The “comments wall” is up and running on the county borough’s web-site. I’m pleased to see that among the comments registered after the Neath Valley consultation are: “More needs to be done to ‘market’ the area.” and: “An improved Canal network may improve tourism throughout the valley.” To that I would add that a footpath […]

I have mixed feelings about rallying through Welsh forests, but if the story on Freedom Central is true, that the Welsh Assembly Government is one-sidedly breaking a contract by withdrawing financial support from Wales GB Rally, then WAG has acted irresponsibly and thoughtlessly.

It’s always worth checking the council’s official site. Today features something close to my own personal interests: a request for data on urban bats. “The Bat Conservation Trust with support from Neath Port Talbot Council and Neath Port Talbot Biodiversity Forum are running an urban bat survey this summer.  It is hoped that the survey will […]

“Costing the Earth: A Burning Solution” on Radio 4 tonight (repeated Thursday lunch-time) looks at the sustainability of wood-burning. Among the examples examined is the biomass power station to be built in Port Talbot.

I shall shortly be discussing the grass-cutting schedule with the council’s neighbourhood people. I assume last year’s service was satisfactory, because I had no complaints about it. However, please contact me within the next six days, via the panel on the left, or by phone, if you want to raise any matters concerning grass-cutting in […]

There is a website which displays current and historic pollution data from several sites in the county borough. The industrial hot-spots are well covered, though one wonders whether there ought to be a monitoring station in one of the Neath districts, if only for the purposes of comparison.

It’s up to individual AMs, judging by this letter in the Western Mail.

  Catwg Primary School’s contribution to Health Challenge Wales has been running for some five years now, but I’m ashamed to admit I didn’t learn about it until I became LEA governor at the school. By picking up a bag-full of freshly picked organically-grown vegetables on a Thursday for less than the price of two […]

Regular walkers will have observed that the footpath to the Tennant canal is no longer affected by running water. The County Borough has also had the overgrowth on the church wall cut back. The canal company has also worked on the towpath. Hopefully, with spring on its way, we can look forward to uninterrupted between […]

The Ramblers’ Association has a Downing Street petition here which is self-explanatory. I would only add that not only paths enjoyed by long-distance walkers are affected. Habitual footpaths, such as those taken as a short cut by ordinary members of the public and which may be taken for granted, are liable to be lost. I […]