Taking Out The Trash

Country File

Forget The Archers, this is how it really is in the country.

Total Politics

Spoke with the charming Shane Greer from Total Politics this morning and I will be posting regularly on their local government weblog.

There are some impressive contributors to that section so hope my parish council view can punch its weight. I'll cross-link between there and here (I'm sure there is a technically more accurate term for that) so you can judge for yourself.

What's the point of The Observer?

It's been a habit for so long that I rarely question it .... but do I really get £1.90-worth of read from The Observer?
The Sunday Times isn't an option (I wouldn't believe half the things I read) and The Independent on Sunday just doesn't have the meat.
I think this book may have given me the last bit of evidence I need to convince me that I can survive Sundays without half a forest littering my living room floor.

Transition Colerne

Saturday morning saw ecolerne host a meeting about Transition Towns.
Attendance was OK, but it was as much for the committed as for those who knew nothing about transition ideas.
The film End of Suburbia went well, although I was chatting and flitting about so much I barely caught any of it. The creche also worked well.
If I'm honest, I'd hoped numbers would be greater, but as the transition people say:

"However many people turn up for the meeting is the right number."

Which is a good, Zen-like motto to organise by.
Thanks to Paula from Transition Bath for speaking and sourcing the film.