy prozac it was acting a lot better........
Link The BBC
Unofficial - A Personal View
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
A Blog to Penyffordd Cllrs - re 20 mph.
Dear Councillor
You may be aware that in surveys conducted last year over 80% of members of the public were in favour of 20 mph for residential roads. This mirrors the developing view across the country that our current speed limit of 30 mph is just too high in residential areas where it is inevitable that vulnerable road users will be at greatest risk.
In fact, if we compare it with the speed limit in Northern European towns it is 60% higher than the 30 kph (18.5 mph) limits that they have for residential streets. No wonder perhaps that 92% of pedestrian deaths are on urban roads in the UK and at 21% we have a higher proportion of pedestrian deaths on the roads than any of our European neighbours.
In Hilden, Germany, the setting of their 30 kph limit in the early 90's was the foundation of them encouraging cycling and walking. In fact now 23% of in-town trips are now made by children and adults using bikes instead of cars.
You may be wondering about how much this would slow down our car journeys and cause congestion. Well the campaign is only for residential streets to be changed with most A,B and arterial roads remaining at their current speed limits. As almost every house, office or school is within 1/3 mile of such an arterial road then the maximum increase in journey time would be just 40 seconds. Surely worth the benefit in lives and injuries saved.
You may also be wondering about the cost and inconvenience of all those speed bumps. Well many authorities are using changed Department of Transport guidance which encourages lower speeds to be set without necessarily involving physical calming. With education, consultation, social pressure and some enforcement, authorities such as Portsmouth have implemented a council wide default 20 mph limit for residential roads without any physical calming at all. Other authorities are taking Portsmouth as an example and Transport for London recently announced the intention for all London Boroughs to adopt 20 mph as the default for residential roads. Lewisham is expected to be the first to implement such a default.
Most significantly City Councillors in Norwich recently unanimously voted to have a default 20 mph in residential roads as priority for 2008/9. Such support from all local political parties shows how 20's Plenty is a universal aspiration for communities, constituents and politicians rather than a party political one.
And of course 20's Plenty saves lives. A recent PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) identified that child accidents fell by 67% where 20 mph schemes were introduced.
I do hope that Penyffordd people can rely upon their elected representatives to follow through this excellent policy for the sake of its communities. It would have all the following advantages :-
· Encourage modal shift to walking and cycling leading to healthier children and adults.
· Lower pollution
· Lower noise
· Create a better environment on residential roads
· Save lives and injury
Most people involved in transport development recognise that, at some time, 20 mph will become the default speed limit for all residential roads in the UK. Penyffordd can "hang on" till such a time and in the intervening period vulnerable road users in Penyffordd will die or be injured as a result of such a delay. The sooner we adopt the 20's Plenty initiative then the greater the saving in lives and injury and the earlier the benefits in quality of life on our streets.
Penyffordd children and adults want and need 20 mph as a default speed limit in the roads where they live and 20's Plenty For Us will be continuing its campaign for early adoption of this life saving move.
I trust that our communities can count on your support for this initiative and that Penyffordd can be a "can do" council when it comes to taking such sensible steps to make all our lives better and safer.
Please let me know your thoughts and if I can assist in explaining the initiative, its benefits or its implementation then I would be very pleased to help.
Yours sincerely
Colin Hughes
postscript. A standard letter not my style but it gets the point over. Not many Penyffordd cllrs see this sort of vision which is why they should not be sitting around the council table in the first place.
You may be aware that in surveys conducted last year over 80% of members of the public were in favour of 20 mph for residential roads. This mirrors the developing view across the country that our current speed limit of 30 mph is just too high in residential areas where it is inevitable that vulnerable road users will be at greatest risk.
In fact, if we compare it with the speed limit in Northern European towns it is 60% higher than the 30 kph (18.5 mph) limits that they have for residential streets. No wonder perhaps that 92% of pedestrian deaths are on urban roads in the UK and at 21% we have a higher proportion of pedestrian deaths on the roads than any of our European neighbours.
In Hilden, Germany, the setting of their 30 kph limit in the early 90's was the foundation of them encouraging cycling and walking. In fact now 23% of in-town trips are now made by children and adults using bikes instead of cars.
You may be wondering about how much this would slow down our car journeys and cause congestion. Well the campaign is only for residential streets to be changed with most A,B and arterial roads remaining at their current speed limits. As almost every house, office or school is within 1/3 mile of such an arterial road then the maximum increase in journey time would be just 40 seconds. Surely worth the benefit in lives and injuries saved.
