The Months Fly By

December seems a very long time ago and as Christmas approached my meetings did tail off.  But it's well worth mentioning the community event which is held every year and that's the Lantern Parade.  Very simple idea - make a sort of 'Chinese' lantern with a light inside (non flammable) and walk round the streets allowing them to glow in the dark, with the optional carol sung from time to time.  Albeit only a light flurry, but as if by magic it actually snowed!

And at our last full council meeting before Christmas all got in the spirit of the season wearing suitable attire to raise money for local charities.

January has included all my 'standard' committee meetings bar Audit, and again I attended a Scrutiny Working Group, this time looking at Swansea's roads.  There has been a scheme running for quite a while, whereby the council has promised to deal with potholes within 48 hours of being notified - by officers, councillors, and public alike.  This appears to have worked quite well, still ongoing.

Another meeting of note has to be a 'special' for our Friends of Mayhill Washing 'Lake' and Community Food Garden.  One advantage of forming a constituted group is that we can now apply for grants, and have been successful with one of them.  So we met and had an excellent session to discuss how to progress the food garden, as in how best to make use of the money.  So good to see this coming together.

Les