In the news this weekend:
'BinGate'
In the run-up to Christmas, Carry On Langport is launching a new competition to brighten up those autumn and winter days.
Anyone who can find a dog poo bin on Cocklemoor or along the river to Black Bridge is asked to post its location on social media, inform Royal Ordnance Survey and - if you've got a Ouija Board - tell Barbara Woodhouse.
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'Scaffold Racing'
With scaffold currently stretching along and up the wall of one of Langport's oldest row of houses on Cheapside, triggering yet more traffic lights in the town centre, a young man coming from the river bridge direction won himself a national driving award yesterday [Fri].
On seeing the lights change to red just as he approached the town hall, the 22 year-old put his foot down, swung right in to the car park precinct, veered left around the back of the library, sped up Whatley and rejoined traffic on the main road in less than 30 seconds.
"I even had time to wind the window down and pick up a Korma down the side of the Arms" he told reporters.
"I could've been even quicker" he added, "but I stopped to help an illegal immigrant off the hotel roof after staff there took the ladder away last month"
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Railway Bridge Complaints
The number of complaints about the position of one of the height restriction signs on Langport's newly done-up railway bridge is reportedly growing.
The round sticker on the Avenue side is perfectly placed in the middle of the side of the bridge but on the other side it is not, by several feet.
At least 5 people whose daily commute takes them under the bridge have told Network Rail that they can't sleep at night and one was found on Tuesday night climbing the bridge with a wall-paper scraper.
There are no further details.
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Halloween Night
With Halloween Night over and done with for another year, we hope it all went smoothly for the kids, their parents and the homes they visited.
A few newsworthy incidents did indeed take place.
Knocking on the door of the abandoned shop opposite Fosters Newsagent & Post Office, several children were asked if they minded coming in and helping with the paint work.
A family calling in at a riverside cafe last night were delighted to be offered hot drinks and food....the hot chocolate came at 20 past 7, the teacakes arrived at 20 to 8.
And at the Hanging Chapel every youngster who called in yesterday got a crate of kippers and an inflatable doll.
"We over ordered again" said a spokesman.
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Finally...
What NOT to say to a local fisherman
A couple of local fisherman have asked us to put out a reminder to river rowers - amateurs, professionals - maybe even some of the people who use the club down at Black Bridge.
When a lot of you are planning to be out on the water together - perhaps for some sort of timed-event, you absolutely cannot tell a fisherman turning up with his kit that "you can't fish round here this morning - it's gonna be busy"
Fisherman pay a licence fee to use the public river banks marked out on the above map.
Rowers, paddleboarders, swimmers - welcome as you are to use our river - you pay the public purse diddly squat for the pleasure - fisherman hand over £56 a year.
Just saying.
We also cannot be held reponsible for the tirade of abuse you are very likely to receive if you try to tell a local fisherman any different.
[in fact - it's already happened at least once but we couldn't possibly repeat the language used on that occasion - funny though]
That's your main bulletin this weekend folks, thanks for the contributions and visit us again soon!
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