You may also be wondering about the cost and inconvenience of all those speed bumps. Well many authorities are using changed Department of Transport guidance which encourages lower speeds to be set without necessarily involving physical calming. With education, consultation, social pressure and some enforcement, authorities such as Portsmouth have implemented a council wide default 20 mph limit for residential roads without any physical calming at all. Other authorities are taking Portsmouth as an example and Transport for London recently announced the intention for all London Boroughs to adopt 20 mph as the default for residential roads. Lewisham is expected to be the first to implement such a default.
Most significantly City Councillors in Norwich recently unanimously voted to have a default 20 mph in residential roads as priority for 2008/9. Such support from all local political parties shows how 20's Plenty is a universal aspiration for communities, constituents and politicians rather than a party political one.
And of course 20's Plenty saves lives. A recent PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) identified that child accidents fell by 67% where 20 mph schemes were introduced.
I do hope that Penyffordd people can rely upon their elected representatives to follow through this excellent policy for the sake of its communities. It would have all the following advantages :-
· Encourage modal shift to walking and cycling leading to healthier children and adults.
· Lower pollution
· Lower noise
· Create a better environment on residential roads
· Save lives and injury
Most people involved in transport development recognise that, at some time, 20 mph will become the default speed limit for all residential roads in the UK. Penyffordd can "hang on" till such a time and in the intervening period vulnerable road users in Penyffordd will die or be injured as a result of such a delay. The sooner we adopt the 20's Plenty initiative then the greater the saving in lives and injury and the earlier the benefits in quality of life on our streets.
Penyffordd children and adults want and need 20 mph as a default speed limit in the roads where they live and 20's Plenty For Us will be continuing its campaign for early adoption of this life saving move.
I trust that our communities can count on your support for this initiative and that Penyffordd can be a "can do" council when it comes to taking such sensible steps to make all our lives better and safer.
Please let me know your thoughts and if I can assist in explaining the initiative, its benefits or its implementation then I would be very pleased to help.
Yours sincerely
Colin Hughes
postscript. A standard letter not my style but it gets the point over. Not many Penyffordd cllrs see this sort of vision which is why they should not be sitting around the council table in the first place.
20's plenty for Penyffordd village centre
A far sighted website http://20splentyforus.org.uk/
ps. Penyffordd Cllrs "20's Plenty Where People Live".
ps. Penyffordd Cllrs "20's Plenty Where People Live".
Monday, July 05, 2010
Warren Bank A55 exit
which is currently under construction will have lasting negative consequences for Chester Rd, Corwen Rd and Wrexham Rd. As the ex trunk road to and from Mid Wales we will be the road of choice once the above development has finished. Have Penyffordd Community Council contacted any of our elected representatives over this highly unwelcome development?
I mean Mark Tami MP, Carl Sargeant AM or Mark Isherwood AM. Welsh Assembly officials are talking to Higher Kinnerton.
Have we been stuffed? Is there any political downside for all those sitting on their hands?
Link The Leader comments
I mean Mark Tami MP, Carl Sargeant AM or Mark Isherwood AM. Welsh Assembly officials are talking to Higher Kinnerton.
Have we been stuffed? Is there any political downside for all those sitting on their hands?
Link The Leader comments
Penyffordd Community Council meeting on Wednesday
I asked Nigel (GNI) the clerk if speeding was on the agenda, he said no. There was however the last meeting where Howie our invisible CBM was asked to come to Chester Rd as a police presence. Has he done what the PCC asked or has he done what he normally does, ie nothing.
The thing is as a modern CBM you can't go upsetting the locals by stopping them speeding through the village. Child safety and resident environment takes second or fifth place. I presume the council meeting agenda will be hidden behind the glass case so you can't read the agenda. Messsage from PCC to the residents FU.
And still the speeding goes on in Chester Rd. In other parts of Flintshire Cllr Colin Legg, Cllr Chris Jones and Cllr Ted Evans are on the case with regards speeding in communites.
The thing is as a modern CBM you can't go upsetting the locals by stopping them speeding through the village. Child safety and resident environment takes second or fifth place. I presume the council meeting agenda will be hidden behind the glass case so you can't read the agenda. Messsage from PCC to the residents FU.
