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who gave constructive feedback on what they think could be improved on in the
park, and we will look to incorporate as many of their ideas as possible!

I cross the stream that leaves the Gwyle and tumbles
seawards over cobbley beach, Tree Inspection
across the shore to join the bay as I trek west along the We have also had many of the trees in and around the Elder Road open space
steeply sloping shingle bank, area surveyed and were advised of some work that would need doing to keep
along the strand line’s seaweed trail, towards the nearby them safe and healthy. We will commission this in the coming months.
chalky cliffs I hope to reach,
past iron stained rocks of golds and browns that slipped
away from their strata rank. Next Meeting

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High on the hill above the bay, with distant views all round, The next meeting will be held on Thursday 8 September 2022, commencing 7pm
another empty village stands at the Drax Hall. If you wish to have an item added to the agenda for discussion,
please contact the Clerk or a member of the Parish Council by the end of August.
where once an ancient Celtic tribe sought peace and
refuge on the windswept crest, Bryan Benjafield
now only weathered ramparts show where they had dwelt
and farmed the lands
and herded their stock on the verdant slopes and the
lowland heath to north and west.

At last I reach Cow Corner where the high white cliff cuts
through the pebbled way
and bars the route to Cover Hole, to Arish Mell and then to
the Mupe Bay rocks ahead,
so I sit a while and look south west through summer haze
across the shimmering bay
to a blue grey ‘Slingers Isle’ and watch the passing gulls and
fishing terns instead.

And while I sit in shelter amidst great fallen rocks, I stare and
contemplate the shore,
how precious is this unspoilt place, no burger bars, no candy
floss nor fairground rides,
protected by an irony that shuts it off from you and me
when training troops for war,
yet I can sit, in peace, with nature’s beauty all around and
watch the turning of the tides.
Chris Nother

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