Railway Walk

[sauceyhp]

Hi Sean,
You really inspired your Sponsor at last week's meeting in Parish Hall - a red hot fan of yours she is - to read out that long list of stuff you felt you had been responsible for in our Parish. One which stood out was The Railway Walk - I wondered what u had done there? Can u enlighten me pl..

[Sean Power]

Hi,

It started with graffitti on the back walls of the garages in Quennevais Park adjacent to the Railway Walk. If you climb up the steps, and cut to the right and beat through the bushes, then the place was awash in glass and plastic bottles, cans, bags, cigarette cartons and general rubbish.

I cleared all that with TTS and had the garages re-painted.

Dog excrement is a continuing battle and the offenders are as much in their teens as in their 60's.

Speeding cyclists were a problem and now chains have been re-fitted on most posts all the way down.

Cars parking on the Railway Walk at Le Chemin De Maudelaine was and still is an issue.

A lot more could be done but the Parish needs to be brought on board. TTS do the absolute minimum, although to give them their credit, after much nagging and e-mailing by me they scraped the surface of all the decomposing deciduous leaves last Spring and put fresh hoggin down on a big stretch by Pont Marquet.

It does not sound like a lot, but it all takes time.

Sean

[Mark Forskitt]

A lot more could be done but the Parish needs to be brought on board. TTS do the absolute minimum, although to give them their credit, after much nagging and e-mailing by me they scraped the surface of all the decomposing deciduous leaves last Spring

How interesting. Round here in St Ouen, we see all those leaves as a useful free natural resource for mulching fruit trees and asparagus beds,and making leaf mould for seedlings. So we go and collect them ourselves.  Down there you see it as a problem that needs TTS (and tax payers money) to sort out.  I wonder that senator-elect Fergusons position is on this.
A bi

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

Mark,
What Sean is telling you is that he has read in the newspaper that there have been some issue which have been dealt with by others and now there is an election coming up he is claiming to have single handedly dealt with them on a personal scale. If you read his manifesto you will see that he is all things to all people which as you and I know is a recipe for disaster. Word of warning "doesn't do what it says on the can"

[Sean Power]

Mark,

The reason the Walk was scraped was that when cycled on, it threw up a wet mess on the to bikes and to cyclists legs.  It was particularly noticeable after a few days of rain.  The second reason it was scraped was that two sets of contractors had left deep bumps and trenches in a badly back filled section of the Walk between Pont Marquet and the next pedestrian bridge closer to St Aubin.  I had complained to TTS and after months of e-mails, they did something.  Mulch may be great on a orchard, but it does not do much on the Railway Walk.

Dylan,

Thank you for your kind words. 


Sean

[sauceyhp]

Oh Sean, do you go out and help the beautiful Vivian and the ladies of the WI on their monthly clean up of litter around  the Don Bridge area - thats marvellous if you did!  Are you supporting the Youth Club and marvellous Nicky with their work there too?

[en830]

How interesting. Round here in St Ouen, we see all those leaves as a useful free natural resource for mulching fruit trees and asparagus beds,and making leaf mould for seedlings.

I know of a Jersey registered company that is developing a process where by this kind of bio-mass can be converted into a coal like substance that when burnt is carbon neutral.

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

Mark,

The reason the Walk was scraped was that when cycled on, it threw up a wet mess on the to bikes and to cyclists legs.  It was particularly noticeable after a few days of rain.  The second reason it was scraped was that two sets of contractors had left deep bumps and trenches in a badly back filled section of the Walk between Pont Marquet and the next pedestrian bridge closer to St Aubin.  I had complained to TTS and after months of e-mails, they did something.  Mulch may be great on a orchard, but it does not do much on the Railway Walk.

Dylan,

Thank you for your kind words. 


Sean

Sean,
I see in your manifesto that you are a member of The Battle of Flowers Association Committee, how have you got on there?

[Mark Forskitt]

Mark,

The reason the Walk was scraped was that when cycled on, it threw up a wet mess on the to bikes and to cyclists legs.  It was particularly noticeable after a few days of rain.  The second reason it was scraped was that two sets of contractors had left deep bumps and trenches in a badly back filled section of the Walk between Pont Marquet and the next pedestrian bridge closer to St Aubin.  I had complained to TTS and after months of e-mails, they did something.  Mulch may be great on a orchard, but it does not do much on the Railway Walk.

Dylan,

Thank you for your kind words. 


Sean

The general idea is to collect the leaves before they become a soggy mulch.  I do hope you Carpéleuses know what to do with vraicq.

[Sarah Ferguson]

What is a Carpewotsit?

[Razzard]

What is a Carpewotsit?

Those are the people that elected you in St. Brelade Sarah. Didn't they teach you J'errias at school?

[Sarah Ferguson]

They are, I thought, St Breladaises - carpels are bones in the hand - so what are carpeleuses?

[Razzard]

Check it out sister!

Wapedia - Wiki: Saint Brélade, JerseyThe traditional nickname for St. Bréladais (inhabitants of St. Brelade) is carpéleuses (caterpillars). Contents: 1. Subdivisions · 2. Demographics ...
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[Sean Power]

To Dylan,

I was proposed by Mike Jackson.

To To Saucyhp, or is it Margaret,

I let La Moye WI do their own thing. I am the wrong sex ! However, they do a regular monthly clean-up.

Sean

[The Rev Peter Sarkey]

Not how have you got in there, how have you got on there?