It's been such a long time since I put anything in here. I do get the papers once in a while when I visit the area but rarely actually put stuff in here.

1. Local Roadworks.

Everybody complains about the amount of roadworks they have to negotiate in order to get to their destination. I'm sure that no one area is worse than anohter. Perhaps they're all bad.....
In order to help people sort out a journey and avoid roadworks, the Government has created ELGIN (Electronic Local GovernmentInformation Network). This website shows graphically any roadworks that are being carried out. This week, between Seasalter and Reculver, there are TWENTY FOUR different sets of works.
Go on - avoid all of them, if you can. Bet you can't.

2. Dereliction

I looked at some photos in the local rags showing just how run down some areas of Herne Bay have become. About twenty years ago, both Whitstable and Herne Bay almost became ghost towns, with any funding being spent on Canterbury. The council finally saw the light and realised that if the coastal towns fell into ruin, no number of Canterbury tourists would rejuvinate the region. So it was that both towns got a huge facelift and became lovely again.
However, we seem to be going back into those bad old days, particularly with Herne Bay, where there are a number of areas both residential and commercial sliding into general dereliction. The Gazette appears to have picked up the baton and has published a number of letters urging the council to address the situation. Should be interesting.

3. The Wind Farm

It's been ages since the Kentish Flats appeared on this site (well, that applies to anything, really). However, it seems that for the last two months a third of the turbines haven't even turned as they have broken down.
Twelve had been out of action, four of which have subsequently been repaired. Ironically, bad weather has forced the repairs to be postponed. The firm responsible for maintaining the wind farm admitted the number of failures was unusually high but predicts that all 36 turbines will be back in service by the end of February.

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