Call for an even cleaner Hurst!

While we reached record numbers taking part in the annual village clean up, we felt it important to include an extract from an email the Committee recently received from a regular visitor to Hurst:

".. This was my fourth visit to Hinton Road in the past six years and I write to you to express my dismay at the way in which pride in your environment has gone right down since my last visit.

"Imagine my dismay when I found most of your beautiful walking trails and pavements befouled with dog poo, old gear boxes, refrigerators, microwave ovens, stoves, general rubbish and even bags of everyday household garbage. People are using Hurst as a dumping ground and your residents walking their dogs are carrying doggy poo bags for show—not for picking up the poo.

"To say I was disgusted was an understatement. The worst walk was down to the ford. I cannot believe that people can so harm the environment in which they live. Furthermore, I cannot believe that a Council such as yours allows this filth to collect and grow in volume to the extent that it has.

"You need an education programme for your residents and some system whereby the need to dump household appliances by the side of the road is not necessary. Furthermore, you need to do something about cleaning up the mess that is already there.

"I hope that you manage to do something—my next visit to Hurst will be in September. Will I see an improvement? I hope so."

While this may seem hard hitting, it is clear that this particular visitor to our village feels that the environment is being spoiled. The HVS Committee is keen to support the Parish Council in countering any littering and dumping problems and would like to encourage sensible disposal of rubbish and the use of the Parish Council's incident and help lines given above. Let's work together to ensure this visitor's return to Hurst is a more pleasant experience.