The Mole of Ashbourne.

For years I have been promising anyone who would listen in Ashbourne, that ONE DAY, I would write in the "Stunner" the local Ashbourne News, about my thoughts on how "things" are run. We have a local leisure Centre. It is something of which we should be proud.

It is not.

Simply, and I will I hope expand on this later, it is not run for the community, it is run as a money making excercise. I say excercise, because if it were run as a business, then it would be run completely differently.

I will make some notes here about some of the things I would like to talk about. Actually, to be fair, perhaps I should start by listing the good points about Ashbourne.

Good Point. Things I love about Ashbourne.

Shrovetide football
Fantastic Pubs
Great Music Scene.
Schools second to none.
A set of local shops we do not deserve
Friendly People
Countryside to die for, especially if you mountain bike or Walk
Great fireworks.
Alton Towers nearby

Thats Better, now I feel good.

Here are some of "the Moles" Grumbles:

Leisure centre Changing rooms
Time it took to get a Leisure centre.
Jobs worth Manager
Only 2 of the three squash courts now in use
£6.35 for a squash court (Its Derbyshire, not London!)
Having to pay for car parking at the leisure centre.
A Homebase going up! (We are Ashbourne not Derby!)

So, at last, I have them off my Chest. So to Publish.