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s situation offers the duke to put right in part the atrocities carried out by his ancestors during the newton rebellion however i doubt you d be swayed by such rhetoric but what a lovely gesture it would be if the duke were to give this land back to the town perhaps as a country park there is no doubt we are in the midst of a climate emergency and should be preserving our natural world we have heard recently that england will get a new national park as part of a government set of nature pledges to give greater access and protection to the countryside let s accommodate that intention here it would be so much better a legacy than concrete and steel we have of necessity been subject to a lot of legalise and jargon during these proceedings mitigation has joined the list of my most hated words and if we decipher that other phrase impact on biodiversity we will see that it means destroying plants and killing wildlife there are many reasons not to allow this development but i cannot think of one reason to let it go ahead i ve heard it said that there is no room for morals in planning decisions prove me wrong please by dismissing buccleuch property s application thank you posted by julia thorley at 10 18 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels common land duke of buccleuch northamptonshire planning weekley hall wood friday 18 august 2023 betty and pauline what happened next if you were one of those lovely people who bought a copy of my second short story collection tasting strangers perhaps you agreed with the reviewer who said that some of the stories could have been longer well if you remember a merry dance which related the tale of sisters betty and pauline and their adventures at sea on the marianna grande i hope you enjoy part two of the story shared below betty takes another trip it was one of those early april days when the weather had forgotten it was supposed to be spring drivers inching their way along victory way were undecided about whether or not it was raining enough to warrant turning on their windscreen wipers the road was slick with grease and leaves as the lights changed to amber an overcautious driver at the head of the line of cars stopped instead of trying to beat the red as the vehicles behind it came to a standstill like a loose coupled train andy tapped an impatient paradiddle on his steering wheel he watched as a woman walking along the pavement overtook him then smirked as she skipped over one puddle but landed in the second her feet now wet in ill judged sandals and her day spoilt before it had begun the lights changed to green and the queue began to inch forward again for the fourth time since he d pulled off his drive andy s phone rang jostling in the car s centre console alongside several open packets of mints for the fourth time he ignored it but when the persistent caller tried yet again andy gave in with a sigh and an expletive he turned left into an unfamiliar side street to find somewhere safe to stop trafalgar road was a curious mix of victorian terraced houses that opened straight on to the street and modern bungalows that looked as though they had been dropped at random into gaps had bombs fallen here during the war andy neither knew nor cared but it was outside one of these bungalows that he found a space to park set back from the road it had room for a tub of daffodils either side of the blue front door by now his phone had stopped ringing so he switched it to silent a few minutes earlier inside the bungalow betty had been holding back one of her sitting room curtains to get a clear view up and down the street she was wearing her second best coat bought in warwicks sale this time last year a teal wool mix with silver buttons shaped like roses it hadn t seen much wear because the weather had turned warm almost before she d got it home now with the unexpected cold snap she was pleased to give it an outing she loved its vibrant colour it was smart enough for the day ahead but not too smart in her hand she clutched her rainbow umbrella and over her shoulder she had a cheery yellow bag in which were stowed the papers she had been asked to take with her she let the curtain fall back and checked the time again where was he she d said half past and it was now quarter to she resumed her lookout damn this fine drizzle slowing everything down she should have told him twenty past at that moment a mars red hatchback pulled up outside her front dor finally she hurried out pulled the door to with a slam gave it a double handed shove to be sure it was shut then scuttled over to the car trying to dodge the rain she jumped into the passenger seat arranged her bag and brolly in the footwell and patted her damp hair back into shape right let s go she said to the driver i don t want to be late and you know what it s like down waterloo street at this time of the morning only then did she turn and look at the driver close your mouth there s a bus coming she said to an astonished andy what are you waiting for come on now andy spoke slowly as though he knew at least one of them was in the wrong place but he wasn t sure who who the hell are you he demanded and who do you think i am i m betty and i m going to be late call yourself a taxi driver no what no i m not a taxi driver get out of my car betty was thrown by this revelation but only for a moment well i m in now she said i don t suppose andy raised his hands to ward off the rest of her question oh no he said sorry but i ve got stuff to do anyway i might be a crazy man are you asked betty well no but that s not the point out you get betty gave him her best endearing old lady smile and brought her hands together in supplication please andy opened his mouth to repeat his refusal but to his surprise he heard himself say all right then where do you want to go you re a star thank you said betty anywhere in the town centre would be fine my appointment s in the pedestrian precinct andy drew away from the kerb executed an immaculate three point turn and re joined the main road in spite of himself he was curious about his passenger nothing medical i hope he asked why would you automatically assume that appointment usually means doctor and you re andy petered out what old enough to be your mother and then some betty feigned indignation got me pegged as a little old biddy off to have her bunions seen to have you sorry didn t mean to offend said andy then added hang on why am i apologising i m doing you a favour i m just teasing you what s your name andy i m just teasing you andy but if you must know and i suppose the least i can do is to tell you why you re driving me there it s a legal matter andy was curious now oh been left a fortune by an anonymous benefactor have you no just the opposite actually replied betty she tugged at a loose thread on her sleeve while she considered if she should tell him more let s call it repercussions of an episode a couple of years ago she said now me and the law like to keep in touch well they do there that s surprised you you re right replied andy that s not what i was expecting the traffic was building up now stop start all the way into town a young woman on an e scooter wove a dangerous path between the slow moving cars they travelled in awkward silence until betty keen to find out a little about her impromptu chauffeur asked so where were you going no let s go back a bit why were you