A Royal View

 

Last week I mentioned the lack of good weather over the Summer and expressed the hope that the forecasts for an improvement last weekend proved to be true: luckily they did and so Donna and I took a day trip on Sunday to, what for us, is a magical place, the Isle of Wight. We spent the afternoon at Osborne House where Queen Victoria spent many happy hours, and indulged in an ice cream on her private beach.

It has been hot this week, so much so that Wigginholt, where my paternal grandparents are buried, met the Met Office’s thresholds for a heatwave. If you want to stay closer to home than we did last weekend, these 11 “magical” places in Sussex might interest you.

If you like history, this final local news story explains when Sussex became divided between East and West.

This week Donna had Planning at CDC and STC, whilst I joined the monthly briefing Senior Officers give the non-ruling political groups. Next week she has Full Selsey Town Council on Wednesday evening whilst I have CDC’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee virtually on Tuesday afternoon. Other meetings and residents' casework continues and, as ever, the days go by too quickly!

Secondary School applications are now open for September next year, in fact my school starts its tours this week so any you may be interested in, might be doing something similar too. 

And finally: -

• CDC’s Support Local campaign is in full swing;;

• Gatwick Airport have launched a consultation on their plans for a northern runway;

• These are CDC’s current consultations;

• This is CDC’s Calendar of Meetings, and this is West Sussex

• This site helps you find out about temporary road closures

As always, from the whole Team, stay safe.

Tim