National Living History Fayre

Okay, let’s talk about the road!  This is the same as it was last November, mostly one-track with a few passing places, and prone to pot-holes. That makes it pretty similar to lots of country lanes.  Phil tells me he’ll have the pot-holes filled just prior to the NLHF, and will see what can be done to create a couple more passing places, and has suggested that he may even put staff on the road with “Stop” and “Go” signs.  For the horse shows it is not so much of an issue as all the traffic flows in in the morning and out in the evening, but both the venue and the local council want to get on with the planned new two-track road. The council is keen on this because of the proximity of the houses on the main road where the farm track joins it, because of the sight-lines and relative slowness of horse-boxes pulling out onto the main road. The venue is keen to get the road done because it is key to the huge amounts of money they are investing in the venue – a new restaurant, farm shop, etc. The problem has been delays caused by the planning department of the same council (isn’t bureaucracy wonderful?) quibbling over things that shouldn’t concern them, such as depth of tarmac, and insisting on a Newt Survey on fields that have been plowed twice a year for generations FFS! The latest issue is getting sign-off from two Highways Authorities as the venue is a slap on the border between Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. So, the new road is going to happen but is not likely to be in place this November.