Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

I hear that –

The chemical weed treatment program for the county commences from 24^th June 2024, this however is weather dependent, once the treatment program has commenced, we will publish the schedule on the Cambridgeshire County Council website.

If it goes like most years….the guy travels that fast, and the ‘squirter’ pointing everwhere except on the weeds, the result being if lucky some ugly looking ‘Browned Off Weeds’
(Remember no treatment last year)

I’ll be watching these BIG Boy Weeds…..

Myself and around a hundred or so, watched the Royal British Legion (Whittlesey Branch), hold a commemoration service for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

I attended as a member of the public and was not part of the organisers or Council representatives.

   Today at 11:00am there will be a service commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.

                                         The unveiling of Whittlesey War Memorial
There are 193 names of those fallen in World War 1, 52 for World War 2, two civilians for World War 2 and one name for the Korean War. The unveiling of the memorial took place on 25 February 1923 by Brigadier-General W Strong, the dedication was by the Rev. A. E. T. Newman.

The Citizens Advice Rural Cambs have provided a phenomenal amount of support throughout Fenland.
I am proud to be a full member of the CAB and have been so for some 12 years.
Whittlesey Town Council financially support as do Fenland District Council.

Here in Whittlesey we have a professional advisor attend most Friday mornings.
You can get a vast amount of information and help by visiting the CAB Website.
https://www.citizensadviceruralcambs.org.uk/

Below is a statistical breakdown of the CAB’s work here in Fenland.

FENLAND Q1-4 2023-24 C6 Key Stats

Fenland Impact Report Q1-4 2023-24 (1)

The reserve will be closed from Monday 3^rd June to Friday 7^th June inclusive due to preparatory engineering works taking place.  The code on the gate will be changed for this period.

Thereafter the reserve will be closed on the following dates between 9:00am and 3:00pm for school visits.

June 10^th

June 11^th

June 14^th

June 24^th

June 27^th

July 3^rd

July 4^th

July 5^th

You will have seen from previous posting that the reserve will need to be closed for several months to allow stabilisation of the southern slope (to the right of the hide).
There has been a significant rotational slip following the heavy rain over the winter.  This will take place from mid-July onwards (the precise commencement date to be confirmed).
We apologies for any inconvenience and be assured that the reserve will be re-opened to members as soon as we are able.

15 Partners attended last nights Whittlesey Festival meeting for updates on this years event.

Sunday 8th September

One major issue the Chair highlighted was that Whittlesey Town Council will not be financially supporting this years event.
Their application was refused.
I informed the group that the Finance & Policy Committee had made this decision and I was not part of that committee.

Funding for the event is still ongoing.

Carl F – with the proposed Festival Mug.