And still the speeding goes on in Chester Rd. In other parts of Flintshire Cllr Colin Legg, Cllr Chris Jones and Cllr Ted Evans are on the case with regards speeding in communites.
There are two kinds
of people with regards backing up of important data on their computer. Those who back up data and those who wished they had...................
Backup's also have to held well away from original data such as online or in your pocket. I am a bit laissez fair with backups but we have various places on the net where important data which has taken 4 years to process is kept.
Link The Daily Post
Backup's also have to held well away from original data such as online or in your pocket. I am a bit laissez fair with backups but we have various places on the net where important data which has taken 4 years to process is kept.
Link The Daily Post
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Is there any political capital in garnering
the support of residents in Flintshire and North Wales with regards speeding through communities and bikers racing through N Wales. There is also the issue of Warren Bank A55 exit which is going to dump loads of extra traffic through the village, What has Mark Tami MP and Carl Sargeant AM done about Warren Bank and Penyffordd? All I hear is silence. And for that matter Mark Isherwood AM.
Chirk Carbooty
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Dell 17" flatscreen monitor £5, walking shoes £2 and grape bush £4.. I asked the chap what chance was there that that the monitor would work. He reckoned about 50%.............
Two months ago the field had mud 9 inches deep now its like a dust bowl.
Dell 17" flatscreen monitor £5, walking shoes £2 and grape bush £4.. I asked the chap what chance was there that that the monitor would work. He reckoned about 50%.............
Two months ago the field had mud 9 inches deep now its like a dust bowl.
Penyffordd district property sold June 2010
8 Cae Fawnog £112,500
Penyffordd, CH4 0HH 29th March 2010
11 Poppy Field Drive £212,000
Penyffordd, CH4 0GE 26th March 2010
You can search all these sales totally free of charge by going to OurProperty.co.uk.
Postscript: There seems to be a time lag with new properties on the website enclosed. I presume there is a time lag with the company / government dept that keeps the data. Many of the Elan homes on the former Meadowslea have been sold.
Penyffordd, CH4 0HH 29th March 2010
11 Poppy Field Drive £212,000
Penyffordd, CH4 0GE 26th March 2010
You can search all these sales totally free of charge by going to OurProperty.co.uk.
Postscript: There seems to be a time lag with new properties on the website enclosed. I presume there is a time lag with the company / government dept that keeps the data. Many of the Elan homes on the former Meadowslea have been sold.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Congratulation to Cllr June Fearnall
on becoming a new member of NWPA. I do however take issue with the following statement from a PCSO and Ward Sargeant in Marchwiel when Googling your name.
Postscript: June was good enough to reply to my email. This puts her way ahead of other NWPA members.
"The Marchwiel village PCSO and ward Sergeant carried out a speed enforcement operation on the A525 through Marchweil Village during the early work traffic as requested by residents at the last NPP. During this busy period only four of the 100+ vehicles were travelling in excess of the 30mph limit. Three were issued with advice and asked to produce their driving documents. One person was issued a speeding ticket. It is evident that the vast majority of people drive sensibly and within the legal limit. This is an ongoing action plan and the neighbourhood policing team will continue to monitor the speed and deal with it accordingly."
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This is standard North Wales Police tactics in downplaying speeding. Stand there in the middle of the village in high visibility vests with a speed gun. Every driver flashes one another that there are police in the village everyone slows down so there is no issue with speeding in the village, problem solved.
Moronic reasoning by police.
One hopes you will question why so many communities are not happy with speeding motorists and why NWP and NWPA are not doing anything about it.
Also why North Wales is used by bikers as a race track and why vehicle exhaust law is not enforced.
I hope you enjoy your time at the North Wales Police Authority.
Colin Hughes
keyword North Wales Police Authority, Cllr Chris Bithell, Flintshire, Cllr Alun Lewis, Police Authority Chairman.
Postscript: June was good enough to reply to my email. This puts her way ahead of other NWPA members.
"The Marchwiel village PCSO and ward Sergeant carried out a speed enforcement operation on the A525 through Marchweil Village during the early work traffic as requested by residents at the last NPP. During this busy period only four of the 100+ vehicles were travelling in excess of the 30mph limit. Three were issued with advice and asked to produce their driving documents. One person was issued a speeding ticket. It is evident that the vast majority of people drive sensibly and within the legal limit. This is an ongoing action plan and the neighbourhood policing team will continue to monitor the speed and deal with it accordingly."
