X marks the spot

All we had to do was walk out the door, turn right, walk past about eight houses, walk across the zebra crossing and we’d be there at the village hall for the meeting about the proposed Sandridge Forest. It was pouring with rain and so we left about five minutes before the meeting was due to start but guess what at least a hundred of us were turned away as there wasn’t room for us all. The funny thing is that the people that couldn’t get in were generally speaking the people who lived closest to the village hall and thus were more likely to be affected by the proposed changes than the early birds who’d come from further afield. Ah well, more meetings were promised. If you live in the area and want to find out about any more meetings the Sandridge Village website should keep you updated.