Travelling around the Chew Valley should be a pleasurable experience, whether you are in a car, walking or cycling.   However, that simple enjoyment is now being ruined by the curse of roadside litter, virtually everywhere you look. Sometimes it looks as though an individual food wrapper or can of drink has been thoughtlessly tossed out a car window, but in other areas there’s a lot more rubbish, which I suspect has come off something like an uncovered skip or an overloaded r

It was good to start the New Year with a members’ meeting at the Stoke Inn. We had a catch up and found that on the whole, members’ businesses were doing well, thanks to the quality of the personal services they offer. I am also pleased to say we continue to attract new members who bring fresh voices to our meetings and broaden the already wide range of businesses within our membership.   On a more sombre note, I had to formally report the sad passing of Roger Dando, a long-t