A campaign group led by Alice Millest of the Boars Head has launched an appeal fund to fight a controversial housing plan. Alice and a team representing communities in the Gade Valley want to raise £30,000 to employ a barrister to take on the Fairfax group, who want to build 370 houses on a stretch of green belt land by the Leighton Buzzard road.
The village signs have been planted out with a floral welcome. Summer petunias and geraniums replace spring daffodils and tulips as Piccotts End gets ready to celebrate summer. Many thanks to Sue and Yvonne for offering to keep them watered as hot weather finally arrives.
I’m always full of admiration for all those hard-working, enterprising people who are up before the crack of dawn to provide a service. Like the lovely ladies at Amanda Jane’s in Queen’s Square who get up at 2am every morning to travel to London to buy fresh fruit. Not up quite that early but still daft o’clock is the Old Town’s newest entrepreneur, Lesley.
If you like an early morning coffee, head over to Epicure, the Old Town’s latest coffee shop. It’s run by Lesley and her staff of early risers. ‘We’re open every day Sunday to Saturday from 8am. Call in for croissants, coffee and cakes.’
If you missed the PERA AGM or need a reminder of what happened, you can read all about it by clicking https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cjc9sy5lxxibbqf4ca8p0/2024-Minutes-of-AGM.pdf?rlkey=0dqk3qsmyrn0v5ciuajqsz3xd&st=5chx5kco&dl=0
Did you see them? A few lucky residents captured lovely photos of the Northern Lights when they made a rare appearance over the village this week. Alison Gellman and Lydia Fribbins both grabbed the chance to snap them, this photo was Alison’s.
The first PERA drawing session, led by David Satchel, was a great success with five keen students. There was a lot of fun, a lot of learning and a lot of confidence building. There was also talk of a follow up lesson!
Yalla Yalla is the go-to eatery in the Old Town. There’s a real buzz as diners tuck into a wide range of Lebanese cuisine. Yalla Yalla – it means ‘Let’s Go’ in Arabic – is celebrating two years and the boys in the photo show an infectious enthusiasm.
Spring is in the air and there’s a smell of freshly cut grass as lawnmower come out of hibernation. How’s your winter been? Come and tell us about it at the Spring Branch. The date is Sunday April 28th and we’ll be meeting at the Marchmont Arms between 10.30am and 12.30. Coffee and croissants will be in free flow along with memories of a wet winter.
A village resident is exhibiting her art at the Old Town. Vanessa Westwell, who moved to the coach house at the Boars Head last summer, said: ‘It’s my first exhibition, so I was delighted to get the chance to show my work at The Old Town Hall.