As you read this, advance copies of the February Spurtle are already appearing across Broughton like buses whispering over setted potholes in the small hours of the night.
Issue 347, the first of 2025, starts soothingly, like an HGV grinding its gears at 5.30 in the morning, and continues with paused plans and active parents before rapidly sliding downhill.
On Page 2 we have avian bobble-hats, a black cat, bee and prominent Baptist. Gubbed hubs, fresh funds and slow but better explained progress follow.
We bid a fond farewell on Page 3, consider ‘conscious travellers’ and dip a toe into the first year of local baths. News in brief deals with crime, inflation and a mystery disappearance from the World Heritage Site.
Ending, as usual, on the last page, Issue 347 reports possible canine exclusion, celestial pleasures, a new café and a stylish way to ruin the climate in environmentally friendly ways. We conclude with news of a change of scene for the barony’s most famous yucca.
Copies of the Spurtle are available across Broughton and beyond in shops, services, pubs, cafs, libraries and attractive plastic dispensers attached to railings. You can also download a colourful pdf from our website here after midnight tonight.
If you have a story, rumour, image or imaginary friend you think we should know about, contact us at spurtle@hotmail.co.uk. We’re always hungry for news.
