The numbers were down a bit for this weeks meeting...
The glib comment that I made at the end of last week's blog, regarding the weather, appears to have come true..... weeks and weeks of glorious weather when we had to use Zoom meetings and when we get a regular outdoor session programmed in...the heavens open 😡. Mark had cancelled the session due to the forecasted rain hence some of the "tropical" characters pictured above (trying to convince him that it was sunny where we were..lol).
Once again, as a group, we experienced some technical issues regarding Zoom and connectivity but with the aid of mime and hastily scribbled notes displayed via the camera, we all managed to converse eventually. It is somewhat reassuring that even the BBC seems to have technical issues when trying to do virtual interviews 😀.
Our general chit-chat started with the ongoing St Mary's Roundabout "Improvement" (?) Scheme progress. They have now installed the traffic lights at the new junction from Forest Road to "the motorway".
So far I have managed to count a total of TWENTY THREE traffic light units at this junction alone - does Forest Road now refer to the number of lights rather than trees...???? My guess-timation is that, on completion, there will be in excess of 50 lights in 500 yards of road...amazing.
For those of you who have been having to follow the diversion around Newport to get to Yarmouth, this new junction is SUPPOSED to be open this coming Friday (21st Aug)for both east and west bound traffic.
We then moved on to the next week's proposed project, the pond liner at the East Cowes school. There are various uncertainties with regard to site access and materials arriving on time so please look out for an e-mail at a later date. It sounds to be an interesting project and will be nice to be out and about again on a Wednesday morning. This topic then lead to discussion about various types of river and pond fish and then expanded into reintroducing various birds and animals into the wild.
As mentioned above, next Wednesday's session has yet to have the details finalised so please keep an eye on your e-mails for further information. Stay safe and keep enjoying the reduced price meals....👍🍔.
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