{"id":17040,"date":"2026-05-01T08:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=17040"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:23:20","slug":"he-was-in-deep-poo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=17040","title":{"rendered":"He Was In Deep Poo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT GROUP<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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He Was In Deep Poo<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The team were joined by new member Steve this month, who insisted on being in the front as he was a good sight younger than the rest of them.<\/p>\n

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It didn’t take long before he realised that a big part of our efforts was to keep Shady out of harm\u2019s way. As the lads started clearing the border in front of the Community Centre, we were made aware of a fracas near to the shop where Shady had been litter picking. He had picked on a van load of pothole repair men who had parked too close to a corner and to compound matters one of the gang threw a cigarette butt out of the vehicle which sent Shady into a rage. One on one with a road worker he didn’t stand a chance, one against a van load meant he was in deep poo. By the time we reached him the gang had run their roller over Shady. Tony, our first responder, analysed that Shady wasn\u2019t looking great and suggested that we get the defibrillator from the Community Centre. Ieuan thought a foot pump would be a better course of action. To diffuse the\u00a0situation Martin scraped him up off the floor and we took him to his home.<\/p>\n

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Sue wouldn’t answer so we folded him up and slipped him under the door. When she realised what had happened and opened the door, only to say that he was a resilient fellow and this had happened be-fore and once she had straightened him out, he would be as good as new.<\/p>\n

We have eventful times when out and about. Our next sortie will be outside Shady’s house, where people have filled what they thought was a skip, when it was in fact Mike\u2019s car and he’d only stopped there to cut the grass (take the hint Mike T).<\/p>\n

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When you offer your services free of charge to a group or charity, you\u2019re not looking for thanks. You just want to help. There are no contracts to sign or set hours, you just want to do your best. Well think again!! There are a bunch of nature lovers who won’t take any excuse you may have, as a reason for not helping, if you said you would.<\/p>\n

This poor chap tried in vain to retract from his task. He had a sick note, but that did no good. They sent around their special team, to persuade him to cooperate. He nearly got away…but no-one escapes!<\/p>\n

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