It's a slow but steady climb to 62,000 this weekend and hopefully there are still plenty more people who would like to sign.

On 23rd September, the speed bot was in action over night and there were 38 speeders travelling at speeds between 49 mph and 62 mph at dusk, during the night, and at dawn. That doesn't sound very many but it should be borne in mind that the speed bot has been 'tweaked' so that it now only records those phones which are actually being used as a sat nav and the actual speed recorded by that device. Therefore it is no longer recording the average speed of phones (inside vehicles) that are averaging above the speed limit between two set points, those that haven't got GPS on at all, and those where people don't have a phone. 

As the owner of the site says, "There are still shit loads of people speeding all over the Forest" as most of them know their way about and will not need their sat nav on just to go across Roger Penny Way (B3078). This is also backed up by police figures which regularly show at least fifty speeders within a one hour speed check when they are stationed in full view of the traffic. 

The Horse and Hound Magazine repeated their on-line article in their magazine but otherwise it has been quiet in the media this week. The next 'big event' will be the council meeting on 11th October.

I have still not received responses from Donna Jones, the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner, nor Steve Avery the CEO of The New Forest National Park Authority. 

The New Forest Association has set up what they are trying to resist calling "Bye-law bingo" whereby people can report all kinds of breaches of the byelaws including poor driving. 

Since last week I believe that two donkeys have been killed - one on the B3078 and another pony has been hit and injured in the Hilltop area (discovered with injuries so exact whereabouts of collision not known). 

Photo: a long stretch