{"id":14838,"date":"2024-11-22T00:48:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T23:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14838"},"modified":"2024-11-22T00:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T23:51:46","slug":"a-new-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14838","title":{"rendered":"A New Recruit"},"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-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><em><strong>A New Recruit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We as a team are happy to announce a new recruit. Martin, son of long-term member Ieuan (pictured), joined in the tidying of the village green in preparation for remembrance Sunday. As with all our team they come with an Achilles heel. Martin being a bicyclist has more than one. This restricts his ability to communicate unless he&#8217;s riding two abreast down the middle of a road. He wouldn&#8217;t have his picture taken unless he was stood by someone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14789\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14789\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14789\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5.png?fit=500%2C435\" data-orig-size=\"500,435\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picture5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5.png?fit=300%2C261\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5.png?fit=500%2C435\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14789\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5.png?resize=500%2C435\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5.png?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture5.png?resize=300%2C261 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that we have two members below seventy, our insurance allows us to work 500 metres from a defibrillator instead of 50.<\/p>\n<p>Our main source of inspiration, Gareth, turned up late with an excuse that was so unbelievable, we can&#8217;t repeat. But his arrest is imminent.<\/p>\n<p>The good men which may not include Gareth, will meet at the triangle of Pound Lane on Remembrance Day. We will remember them<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP A New Recruit &nbsp; We as a team are happy to announce a new recruit. Martin, son of long-term member Ieuan (pictured), joined in the tidying of the village green in preparation for remembrance Sunday. As with all our team they come with an Achilles heel. Martin being a bicyclist has more than one. This restricts his [&#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-3Rk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14714,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14714","url_meta":{"origin":14838,"position":0},"title":"Plans To Recruit Pillars Of Society","author":"Alan Williams","date":"2nd October 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP Plans To Recruit Pillars Of Society While on a routine cleaning up of Clos Llanfair. 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