The Village of Wark

Thankfully, much of the snow and ice seems to have disappeared for the moment at least, although there are some treacherous patches still in odd corners.  What all this snowmelt has revealed is just how shockingly back all this stuff for our roads and pavements.  Never perfect at the best of times, we seem to have acquired a complete new series of potholes and broken up bits of tarmac.  One of the most intriguing is the pronounced hump that has appears at the village end of the bridge.  From a distance it looks a bit like a small speed hump, just at the point where the access onto the bridge has been narrowed.

One of the more positive things to appear from under the snow, is some early signs of approaching spring.  I know there could be much more winter weather under way, but I can’t help being cheered up by the first signs of snowdrops.  You may well tell you that you’ve seen snowdrops out in various places, but along the riverside I noticed some where the white of the flowers is just showing.

On a more mundane note, I can let you know that the Mid Tyne Community trust will be holding its AGM in the Town Hall on Thursday 28^th of January starting at 7.30 p.m. Issues on the agenda include ‘Becoming the Community Forum for the Mid Tyne area’, there will be a report from the Mid Tyne Business Forum and talks from our own Philip Wanless and Colin Earnshaw of the Northumberland national Park Authority about renewable energy and sustainable energy.  Anyone living or working in the Mid Tyne area can be involved in the Trust, so you will be most welcome at the AGM.