Wednesday 11 November is the day that the Mobile Hearing Clinic comes to the Market Place, meaning that two spaces need to be set aside, the other one being for the Reepham Rover as usual. However, we have now been told that a large Radio Norfolk vehicle will also be present for the first half of the morning and will require additional space as well. So there will be even fewer parking spaces than usual,from 6.00 up until about 9.30 or so.
Norwich Road, Reepham, has been re-opened, the works having finished early.
However, Sanders Coaches have just emailed to say their buses will be operating from the fire station until 7 November. This may change, so check direct with them.
Nofolk County Council Highways have announced that the through route Market Place-Church Hill-Norwich Road will be closed during the week 2-7 November for installation of bollards.
However, Market Place will still be open for access and parking; Church Hill will be open for access as far as Ollands Road; Norwich Road will be open for access from Bircham Road to Rococo Loco, but note there is no turning space after Bircham Road.
Vodafone have informed us at short notice that on Tuesday 27th they will be installing equipment behind the Country Cottages building in the Market Place. This wll necessitate large lifting gear that will block the roadway outside the former bank, so some parking spaces may also be unavailable. Plese take very great care particularly if turning left from the Townsend Corner direction.
The funeral of Mr Spicer will take place at St Mary's Reepham on Friday 23 October at 3 pm. Drivers please be aware of possible congestion in Market Place/Church Hill from 2.30 pm. The service will be followed by a cremation so there will be no traffic issues at the cemetery.
The funeral of Pamela Read will be held at St Mary's Reepham on Monday 19 October at 11 am; further details from Ivan Fisher Funeral Homes. Drivers should take care of risk of congestion in Market Place/Church Hill from 10.30 am onwards, and outside the cemetery in Whitwell Road around midday.
Guppy and Rupan Kular of Mott's Pharmacy, Reepham, invite friends, acquaintances and residents to meet their new baby Anaya at the Bircham Centre, Market Place, Reepham, on Thursday 22 October from 11.30 am – 12.30 pm.
Footpath from Cawston Road opposite Orchard Lane to Wood Dalling Road opposite Worlds End Lane is made hazardous at present (5 October, 10.30 am) by construction of a new fence - posts lie across path, there are hidden post holes, no warning signs. The path is accessible with extreme caution. Salle Farms are investigating...
The Autumn Fayre for the Patients Association/Surgery that was to have been held on 12 September on Stimpson's Piece has been postponed until a later date.
So now you have no excuse for not watching the cycle race and going into St Michael's to get your refreshments.