Ok, first things first. This is NOT the official challock website. You can find that here, and a superb site it is too. However, any official site cannot be seen to "take sides". So, this is my personal view on the village. Who am I? Alan Ovenden. I have lived in the village for most of my life, apart from a few early adult years when I just couldn't afford to. I can be contacted by email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or by phone 01233 740001. I live next to the Post Office at Dunnesk. There. Nobody can say that I hide behind anonymous rants!
As I have got older, I tend to listen more, and hope take a more balanced view on life. The problem with listening is that sometimes you don't like, or agree with things you hear, or sometimes you REALLY like what you hear and want to shout it from the roof tops So. What to do?
No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing, because he could only do a little - Edmund Burke
Maybe nothing that I write will make any difference. But maybe it will stimulate thoughtful debate. Maybe stimulate change. Arghh. I said the word CHANGE. But change is BAD is it not? Change is the only thing that will keep this village from dying.
