The forest of Dean Time certainly flies. Today we will have lived here in Cinderford in the forest of dean for a year. It has gone incredibly quickly and I have to say it was a good decision. Both Vanda and I love it here. The area is gorgeous and Cinderford is a smashing little town. We have lots of …
Oh dear Cinderford Council – @cinderfordtc
A couple of weeks back I emailed Cinderford council using the email on their web site which is clerk@ . It was a simple query asking why the minutes from meetings were not shown on their web site. As you can see from the picture the last entries were for 2015, so nothing for 2 years. Here is the text …
10 Reasons to Support Local Businesses
Support your local business I have always felt that it is very important to support local businesses and I do practice what I preach. More on that later but here are a few reasons you should too. 1 Local Economy Local businesses are the backbone of our economy and shopping at local businesses is much better for the economy of …
Exploring the forest of dean
Finding things in the Forest of Dean The forest of Dean is a beautiful area, partly in Gloucestershire but bordered by Herefordshire and very close to Wales. It has always been one of my favourite areas and we have now lived in Cinderford for 3 years. Of course it isn’t just the lovely countryside, there are hundreds of great small …
Potting On
Gardening has been a real joy this last week. Today I have been out in the sunshine potting on. We have re potted climbing fuschias , sweet peas, spring onions and strawberries. I have also planted runner bean seeds and some climbing french beans, so hopefully the next few weeks should see them coming up. New potatoes are springing up …
Compost is the fuel for your garden
We have now been gardening here for nearly a year and I did start a compost heap. Now looking at it it doesn’t look terribly wonderful, but we have never stopped adding to it so the top layers are really bound to look like that. So I took the top layer off and started shoveling out the compost and used …
Zen and the art of Gardening
The Benefits of Gardening Many people have written and spoken of the benefits of gardening on health from newspapers to the national health service, but most of them only mention the physical side. I’m not decrying that, naturally good physical health is vital to us all and even just pottering is beneficial, but there is more to be gained than …
Forest of Dean Events
Events in the Forest of Dean Find events in The Forest of Dean, what’s on in The Forest of Dean and things to do in The Forest of Dean with our events calendar . We now have a calendar of forest of dean events. Like our directory it is 100% free. Just get in touch if you would like your event added. …