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Julie Voyce is the editor of both the Buckinghamshire Advertiser and Buckinghamshire Examiner along with the Beaconsfield and Amersham editions. Here she shares her observations of life in the Chilterns and South Bucks.

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July 2007 Archives

Seasides and cricket

Posted by Julie Voyce on July 23, 2007 4:15 PM

I could hardly believe it when I saw the newspapers today. It looks as if the country is underwater, but I have been blissfully unaware. You see I decided to take a trip to Brighton on Saturday to spend the weekend with a friend. I arrived to beautiful sunshine so we headed to the beach where we spent the rest of the day. No evening news for me, a trip to the pub meant I didn't see any television all day.
Usually I get the newspapers on a Sunday and head back to bed to have a good read, but as I was away and the sun was shining once more we decided to head to the marina for coffee and then a bit of shopping. As it was so hot we decided to spend the afternoon on the beach again. I even had an ice cream for the first time this summer. Eventually I had to pack up my blanket and head home at about 7pm.
It was only when I arrived back in Chesham, with sunburnt cheeks, that I realised how lucky I have been. My partner was still angry at the fact his afternoon of cricket had been rained off again. I thought he was joking but apparently the pitch was waterlogged. It didn't improve his mood when I smugly described my day.
Still, if you choose cricket over a weekend away at the seaside it's only fair the weather makes you pay!

Road rage

Posted by Julie Voyce on July 18, 2007 10:17 AM

Travelling to Chalfont St Peter every day I have managed to find some pretty adventurous routes to get me here avoiding the traffic and the main roads. This morning's journey has left me absolutely livid. One of the roads I use is single track in places with passing points. As I was driving up the road I could see a huge 4x4 thing hurtling towards me, obviously it had mum and her brood in it probably taking the five minute journey to school which could easily be walked, but hey ho. Anyway I couldn't believe it when the driver didn't want to pull into the passing point as it had a huge puddle and was very muddy. Now remember she has a 4x4, an off road vehicle meant for getting muddy and tackling the countryside. Instead little old me in my Astra hatchback was forced to drive half way up the verge and into a hedge just so she could avoid a trip to the car wash. I was furious and if I hadn't of been doing such a tricky bit of driving I would certainly have raised a fist of disapproval in her direction. It's enough to bring on road rage.

Weather warning

Posted by Julie Voyce on July 17, 2007 3:47 PM

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It's so depressing, I've just done the weather for ths week's papers and the pictures I have had to choose are of thunder and lightning. According to the website I use to get the weather information from we are in for thunder and rain on Friday, light rain on Saturday and rain on Sunday. Well that's something to look forward to isn't it. It's getting beyond a joke the weather situation, when is summer going to begin?

Become a friend

Posted by Julie Voyce on July 17, 2007 9:52 AM

Last night I met up with Michael Rowan, Javad Malik and Phil Folly from the Friends of Lowndes Park to discuss how things are progressing for the group.
The Friends are in the process of putting together a lottery bid to secure money to help with the development of the park, including new play equipment and hopefully a park ranger.
So far the group has about 80 members, but it hopes that more than 100 will join. At only £5 per household I think everyone who uses the park should sign up so that we can ensure it has a prosperous future.
Whenever I speak to people about what they like about Chesham the park is always near the top of the list.
I was really impressed at the dedication of the group and the ideas they have for it's use in the future, including more culturally diverse projects such as Chinese New Year celebrations.
If you would like to become a friend simply send a cheque made payable to Friends of Lowndes Park for £5 to treasurer Phil Folly at 16 Essex Road, Chesham, Bucks HP5 3HZ.
You an be as active a member as you like, but even if you just want to join to show your support and then not take part in events it really will help.
I've signed the Examiner up as a corporate member which is £20 and encourage other businesses to do the same.

Auntie Julie

Posted by Julie Voyce on July 9, 2007 12:44 PM

On Friday I thought I was in for a dull weekend. If the weather was nice I thought I might potter in the garden which has gone a bit mad with all this rain, maybe head to the shops and that would be about it.
Instead I ended up in Manchester after a call at 6.30am on Saturday informed me of the arrival of my new niece, Sophie Ella. She was born at 3.03am on 07.07.07, so that will hopefully bring her lots of luck. After talking to my sister for a few minutes I went to go back to bed, but there was no way I could sleep, I was too excited! Instead I decided to have a quick shower and head north.
There is nothing like the arrival of a baby into the world to help get everything into perspective. Suddenly nothing else seems to really matter, as long as the little person is healthy. We spent the weekend smiling at the 6lb little bundle and taking pictures. It's great being an auntie, I got to leave just as it was nappy changing time!

White van man strikes again

Posted by Julie Voyce on July 4, 2007 4:26 PM

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You may remember back in May I posted a blog about the fact I had received a letter demanding £100 as I had, allegedly, not paid a penalty charge notice.
Well I am happy to report that two months later I have recevied a letter confirming my innocence.
I failed in my first appeal which really annoyed me as I knew I hadn't been anywhere near London on the day they said and I certainly hadn't parked illegaly. Eventually after several phone calls I finally got Westminster Council to tell me what car the ticket had been put on. A white van they said. Me, a white van man, I don't think so. They clearly had the wrong person. But that wasn't the end of it. I still had to go through another appeal wasting more of my time and then had to wait nearly another month to be told everything was ok. No apology though - that would be too much to ask.

This page contains an archive of all entries posted to Julie Voyce Blog : Editor - Buckinghamshire Advertiser & Buckinghamshire Examiner in the July 2007. They are listed from oldest to newest.

June 2007 is the previous archive.August 2007 is the next archive.

Many more can be found on the home page or by looking through the archives.