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Pushing Pedals: From Potholes To Positions And What’s Enough Room To Overtake?

Continuing our monthly column on local cycling by the Guildford Bicycle User Group (G-BUG). Its vision is to make cycling in Guildford safer, more convenient and fun. Members share a…

XX Notes: Guildford Shops Are Mostly Dog Friendly

Maria Rayner‘s observational column from a woman’s perspective… Money, phone, keys, mask, poo bags… the list of shopping trip essentials has grown as the lockdown puppy trend reaches the high…

Opinion: The Real Problem With Our Housing Supply

By Niels Laub retired architect I am a little tired of hearing about the need to build 300,000 dwellings per year to increase the affordability of housing. The government has…

The Dragon Says: Wisley Garden Village Bid Investigation – Where is the Accountability?

Things went very wrong but no one can be blamed. The council was misled but nothing need be done. The council was brought into disrepute but “…the issues raised do…

The Worplesdon Witness June 2021

Jan Messinger with her monthly round-up of news from the parish of Worplesdon. Sime Gallery re-opens The Sime Gallery at Worplesdon Memorial Hall reopened on Sunday, May 23, with a visit…

Comment: The Conservative Label, For Me, Was Fatal

By Julie Iles The former Conservative county councillor for The Horsleys is to write occasional articles for The Dragon based on her extensive experience in local politics and party political…

XX Notes: The Dentist, The Pointless Man and A Cunning Trap

Maria Rayner‘s observational column from a woman’s perspective… Getting a dentist’s appointment, it’s a joke right? Perhaps that is what provoked my dentist’s attempt at humour about the weather that…

Ash Aspect: The Ash and Tongham Housing Boom – Enough is Enough

By David Reading For years, people have complained that Ash and Tongham would seem to be the borough’s “dumping ground” for new housing developments. Twenty-five years ago about 50 people…

Effingham Eye: Parish Holds A Discussion, Developer’s Green Light, Verges’ Mow Is A No-No, Wildlife In Focus

Chris Dick, Guildford Mayor’s Award winner 2021 for services to the community through journalism, offers his personal views on new arrangements for parish meetings, an access road takes form and verges gain some…

Pushing Pedals: For Half-Term Fun, Test Cycle Your School Run

This is a monthly column on local cycling by the Guildford Bicycle User Group (G-BUG). Their vision is to make cycling in Guildford safer, more convenient and fun. Members share…