GOOSTREY BLOG PICTURE SPECIAL
I have been a little frustrated of late at my failure to put more images on Blogs from the Bongs. So now I have created another site called County News and Picture Post to run in conjunction with the main blog. The idea is to include pictures, as well as to provide more up to date news content from Goostrey village and other places. Newsy and general items for the site please send to scoop2001@aol.com Websites: www.newsandpicturepost.blogspot.com and www.blogsfromthebongs.blogspot.com

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VILLAGE BLACK-SPOT CRASH

The scene of the crash

Yet another accident has happened at the junction of Hermitage Lane and Booth Bed Lane, and perhaps we should now ask if there are any safety measures which could be introduced at this black-spot. It appears the car rammed into a post for some reason I am not privy but I am still on the case! The car slammed into a post and was extensively damaged on the front offside but despite the police and an ambulance at the scene on Saturday I  am not aware of any serious injuries.



MONSOON BIGGER THAN BERTHA

This shopper decided to get wet

A boy dances in the rain

We may have felt a bit of a lashing from big Bertha today but anyone out and about on Friday will tell you the tropical-style monsoon that struck the area  was far worse. I don't think I have experienced such a force of torrential rain for years. I was caught out in Sandbach with  grandsons Hugh and Joe. We managed to shelter under the awning of supermarket as the rain lashed down and then during a window in the storm made a dash for the Goostrey-Sandbach circular bus - only to be caught out as the storm returned with a vengence.  We all got drenched but the boys loved it - the first time they had ever been able to dance in the rain! Two of the regular ladies using the service were lucky as they managed to catch the bus just as it departed ten minutes late.  But what a remarkable change on Saturday when summer returned and the monthly  farmer's market in the old cobbled square in Sandbach brought  more visitors than I have seen in the past.

Sunshine returned for the farmer's market