Opponents of the Oxford Congestion Charge:

"No-one will shop in Oxford any more!"

Shoppers:

My primary focus is on helping the Lib Dems to continue winning at every level.

Fellow Lib Dem members: You should have now received an email entitled: "Your chance to vote in the 2025 Internal Federal Elections".

Please do use your vote, and please give me your first preference to help re-elect me to the Fedral Board.

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Current listening :-)

Have fun, though I don't think you are going to have quite as good weather as we had!

This was taken during an early morning walk along the permissive path along the railway from Ruswarp where we were staying.

Not that I want to make you jealous, but here's Staithes from another morning walk that week :-D

Was there a few weeks ago :-D

Mine are doing really well this year. Mix of in the ground, raised beds and pots (as they each perform differently in different years). The raised beds ones are doing best. I do water them though.

May as well get some benefit from climate change!

According to Oxford City Council's survey on their 'Lebensraum' proposal for Local Government Reorganisation, towns including Carteron, Faringdon and Thame appear to have been erased from the county. Many county residents also look to Reading.

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I feel very privileged to have become Deputy Leader of Oxfordshire County Council today.

I attended the Annual Mayor Making in England's longest continually inhabited settlement, Abingdon, last night.

The Parish Church, St. Helen's, was full of people.

The Town Councillors were in their robes, the Mace Bearer bore the Town Mace, and we were greeted by the Abingdon Traditional Morris

Still waking up after a very hectic week.

Extremely grateful to my neighbours for choosing me to represent them on the County Council for the sixth time.

I do love an entirely inconsequential coincidence :-D

They are a great team, working to support young people's well-being in and around Abingdon.

I'm very proud that the Town Council and my own Councillor Priority Fund have been able to support them.

Thanks also to Sophos for providing the venue.

In a break between county council budget sessions. Lovely art from Carterton Community College GCSE students on display at County Hall.