Four Thousand Holes

The Beatles sang about four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire, enough to fill the Albert Hall. Well it's still a bit like that in many places around Lancashire however since 1967, when the Beatles first published the song, things have improved. Perhaps in Blackburn they could now fill St George's Hall and in Chorley, the Little Theatre. I do spend an amount of my time reporting roads that need fixing, generally using FixMyStreet.com as that directs the report to the correct place.

This week has been reasonably busy, having attended the Parish Council meetings in Heskin, Charnock Richard and Coppull, prayers were offered at Charnock Richard and Coppull and hopefully the decision, today, to make praying illegal at meetings such as these, in a Christian Country, will not change this. Amongst other things, I asked Charnock Richard Parish Council to consider applying for a grant to plant trees around the village (Forestry Commission Big Tree Plant), which will compliment the work I am doing with the school to renovate their Woodland Garden. I advised Heskin Parish Council on the recent thefts from cars in the village and Coppull Parish Council on a site visit I had, with Lancashire County Council, at Chisnall Hall Colliery regarding the planting of a community woodland. Chorley Borough Council Development Control meeting took place on Tuesday and saw 9 applications to be decided upon, two of which require a site visit at the end of February. I make the effort to visit each site before the Development Control meetings but do find the formal site visits useful.

On Tuesday I took a day off work to attend a Social Media Conference at the Gujarat Hindu Centre, Preston, with two excellent speakers, Euan Semple and Mahroof Hussain, if anyone gets the opportunity to see either of these then do so.

Sad news this week as our rabbit, George, died. He was buried in the garden at the side of his run during a brief ceremony when Roxanne said a short prayer. Speaking of Roxanne, it was her parents' consultation evening this week, at which we were greeted by the school choir singing in the reception area and Roxanne's smiling face on the front row. Roxanne is progressing well and all thanks to Mrs Calvert who, I believe, is being an inspiration to our daughter. Baby Frank is putting on weight and we have sent out the invitations for his Christening.

I am going to see some people tomorrow regarding parking in Heskin and will spend some time around Charnock Richard and Coppull West, as I do each week. I am taking two days off work next week in an effort to compliment my efforts in promoting the NHS Bowel Screening Campaign, by attending training as a Health Champion, just hope I pass the exam.