2007
Barney Henderson
I managed to ride my bicycle slowly round 19 churches for the Warwickshire Historic Churches Trust�s �Ride and Stride� on Sunday 9 September. I was gifted with a superb day for cycling and got as far north as Oxhill, where I failed to find the �slave�s grave� in the graveyard though I am told there is one. I thought the best-looking churches this year were Sutton-under-Brailes and Tysoe. Some others looked really unloved. One was severely padlocked, and another overgrown and unkempt. On reaching the A3400, cycling south towards Burmington, life became really quite dangerous. Cars driven by lunatics treat the road like a race track, paying no heed to cyclists. I shall ask for sponsors shortly to help the Trust
Parish Council
The planning application to build an eco-house and office at Hill Barn, Barton-on-the-Heath, went to the Planning Committee stage as Wellesbourne on 4 September as the planning officers at Stratford District Council had recommended the application be refused. The Parish Council, however, had supported the application and therefore rebutted the planning officer�s recommendation at the Planning Committee meeting. The result was a unanimous decision by the 11 elected councillors to grant permission. The eco-house will be built entirely underground and will depend on solar power for all its energy requirements. The remains of the old barn will be refurbished and used as an office. The landscape will not be altered in any way. The pot-holes on the Long Compton-Barton road have been filled thanks to the WCC Highways Division�s prompt action to the Parish Council�s request.
Barney Henderson
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