parked outside my house posing as a taxi driver i wasn t posing as a oh never mind said andy my phone kept ringing and i didn t want to answer it but then i thought i should so i parked up to take the call but then decided not to after all and put it on silent sounds like you re in a tizzy before you even get to the office said betty i presume you do work in an office given you re wearing a suit and there s a laptop on the back seat yes i m a data analyst which is as boring as it sounds so you must be in need of the distraction of an unexpected passenger who was ringing is that any of your business betty ignored him and continued mind you if you didn t answer perhaps you don t know who it was oh i know all right hang on stop talking a minute while i get round this roundabout you re procrastinating well if you must know said andy it was my sister your sister why would you not want to talk to your sister you don t want to lose that connection believe me i know she shook her head at a distant memory it s complicated said andy families are always complicated but that s no excuse for not picking up the phone to your sister what if it s important oh it is said andy i know that that s why i don t want to talk to her why am i telling you this because people say i ve got one of those faces that makes them think they can talk to me and they can trust me and at least one of those is true andy let that go the rain had started to come down with more determination so he turned his wipers up a notch he drove on past a line of kebab shops and burger bars where the debris of last night s food frenzy was evident in the gutter he picked up his story again i don t know how it started i said something about tom that s my sister s boy and to be honest i can t even remember what but she didn t like it and she said something back and off we went it was a storm in a teacup really but it s got out of hand that sounds like something you could sort out if you wanted to but it s not down to me she started it good grief said betty how old are you andy had the grace to look sheepish thirty seven not seven isn t it time you stopped saying things like she started it which she didn t anyway from what you ve said yes i know i m old enough to know better i ll think about it but big sisters are bossy i might ring her but i might not on any other day andy would have been grinding his teeth by now at the slow progress into town but today he didn t mind he was enjoying betty s company in spite of himself and wanted to know more about her criminal past come on then he said why are you in trouble with the law i won t go into details said betty but funnily enough it involves my sister we went on this cruise and i got beguiled by the glitz and the glamour of it all it had been a long time since i d let my hair down anyway we were on this holiday of a lifetime and i was in the mood for a bit of fun pauline that s my younger sister is so staid i just wanted to show her it is possible to have a good time that we re not past it one thing led to another what with the men she ignored andy s wince and the dancing the drinking and the gambling especially the gambling i got a bit carried away i borrowed some money off my sister without telling her and andy interrupted hang on you stole money from your sister i suppose i did yes betty admitted long story short i got caught now the police like me to check in from time to time so you re on probation like you said it s complicated do you still see your sister he asked we don t speak unless we have to like if there s a family emergency or something i really messed things up we were so close as girls andy let this sink in as he paused at a pelican crossing to let a crocodile of children in hi vis bibs trot over the road then he said i should have asked for the fare up front so have you gone straight now it was betty s turn to look sheepish i have yes she said i ve well and truly learnt my lesson they reached the town centre and andy turned into the council car park will this do you betty that s perfect thank you she peered through the window looks like the rain s easing off i needn t have brought my brolly thanks again for the lift can i pay you no you re fine just keep out of trouble betty gathered her things and clambered out with a cheery mind how you go and ring your sister he watched as she walked away you d never know she was a hardened criminal he thought he picked up his phone another missed call from his sister he looked after betty but she had disappeared andy moved his car into a marked parking space and tapped a number into his phone hello sis i think we need to talk a merry dance may be found in tasting strangers posted by julia thorley at 11 54 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 17 february 2023 last week i gave a talk to a local wi group about how to be a rebel here in kettering we have an ongoing battle to prevent half a dozen warehouses being built on an area of woodland and a wildflower meadow and that was the starting point for my presentation if you want to know more about the newton rebellion and the fight to save weekley hall wood click here then i segued into an introduction to extinction rebellion i ve not yet been called upon to glue myself to anything but i ve done a bit of shouting and taken part in various actions that depending on your point of view might be considered close to the line that divides legal from arrestable there is so much that needs fixing in the world that it s hard to know where to start indeed some days it seems overwhelming and it s tempting to throw in the towel and let the world go to hell in the proverbial handcart however as mr thorley wisely says that s what they want you to do so we fight on anyway the wi ladies were lovely they listened carefully and asked lots of questions many of them seemed as outraged as i am and they took away leaflets and details of where to go for further information or to get involved i did though try to reassure them that getting arrested wasn t necessary that there is plenty of gentle but effective action that can be taken read the planning applications in your local paper and oppose them if they seem iffy look at those laminated notices that your council sticks up on lamp posts sit in the public gallery at council meetings so you know what s going on write letters and sign petitions hell why not start a petition many of you who read this blog are writers so submit articles to newspapers and magazines report problems on fix my street make a placard for someone to carry on a protest put up a poster in your window the key thing is to do something to make the world a better place if not you then who posted by julia thorley at 14 08 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels action extinction rebellion fix my street weekley hall wood wi friday 10 february 2023 back in the saddle failed already then i was planning to post a blog every friday or as near as i could manage but have slipped after only three weeks there are mitigating circumstances though january went by in a blur of campaigning for the local by election i was lucky enough to go to the count and it was fascinating to see the democratic process at work as bundles of voting papers were opened unfolded sorted counted then sorted again and re counted goodness me though it was hard work getting to that point the week after that i decided i really ought to do some housework i know...