There have been two meetings of the Management Committee, both of which missed, unfortunately, the Marlpit deadline but, nonetheless, there has been activity concerning Commons maintenance.

Malcolm Robson has resigned from the position of Clerk to the Committee and was formally thanked for his service to the Management Committee. Mrs Barbara Elvy has agreed to fill this vacancy and this edition of the Marlpit has the address and telephone information on the back page directory of the magazine.

The Commons boundaries are to be marked with set boundary stones to be placed in accordance with the Land Registry map to clarify the position for all concerned with the Commons and a seat is in the process of being repaired ready for re-siting. Cracked it!! We hope! The resurfacing of the Car Park in the Lower Common seems to be holding well and it was agreed to make a well obscured storage area for a limited amount of aggregate so that regular maintenance can continue.

The car park on the Upper Common is currently being used by Highway contractors solely during the period of the current road works - the chairman agreed this in the interests of road safety for the village with the contractor agreeing to level off the surface when they have completed the contract. However, this does not deal with the problem of the van parked without permission on private land and now having been vandalised.