Even though we’re sitting this one out, please Vote!
How-do Gnomies! R4U has people from all parties and many from none. That is our strength – because we can see from all angles we can try to represent more …read more →
Author: Arfur Gnome
Activist, Hi-Viz Model, Pothole Hunter, Campaigner, Thinker. Community issues are real, views are my gnome.
Saffron Walden Tory MP Shortlist Completed…We think…
Morning Gnomies, Word on the footpath is that we’ll be getting’ ourselves a new MP after the Conservatives decided upon some shufflin’. Me and me fellow gnomes have been sharing …read more →
Brexit-schmexit! National parties have just shown they don’t care about local residents
How-do Gnomies! The allotment is all of a bother this week following the news of the snap general election in June. Just when you think you’ve got all your trowels …read more →
The Uttlesford Christmas Quiz: The Answers!
So how did ye do Gnomies? Here are the answers to this years’ Christmas Quiz, testing the best of local knowledge and Uttlesford obscurity. You can also download a copy …read more →
Uttlesford Strife? Taxpayers fund political messages…
How do Gnomies? Here I was this week, busy wrapping presents and sampling the best local mince pies, when the latest edition of UDC’s glossy ‘Uttlesford Life’ rattled through the …read more →
The signs, they ain’t a-changing…
How do Gnomies? Been a bit quiet on the gnome front, sorry about that. Hip replacement this Spring and what with all the potholes I go clambering in and out …read more →
A Surprise Pothole Fix! #Waitrose #SaffronWalden
Sent to member enquiries at ECC by SW Essex County Councillor John Lodge on March 10th 2016, fearing risk to both human, vehicular and aquatic life…. I have mentioned this …read more →
Walden Highway Hoo-Hah
I’ve been watching the Hoo-Haa going on at the moment about UDC wanting to remove parking from a mile of the Saffron Walden’s roads. Down the allotment, I’ve been asked “how do these things get decided?” and it’s a fair point. …read more →
Forgotten Roads from the South of the District.
Happy Gnome Year! Back in the Autumn I had the pleasure of pottering around the South of the District, and it wasn’t just the glorious display of leaves that I stumbled …read more →
First Frost and we’re cracking up…
How do Gnomies? I’ve been a bit quiet on the gnome front -but only because I’ve been out and about, taking my gnome selfies and checking up on the state …read more →