The ridiculousness of it! And the complete waste of money through duplication. The Village is roughly split in two between Waverley and Guildford Borough Councils. And today the Waverley houses were proudly displaying their bright blue wheelie bins - they look good in this rural setting, NOT. Furthermore, these new blue recycling bins will be for ALL recycling. That's right, Waverley residents no longer need to sort their recycling. The Guildford residents, however, have two recycling containers and a food waste bin. Our bins are collected on different days, so we have refuse and recycling trucks trundling through the Village on two days a week. It's not a big village! And then there's the duplication in planning authorities, social services, council tax collection, and so on. Should I start a one-woman campaign to move the Village into one council? But which council would I choose? Frankly, one is as bad as the other. It never ceases to amaze me that the councils interact so infrequently given their proximity to one another. When the Village was fighting against the Quarry neither council was prepared to stand up for the Village against the County Council planners and the minerals strategy. Shame on them.
And now, another ludicrous proposal. In an effort to reduce the number of MPs (a move which I whole-heartedly endorse), it is proposed that the Village join with the Woking Parliamentary constituency. Now what, I ask you, does Woking have in common with the Village? If the Village is to be 'moved' out of the Guildford boundary, surely everyone can see that we are closer to Godalming, Farnham or Haslemere? You can see the consultation process here.
Let's hope that common sense prevails. Here endeth the rant.
The Boxers are oblivious to my ire, they have had a fabulous woodland walk, between them making 14 stops! That's almost a record. That's the life of a Village dog walker.