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This is standard North Wales Police tactics in downplaying speeding. Stand there in the middle of the village in high visibility vests with a speed gun. Every driver flashes one another that there are police in the village everyone slows down so there is no issue with speeding in the village, problem solved.
Moronic reasoning by police.
One hopes you will question why so many communities are not happy with speeding motorists and why NWP and NWPA are not doing anything about it.
Also why North Wales is used by bikers as a race track and why vehicle exhaust law is not enforced.
I hope you enjoy your time at the North Wales Police Authority.
Colin Hughes
keyword North Wales Police Authority, Cllr Chris Bithell, Flintshire, Cllr Alun Lewis, Police Authority Chairman.
Cllr Bernie Attridge says
I talk shite ( re email previous blog on David Hanson MP ) He is of course entitled to his opinion. Bernie has had a young child run over and killed outside a school in his ward. This is something that Penyffordd Cllrs don't bother thinking about. Perhaps they have had legal advice at county level that their rear's are covered?
Bernie says I should sign up as a special policeman and patrol Chester Rd with a speed gun. I say why buy a dog and bark yourself?
Bernie says I should sign up as a special policeman and patrol Chester Rd with a speed gun. I say why buy a dog and bark yourself?
Where ex Minister for Police David Hanson MP went wrong
and why scumbags hammer through communities with no consequences.
Link The Telegraph
keywords Nick Herbert
Link The Telegraph
keywords Nick Herbert
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Lawrence helping
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Here's my wife's friend's husband Lawrence making the difference helping Epilepsy Wales at The Senedd.
"Several of the Trustees from the Wrexham office of Epilepsy Wales travelled to Cardiff to support the Epilepsy Awareness Campaign which was held at the Senedd, The Welsh Assembly Building. The opportunity was taken to meet with Ministers and Assembly Members to stress the importance of the organization receiving service level agreements (id: funding) from the newly formed Local Health Boards (LHB), if the current level acress Wales is to continue unabated." Mr Lawrence Pugh.
Cyclists on pavements
When you step out from our front gate you have to look right and left before stepping out on to the pavement in case you are "taken out" . If we had a police presence this could dealt with.
Anyway they have had enough on Deeside.
Just another factor on lawless Chester Rd.
Link The Flintshire Chronicle
Anyway they have had enough on Deeside.
Just another factor on lawless Chester Rd.
Link The Flintshire Chronicle
Speeding traffic rears its head again
In The Flintshire Chronicle (dead tree edition only)
Flint Mountain are up in arms. Similar to Chester Rd but times 20. They are asking for a camera. They are doing a speed survey. I am thinking of warning the county cllr Ted Evans about tricks played to down play speeding by Flintshire officers and N Wales Police.
Rhosesmor residents are also complaining about speeding near the school. Meanwhile Penyffordd Community Council conspire with CBM Howie Williams to do nothing about speeding in Chester Rd, Penyffordd. Penyffordd Junior school shows no interest as do the school governors. Cllr Colin Bithell seems very concerned on the issue of children and Hanson Cement but continues to completely ignore speeding traffic through our village centre.
postcript. I am wrong Gosafe have been seen in Chester Rd. Howie appears to be the stumbling block. PCC tell him to do traffic policing and he drags his heels. Or perhaps Howie arranged Gosafe. Anyway no one tells residents in Chester Rd what is happening.
FCC also drag their heels on work required.
Flint Mountain are up in arms. Similar to Chester Rd but times 20. They are asking for a camera. They are doing a speed survey. I am thinking of warning the county cllr Ted Evans about tricks played to down play speeding by Flintshire officers and N Wales Police.
Rhosesmor residents are also complaining about speeding near the school. Meanwhile Penyffordd Community Council conspire with CBM Howie Williams to do nothing about speeding in Chester Rd, Penyffordd. Penyffordd Junior school shows no interest as do the school governors. Cllr Colin Bithell seems very concerned on the issue of children and Hanson Cement but continues to completely ignore speeding traffic through our village centre.
postcript. I am wrong Gosafe have been seen in Chester Rd. Howie appears to be the stumbling block. PCC tell him to do traffic policing and he drags his heels. Or perhaps Howie arranged Gosafe. Anyway no one tells residents in Chester Rd what is happening.
FCC also drag their heels on work required.
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