Starlings, parish stuff and mobile phones

Love this time of year as autumn creeps in - particularly enjoy the Starlings coming together as they do at this time of year - fortunate that they use a phone line in Bread Street so I can watch them (see photo). A must is to see the hundreds of thousands of them as they congregate together later in the year at Slimbridge - nobody seems to know why - it is the most incredible site to see them wheel and flow like moving clouds or rolling seas into one another before roosting in the trees.

Anyway today has been a day of catching up: various local issues like asking a resident to park in a different place so that a disabled person can gain access to their home better - the resident was more than happy to comply but I am still looking at the matter with Highways to see if something better could be done. Plus a housing issue, lots on the brook, following up on an issue re mobile phone use and local schools, publicity at the local Community shop, numerous emails and phone calls and loads of reading including a wad of Cabinet papers for a meeting next week. Finished the day at a Green party councillors meeting - District, Town and Parish all together - great to share ideas and ways forward - a very positive and constructive meeting.