10 April - Twice a year is not enough
There will be no Council meeting to report until the middle of next week and
then we must wait until near the end of the month to see another, so BiB must
go into treading water mode again.
I was contemplating publishing the
consumption figures received very recently from
Octopus Energy because their Direct Debit demands are absolutely stupid but the
good news is that I ignore them and they have never complained. I am still
inclined to think that Octopus is much better than the alternatives but none of
them is perfect.
Fortunately
my Bellegrove Road correspondent came up with
pictures of a gully cover having seen mine from Abbey Wood. (Example 1
- Example 2 -
Example 3)
Strictly speaking they are not pictures of a gully cover because this one is completely
covered in mud and you have to be a local with a good memory to know there is a one there.
My recent FOI response
(because it was concerned with flooding as well as Zebra crossings) includes the words…
The council’s gullies are cleansed at least twice per year, and which
[sic] extracts debris from the gully pots and then floods them with water to
ensure the water subsides; meaning the pipe to the sewer/outfall is operational.
Despite the poor proof reading it is clear enough that gullies are scheduled to be cleaned
at least twice a year. Perhaps Bellegrove man should submit an FOI asking when
this drain was last flushed out. Only joking. I would guess that someone will
tell Mr. Bashford that this gully should be jumped up the priority list.
Two days ago Country Style were out clearing the drainage ditch which runs from
Lesnes Abbey Park to Fendyke Road and beyond. Good to see, even if it was only one man in
the water and three observing from the road.