It is remiss of me not to have posted for a month, following the trend set by MyShotley.com. With little news to share, we have both taken a break. We are now back, and up for the Shotley Spring.Like most of the village, having to suffer the chill coming off the estuaries, I always relish the warmer months. But this year I think we have a little more to anticipate.
In case you haven't heard, another contractor is able to repair the Stour path breach within manageable costs, and work should start within the next couple of weeks.
And with our grand new promenade, we will have more visitors generally, and it will feel good to walk safely along it with the sun glinting on the harbour.
Each year brings a selection of increasingly well established events in the Shotley calendar, which hopefully more and more residents are taking advantage of.
Perhaps the best of these is next weekend - Images of Shotley. This is always an interesting coming together of the community. Even if morris dancing isn't your cream tea, there is lots to look at, and people to catch up with. I will be posting my own report after this year's Images, so if I see you there, be careful what gossip you share!
Then there is the brilliant Shotley Open Gardens (21 June), coordinated by the ever enthusiastic Maggie Warner. The Annual Parish Meeting (22 May) is an under-rated evening; the second Pow Wow will be fun if it can keep up last year's energy; there is a gig by Rogue Traders, and the Rose fete always draws the crowds.
This (and other stuff) will enable a regular flow of news to share over the coming months. To the extent that even if like many Shotley people you don't actually get out of your arm (or computer) chair, you will be able to experience a piece of it.
[Picture by Elizabeth Graham]
