{"id":12738,"date":"2023-01-04T14:13:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T13:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12738"},"modified":"2024-08-02T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T10:51:24","slug":"december-report-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12738","title":{"rendered":"December Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1979\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1979\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?fit=593%2C76\" data-orig-size=\"593,76\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"environment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?fit=300%2C38\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?fit=593%2C76\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?resize=593%2C76\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?w=593 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/environment.jpg?resize=300%2C38 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>December Report<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The week were due out in December coincided with icy conditions, so it was decided not to risk a visit to an already overwhelmed A&amp;E unit.<\/p>\n<p>The team have been kept busy with St Mary&#8217;s inviting a member to read at the popular carol service. Gareth sing song obliged as he can read. We had a member assisting with putting up the village Christmas tree and another presenting a Christmas workshop at Westbourne School in Penarth.<\/p>\n<p>There will be some trees to plant in January that were handed out to people as part of a plan by the woodland trust to have a national forest of Wales. If you have a tree to plant just think about how big they are going to be as it can cause disputes in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Weather permitting we hope to meet on the village green at 9.30 on January 9th<\/p>\n<p>At present we are 100% bus pass but keen enough to help keep Wenvoe tidy.<\/p>\n<p>Happy new year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>By the way &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>TREES <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Almost 300 different species of insects can live on mature Oak trees<\/li>\n<li>A mature Oak tree weighs at least 1.5 tonnes<\/li>\n<li>The crown of a mature Beech tree produces enough oxygen to keep 3 people alive<\/li>\n<li>There are at least 600 different species of Oak in the world.<\/li>\n<li>The Oldest tree in Britain is the Fortingall Yew in Scotland \u2013 it is over 4,000 years old!<\/li>\n<li>The tallest tree in Britain is Ossians Douglas Fir in Scotland \u2013 It is 64.6m high.<\/li>\n<li>The Bristle-cone Pines are the oldest trees in the world \u2013 a staggering 8,000 years old. They grow in the Southern Rockies in the USA.<\/li>\n<li>A mature Beech standing alone in the open evapo-rates 75 \u2013 100 gallons of water per day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP December Report The week were due out in December coincided with icy conditions, so it was decided not to risk a visit to an already overwhelmed A&amp;E unit. The team have been kept busy with St Mary&#8217;s inviting a member to read at the popular carol service. Gareth sing song obliged as he can read. We had [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-3js","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14897,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14897","url_meta":{"origin":12738,"position":0},"title":"It Soon Went Bottoms Up","author":"Alan Williams","date":"9th December 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP It Soon Went Bottoms Up What started as a full complement of eager veterans ready to clear the vast amount of detritus from the bottom of Pound Lane, soon went bottoms up. 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