Pen Selwood

Wednesday 26th update.  It seems that Wessex Water is less certain that the leak is their water and not a spring, so they are going to retest.  Meantime roads are back to normal.  Not impressed by them at all.  Unnecessary disruption.  Thanks to Rick for chasing up the inefficient lot!

Wednesday 26th March.  Job cancelled (postponed), signs removed, road open.

Investigations by Wessex Water have determined that their water is leaking into an…

Once again lots of people turned out for the village litter pick so everything should be looking extra special now. Pen Ridge is becoming a bit of a black spot with nitrous oxide cannisters littering the verges. Dog mess bags also continue to blight the scene too. 

The worst of the two close together potholes has been fixed but badly, so they will come back to hopefully do a better job.  Still chasing to get the other fixed. 14/03/25

There are two very bad and very difficult to avoid potholes on Underhill.  There are others but these are the worst.   Driving downhill they are both in line with your right side wheels, one shortly before Woodlands and one shortly before Rest and be Thankful.  They have been reported by me and I think by…

In total 8 national/international charities and 5 local charities were nominated in advance of the AGM for consideration for support by the PCA in 2025. These were presented on ballot papers to those attending the AGM on 20.2.25. The results were: 

National/International:  Pickups for Peace &  Médecins sans Frontières                 

Local: Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance & The Balsam Centre

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