As you read this, advance copies of the July Spurtle have already alighted on local shelves like fleas bagging sunbeds on a hedgehog on holiday.
Issue 352 begins with plans for more youth in places unaccustomed to it, a flawed urban design where you risk getting flattened, and a patient man for whose strained relationship with India ink we should all be grateful.
On Page 2 we carry reports of money owed, mixed news for birds, and an unconscionable concession to unruly schoolboys. Also agitprop, unsolicited freebies, and an appalling assault.
Things get cheerier on Page 3 as we consider improved funds, a bad bright idea, an exchange of views and odd things not to put in machines instead of money.
For those who like confusion, controversy, new challenges for joy riders and fresh ways to be irritated by the Spurtle, look no further than Page 4.
In short, the new issue contains 95 percent of all the things you need to know about Broughton with the boring bits and the important stuff we didn’t have time to squeeze in left out. And what’s more, it doubles as a convenient sombrero/Sou’wester.
You can pick up your printed copy in shops, pubs, libraries and services across the barony and beyond, or download a colourful e-version – ideal for the e-beach or Zoom-BBQ – from our website HERE tomorrow.
