Tuesday 18th June 13

I got up early, so I could deliver food to The Stables and distribute WNBR flyers.  So I had breakfast and soon got busy on the computer.  I had to sign in to facebook and found a warning... the picture I'd used for the YWNBR event page had been deemed to be in breach of facebook standards, as if you look REALLY closely, you can see a cyclist's penis. So, I was on a 24 hour ban, unable to post anything.

I  took the food which is being taken onto Botton, and as soon as I'd delivered that, cycled up to the station as my gears were playing up, and Ash placed his magic hands on them and I think they work perfectly again.  I flyered bikes at the Station, Blake St, Petergate, Parliament St and Piccadilly before coming home.

I was able to do other things on the computer other than facebook, and I did quite a bit of work, learning how to do DropBox, and transferring the sustyork2013 email contacts into a document and then into a shared DropBox folder, and also completing the minutes from last night's meeting and wrote a brief update to send out to the YiT contacts.

I did manage to get into the garden later in the afternoon, and did a fair amount of shredding and pruning, cutting down some ivy to allow more light into the top garden.

So, a productive day.

Tuesday 4th June 13

Another busy day, sorting lots of stuff in the front garden so we can put in a big planter made from a pallet with sides.  Gill and I modified this by putting on two half pallets on the front and back to clad it, using No Nails glue and... nails!

I chainsawed up and split some remaining logs including some big 'rounds' which have been sitting there for quite a while. I stacked them in the back garden behind the willow tree.  I also weeded ground elder from the raspberry bed and did a little bit of compost management.

As it was very hot outside, I did some stuff inside, including an hour of preparing toilet roll tubes by cutting one end with a series of 1cm cuts and folding them in to make cardboard pots, and planting them up with pea beans.  I soaked a load a few days ago and have had a surprising germination rate.  I'll be able to take some to the seedling swap, and give a few to my parents and Cookie. 

Mid afternoon there was a delivery of a box of York World Naked Bike Ride 2013 leaflets which was exciting as I hadn't seen them... they were a gift from Peter Birkett, who's also paying for the banner to be made. This means that tomorrow I'll have to do a load of deliveries.....

Monday 29th April 13

A full day; starting with a meeting with Edwina and Nick, about a new project they'd like me to help with. This was 11.30 til 1.15 at the Bar Convent, and I then bombed down to Fishergate to attend the meeting with the Police and Council about the 2013 York World Naked Bike Ride.

We discussed the route and the Police policy this year, and went through the junctions they'll be at to look after. They both wanted the start time to be changed from 5pm to 6pm for safety reasons.

Then I visited Get Cycling

Then Ola

And soon after I got home, out again to go and hear Professor David Nutt speak. 

Thursday 28th February 13

A good day, with a visit to a shop with my friend who's bank card I'm looking after at around lunchtime, and then mid-afternoon I did 3 hours DEFRA door-knocking. Really enjoyed this.

I headed off to town to get to the Friends Meeting House by 7pm for the followup meeting to 'Towards a Sustainable York 2013' which was due to start at 7.30. 18 other people attended which was a really good turnout.

I co-chaired with Lyndsey, all sitting in a circle. Everyone introduced themselves, just briefly... and then we recapped the different subjects which emerged from the meeting in January.  These were the York Green Network or Hub, a Vision and Future for York in Transition, Creating a Bee-Friendly York, Local Carbon Capture - biochar, Renewable Energy, Community Agroforestry Gardens, i-Travel York, Wellbeing in York and there was a late addition to the topics, Creating a Plastic Waste sculpture.

Lyndsey facilitated a voting system for these to decide the most popular. This resulted in 3 groups, the networking one, the wellbeing one, and a conglomerate of 3 groups, which we renamed the growing group. We had about 45 minutes discussion time and then regrouped to share our next steps.  The most advanced group, it seemed, was the Wellbeing group which had laid plans for a Wellbeing Festival, and several other events and actions.

Some of us then went to the Last Drop Inn, where although it was noisy, some good conversations were had.

Friday 8th February 2013

Up fairly early and went to the Thomas's Bakery on Tang Hall Lane to get some cheapo Yesterbake bread, and then I went into the Co-op to get a load of soya milk, and I was surprised to see Hugh Bayley, our MP, and Councillor Neil Barnes, our Ward Councillor.  They were there to officially open the new Post Office in the Co-op.

I chatted with Hugh for a while and he asked me if I'd help with a photo.  I joked that I'd be delighted to be in a photo with him just as long as no-one photoshopped a Labour Party badge onto me!  He gently explained that he'd like me to take a photo of him and Neil, so I did a series of snaps for them, next to the new counter.

A couple of minutes later I had another joke with him about him being up a ladder pretending to put the Post Office sign up on the wall.  I mentioned the DEFRA work I was doing with St Nicks and he was interested.

I then went to St Nicks to take all my filled-in forms in, and ask about continuing, and was given a form with all the roads yet to be done. There's still quite a bit of work to do.

I didn't feel like doing any door-to-door today as I wanted to do some more wooding, and I had a busy and enjoyable outdoor day.

Saturday 26th January 13 Towards a Sustainable York 2013

Up early so I could be at Priory St by 9.15.... in deep snow! 

Monday 21st January 13

A quiet day mostly inside, helped by cold weather. However, I did go to the 'Towards a Sustainable York 2013' planning meeting at 11.30, and after that, to Alligator to get supplies and compostables.

In the evening, went to the Seahorse to the York in Transition 'decision' meeting, and happily, we now have a new team of Directors, Lyndsey, David, Jon, and Barry and I will remain, but Barry will not be Company Secretary.