Action on floods
No, I tell a lie. Every year, without fail, they send out a vehicle to suck all the leaves out of the drains and every year, without fail, the result is Mission: Unaccomplished because the trees shed their leaves like confetti and block the drains.
A Catch 22 you might say. Meanwhile, there’s something strange about Aldwick and trees and I am beginning to believe that the trees in Aldwick (like the cows in India) are sacred.
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Hide AdAn earlier edition of the Observer was jam-packed with planning applications to have certain trees lopped. It almost extended to bonsais. I am all for protecting and preserving trees but when it comes to constant flash floods because of drains blocked by leaves, the tolerance wears thin.
Perhaps we should stop paying council tax and pay tree and leaf tax? Arun District Council would make a fortune.
Geordie Campbell,
Barrack Lane,
Aldwick