Here we are again. My colleagues and I are in agreement that the every other month editions, along with the flexible printing/delivery times are working well and have taken a bit of the pressure off those that put the magazine together.

We are offering another full (but not quite as full as the last one!) magazine with some interesting and useful articles I think you will agree. We are always looking for stories and articles so if you would like to submit anything you feel like sharing with our readers, then please send them through to editor@theheron.info. Ideas are always welcome.

If you are eligible, please put the Over 65s Lunch date (page 2) in your diary and there are a few other things coming up in and around the surrounding area (see page 8 for What’s On).

We have a couple of appeals for help this month. Firstly, there is a request for feedback on infrastructure which has had barely any response, if any at all. Now I’m probably as guilty as most, having not given any feedback because I reckon most things run pretty smoothly around the village and surrounding areas most of the time. However, it was pointed out at the Parish Council meeting that “infrastructure” includes the mobile phone signal, and I am assuming that I’m in the majority here that the mobile phone signal is patchy at best. So if you want to see any improvement, then you need to make sure you are heard, and give feedback. The details are on page 16.

The second appeal is for time, and not money, and that’s to help with the organisation of restoring the church. Whether you are religious or not, the church is a big feature of the village (and of course, is why it is named as it is), and it would be tragic to see it disappear in the future when there is potentially lottery funding to pay for it – but we need people to help organise. Again, the details are in the magazine on page 16.

Big news – we have a bus service. This started on 11th January, and is “on demand” so it’s a sort of cross between a taxi and a bus service, with a maximum price of £2 per person (free if you are a pensioner with a bus pass) and it’s for travel within the area shown on the map (along with further details) on page 15. The one drawback is that it doesn’t cross into Norfolk, so doesn’t cover journeys to the Upwell Health Centre – while you are mentioning the mobile phone signal in the infrastructure feedback, perhaps it’s worth mentioning public transport links to NHS services.

And finally, we would like to say a huge thank you to Annie Nason, who is giving up being Delivery Manager. Annie has been with the magazine for nearly 5 years and has been an invaluable help to us