Much as I try to be successful with veggies other than leeks, onions and herbs, I’ve not yet managed to be as successful as I’d like to be. My beetroot, after cooking it for two hours, peeled too woody to eat! On the other hand, my gardening time is limited to the odd hour here and there. This week’s activities has ranged from a community garden plan that’s going far too slow for residents to bare, casework about a resident who feeds pigeons in her garden with imagined results for other residents and their homes and gardens, a community regeneration meeting, advice to residents about school places appeals and a hatchling plan about cycling route improvements. Wilf’s 70th birthday afternoon tea party on Saturday was super. He also likes the tankard we bought him, engraved with:

Mayor Wilf
A Special Local Liberal.

He did ask why we hadn’t put ‘A Special Local Liberal Democrat’ but I pointed out that as its £2 a letter for engraving, we had to fit within budget! And he was a Liberal – not SDP member on merger! Anyway, we enjoyed a super afternoon with his family and friends. It was good to be able to relax and catch-up with people.

Today Andrew and I visited a resident about a neighbour’s planning application and I wriggled out of leafleting due to a poorly foot!