Mayor Dave's Village Tour 2015 Kicks Off this Weekend!
14 Aug 2015
Tomorrow, Saturday 15th August sees Mayor Dave Hodgson's Village Tour 2015 kick off with a series of open street surgeries in rural villages in the north of Bedford Borough. Mayor Dave has held a village tour every summer since he was elected as Mayor in October 2009, during which he holds open street surgeries in villages right across the Borough.
Mayor Dave is of course available to local residents throughout the year, via email, telephone, letter, Borough Hall surgeries and other surgeries and much more. However, the Village Tour is intended to make it as easy as possible for residents right across rural Bedford Borough to speak to him in person about the issues that matter to them.
This year's tour will see Mayor Dave hold street surgeries in 61 different villages, starting at Knotting between 2.30pm and 3pm tomorrow, Saturday 15th August, and concluding in Oakley between 7pm and 7.30pm on Friday 18th September.
Here's Mayor Dave's full Village Tour 2015 itinerary:
| Saturday, August 15, 2015 | 2.30 - 3.00 pm | Knotting | on Melchbourne Road, outside St Margaret of Antioch Church |
| Saturday, August 15, 2015 | 3.15 - 3.45 pm | Melchbourne | on Park Road near junction with Knotting Road |
| Saturday, August 15, 2015 | 4.00 - 4.30 pm | Yelden | on Church Lane |
| Saturday, August 15, 2015 | 4.45 - 5.15 pm | Upper Dean | on the High Street, near the school |
| Saturday, August 15, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Lower Dean | on the High Street near the bridge |
| Saturday, August 15, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Shelton | near the junction at village sign |
| Saturday, August 15, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Swineshead | on the High Street near the Church |
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 3.15 - 3.45 pm | Colmworth | at Church Road, Colmworth, near the church |
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 4.00 - 4.30 pm | Little Staughton | at Gray's Grove off the High Street |
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 4.45 - 5.15 pm | Keysoe Row | Keysoe Row East - near Kymbrook Lower School |
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Keysoe | Near the War Memorial at crossroads of Mill Hill, Wybridge, Church Road |
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Pertenhall | Swineshead Road near Village Hall |
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Riseley | on High Street near Gold Street |
| Sunday, August 23, 2015 | 3.15 - 3.45 pm | Bolnhurst | Near the junction of Kimbolton Road and School Lane |
| Sunday, August 23, 2015 | 4.00 - 4.30 pm | Thurleigh | Outside Village Hall, High Street |
| Sunday, August 23, 2015 | 4.45 - 5.15 pm | Bletsoe | at the layby at junction of St Mary's Close and The Avenue outside St Mary's Church. |
| Sunday, August 23, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Milton Ernest | on Radwell Road near Huntsmans Way |
| Sunday, August 23, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Radwell | Nr Notice Board, junction of Felmersham Road & Radwell Road |
| Sunday, August 23, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Felmersham | at the junction of High Road and Church End |
| Thursday, August 27, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Sharnbrook | at the junction of Church Lane and High Street |
| Thursday, August 27, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Souldrop | on the green at the junction of the High Street and Chapel Lane |
| Thursday, August 27, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Wymington | on Church Lane, outside Memorial Hall next to St Lawrence Church |
| Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 2.30 - 3.00 pm | Turvey | Carlton Road, near the Church |
| Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 3.15 - 3.45 pm | Carlton | at The Moor, Carlton, near the school |
| Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 4.00 - 4.30 pm | Harrold | on the High Street by The Green |
| Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 4.45 - 5.15 pm | Odell | at the green on the High Street |
| Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Podington | on the High Street outside St. Mary the Virgin Church |
| Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Hinwick | by the phonebox & post box |
| Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Farndish | by the Church on Wollaston Road |
| Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 2.30 - 3.00 pm | Honeydon | by Parish notice board, Nr The Chestnuts |
| Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 3.15 - 3.45 pm | Staploe | Near Parish Notice Board on the main road |
| Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 4.00 - 4.30 pm | Duloe | Near Village Hall, Woodhouse Lane |
| Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 4.45 - 5.15 pm | Chawston | on Colesden Road, Roxton Road, Chawston Lane crossroads by the parish noticeboard |
| Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Colesden | Parish Notice Board on Colesden Road |
| Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Wyboston | Rookery Road near junction with Swallowfield |
| Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Roxton | at the High Street junction with Hills Close |
| Monday, August 31, 2015 | 4.45 - 5.15 pm | Great Denham | near junction of Mercia Road and Greenkeepers Road |
| Monday, August 31, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Biddenham | near the War Memorial on the main road |
| Monday, August 31, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Bromham | Stagsden Road near Quenby Way |
| Monday, August 31, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Stagsden | on the High Street, near The Royal George |
| Wednesday, September 02, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Renhold | Near junction of Hookhams Lane and Home Close |
| Wednesday, September 02, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Ravensden | outside All Saints Church |
| Wednesday, September 02, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Wilden | on the High Street near the pub |
| Friday, September 04, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Great Barford | at the junction of Chapel Field and Bedford Road opposite Mirrorspan |
| Friday, September 04, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Willington | on Church Road, near the Village Hall |
| Friday, September 04, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Cople | at the junction of Grange Lane and Willington Road |
| Saturday, September 12, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Cotton End | in the layby at the top of Wood Lane |
| Saturday, September 12, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Shortstown | near the shops on South Drive |
| Saturday, September 12, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Cardington | at The Green |
| Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 6.00 - 6.30 pm | Kempston Rural | Near junction of Ridge Road & Ibbett Close |
| Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Clapham | at the shopping parade on the High Street |
| Tuesday, September 15, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Wilstead | at the junction of Whitworth Way and Cotton End Road |
| Tuesday, September 15, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Wixams | Nr Lakeview Lower School |
| Tuesday, September 15, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Elstow | Outside the old Swan pub. |
| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Kempston Hardwick | |
| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Stewartby | Outside Village Hall |
| Thursday, September 17, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Wootton | Lorraine Road, near the Library |
| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 5.30 - 6.00 pm | Stevington | at the Church Road junction with Park Road |
| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 6.15 - 6.45 pm | Pavenham | by the junction of the High Street and Weavers Lane |
| Friday, September 18, 2015 | 7.00 - 7.30 pm | Oakley | at the junction of Reynes Drive and Station Road |