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Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read.
The six weeks of Summer are becoming an increasingly distant memory now schools are back. We hope you enjoyed them, and have some lasting memories. We had some odd nights away, between civic and our other commitments. We began with Kensington in late July and were shocked at how parched Hyde Park was. We also stayed in Nottingham to revisit some of Donna's family roots. The other places we managed will feature in the remaining episodes of Tim’s Travels. If you missed it, this is Episode 6, Staunton:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LMLgDkx9ljPu4gm7j5mf43ANq55e7p-W/view?usp=drivesdk
Unfortunately, as you may have seen from Donna's posts, I contracted an Upper Respiratory Tract Infection which left me dehydrated and caused problems with my low blood pressure during a visit. I am grateful to St Wilfrid's Hospice and to A & E at St Richard's, who dealt with things in an exemplary way. We'd also like to share a petition relating to Crohn's Disease, because we, like some of my school colleagues, know people who are affected:
We last visited Nottingham eight years ago and felt this time it seemed less cared for. There were, however, some high end outlets like a Vivienne Westwood shop. We also went back to Bournemouth which is also more rundown than when we were last there about a year and a half ago. For several years Donna and I have commented on the off-season challenges many casual workers face. This has been born out by research published in BMJ Public Health, which found that migration trends have left more disadvantaged people living in coastal communities and that those who moved away from coastal areas before age 42 tended to have better health than those who moved to or stayed in coastal areas:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-coast-linked-worse-midlife-health.html
A happier coastal article celebrating Selsey appeared in Islands - although its accuracy is questionable!
On Wednesday, the meetings returned with an Extraordinary Full Selsey Town Council Meeting after the scheduled Meeting of the Planning Committee. The scheduled September Full Selsey Town Council Meeting is this coming Wednesday as usual.
An abiding memory of Summer 2026 will be the heatwaves and lack of rainfall. To finish, then, a couple of rain related articles. Firstly, engineers studying floating wind farms discovered the turbines may create an “upside-down umbrella” effect that draws more clouds and rain over their spinning blades:
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/engineers-studying-floating-wind-farms/30277/
Secondly, the countries with the most fresh water per person:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-countries-with-the-most-water-per-person/
As always, from the whole Team, stay safe.
Tim
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