It's been a day of walking - from home up to Court Lane to do some delivery, then up to a Neighbourhood Watch meeting in Oscott. 1pm on a Sunday is probably not the best time to hold the meeting, but there were a fair number of people there. The beat officer was not there - a message came through to say that they had arrested someone and were therefore unable to attend, which I suppose is an occupational hazard. Despite that, it was useful to get an idea of issues on the ground - though it is more focused on Oscott than Kingstanding, some problems (and solutions) are the same everywhere. It does make for an interesting contrast to see how things are handled differently in other wards - I've got an ever growing list of projects I think we could borrow or things I need to find out more about.

Full Council meets this week, with a busy agenda - there are five Scrutiny Reports coming to this meeting, and as it is likely to be the last Council Meeting before a General Election, I'm sure all the Prospective Parliamentary Candidates in the Chamber will be speaking at every turn..well, two of them anyway; a third has yet to prove capable of coherent speech.  I thought getting through the election campaign without smoking would be a challenge - it seems I am to be tested on Tuesday as well..