There is so much going on in our village these days but I never get the chance to write about it!

The campaign to bring back our Fire Station continues. A petition demanding its re-opening is going round and already has 5,000 signatures (not bad for a community of 7,000 people!). But will it ever happen now, six months after it was closed it looks difficult.

Major concerns about waste collection now that it is only every two weeks, alternating with recycling collections. I must say that we find it difficult to fill our waste wheelie bin although it has begun to smell a bit. We manage to recycle most things now that the Council collects plastic too (although they don't seem to understand which types they can and can't collect). But I wish they would collect glass. The main complaint about waste collection is about food leftovers. We put most of these into our composter/wormary and the worms do a great job of breaking it all down into useful compost for our vegetable patch. I am sure many more people could do this too.

I am very much involved in planning the annual Radlett Festival (Sunday 10 June). It's going to be a great event this year so let's hope the weather is kind.