Sue Gymer and David Jenkins

Our Feb 10 report is now available. Click here or in the menu bar on the left to access it.

It was tree planting day at Oakington today when volunteers were invited to support the planting of a new wood on Cambridgeshire ‘county farm’ land to celebrate 100 years of Cambridgtshire’s county farms. The plot at Oakington will eventually be home to over 8000 trees and shrubs.

This new wood, maybe Oakington Wood, will take some years to mature and as a guide the other local woods, Girton Wood and Impington Wood are both about 15 years old and showing signs of some maturity. However these woods are for the long term and the plantings include oak trees which will take decades before they look like mature trees.

Oakington Wood lies close to the parishes of Girton and Histon in the corner defined by Gatehouse Lane in Histon and Cambridge Road, Oakington and its planting was a true community event with upwards of a 100 people there at one time in the morning. The scouts and guides were much in evidence and many volunteers didn’t content themselves with just one tree but becamse serial planters!

David showed up between showers and in totally inappropriate footware to plant his tree. He said: ‘This is a splendid development and it was good to see the community out to support it. There were volunteers from all 3 parishes and representatives of the district and county councils. I shared a spade with Simon Edwards, conservative district councillor from Oakington, and recognised Douglas de Lacey, independant district councillor from Girton.’

Our January 2010 report which we write for the parish councils is now available. Click here to see a copy. For previous months’ reports please refer to the link in the left hand column.

The County Council has just completed a review of its route network from the point of view of its use by HCVs. The review differentiates between ’strategic’ and ‘local’ routes. Click here to visit the CCC web-site and view it on line. Alternatively click here for direct access to the map. Note that the consultation runs until 5 Feb 10. Read the rest of this entry.

The council workmen have worked hard to get the new crossing on the B1049 by New Road finished by Xmas but it’s not quite ready. However it’s already apparent that this crossing is a big improvement on what was there before. Read the rest of this entry.

Rampton parishioners Sylvia Beaumont and Chris Dickinson presented a petition at Decmeber’s county council meeting calling for better bus services for Rampton. Read the rest of this entry.

The County Council has finally issued its speed limit review of the B1049. It’s good in parts, basically below the Green in Histon, but admits that it fails to account for the cycle path development northwards. Click here for a copy. Read the rest of this entry.

Our November 2009 monthly report is now available. Click here or go to the box on the left.

Despite the fact that the Guided Bus will not open for business until some time in 2010 no-one’s bothered to switch off the lights! The ones at Oakington and elsewhere now burn throughout the night 7 days a week. Read the rest of this entry.

Our October 2009 monthly report is now available. Click here or go to the box on the left.