Kingsway Villagers

Equals Youth Centre in Quedgeley, are running a summer programme for 2008, with events and activities in Quedgeley, Hardwicke and Kingsway.

The Youth Centre runs a regular programme of clubs for teenagers, young people and the disabled (as well as after school clubs and other events).

Their 2008 summer programme is packed with exciting events for young people from the entire Quedgeley Parish, including:

• Sports Days
• Rounders
• Football
• Laser Tag
• “Water Fun”
• Skate Park
• “Police Fun Day”
• Day Trip to Alton Towers

…with food and refreshments including Barbeques, Burger King and KFC.

Full details of all of the events, dates and times etc (plus details of their regular club sessions), are available on our (new) Equals Youth Centre Page.

With the summer holidays already upon us, I’m a little late adding this section… Better late than never though (as my Nan used to say), so here it is - KingsWay KidZ KorRner!

I know we have many younger readers ‘though none have posted yet (big suprise when all us old fogies fill the site with moans and groans about car parking and groups of kids causing problems etc etc)! So I wanted to create a section to publicise events and activities for the younger residents of Kingsway Village.

So - if you’re under 20 and you want to contribute, ask questions or keep in touch with your local friends, please feel free to register and say “Hi”.

If you’d like to use the site for anything in particular, please post your suggestions and requests (as comments) here, and I’ll do my best to help out.

In the meantime, I’m “scouting about” for various activities and events for young people in Kingsway, and will add them asap.

Editors Note: The Kingsway Kidz Korner (”KKK”) has no affiliation with those sad, old racist nutters from the USA
I just thought we would use the acronym for something more mature!

Kingsway travel plan co-ordinator Sarah Fish is organising a Cycling Family Funday to celebrate European Mobility Week on Saturday 20th September.

Plans include a "free bike clinic" (for all ages), to help with minor mechanical problems and a demonstration of short and safe cycling routes (to local shops and Gloucester city).

The event is open - not only to Kingsway residents - but to anybody who wants to join in the fun, see Kingsway and help promote Kingsway’s “Green” Travel Plan.

Cycling Family Funday

More details can be found at www.kingsway-village.co.uk - here.

European Mobility Week (September 16th to 22nd - 2008).

A full week of events dedicated to sustainable mobility will be held in more than 2,000 European cities and towns.
More details can be found at www.mobilityweek-europe.org - here or at their blog - here.

Kingsway’s "Green" Travel Plan

Is designed to promote walking, cycling, public transport and car-sharing and is the reason for the free bike and bus passes (available to every Kingsway household). More details are available - here.

For the past few days I’ve been thinking about life and this estate, and more specifically this blog. I’ve come to a conclusion. The negatives about Kingsway get far more attention than the positives, and - although this is normal - I think a bit of balance may be a good idea.

So how about we take this opportunity to say everything we think is good about our new home?

Mine are:

• My Neighbours are the best I have ever had the luck to live next to, and I really mean that.
• The commuter routes are excellent. I work in Bath and get there in under an hour.
• My house is ace. Big enough for my new family and very comfortable.
• Local Amenities are within touching distance.

So what other positives do people have about Kingsway village?

And please, no negative comments; save them for elsewhere.

Cheers

BD

This post was submitted by Big_dave.

Does anyone else in Kingsway have issues with noisy dogs?

We live near Thatcham Avenue, and there is a dog (Some sort of Husky) that permanently seems to be left on his own and howling.

The other day I thought he was going to jump out of the bedroom window. The poor thing is obviously distressed at being left on his own all day, and I am very distressed by having to listen to it

Is there anything that can be done by law to make the owner train his/her dog to be quiet?

This post was submitted by Salz.