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Funding for new sea defences
Zero housing allocation
Its mobile tip
Funding for new sea defences
Zero housing allocation
Its mobile tip
Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read.
Over the Summer we did a fair bit of filming, which will be shared with you soon. When civic invitations started rolling in (for Donna as Chair of West Sussex County Council and me as her Consort) I had the idea of Tim’s Travels. We have now filmed eighteen episodes, as well as several episodes of our new project. In the last week we have shared Episode 7, which is the iconic Needles on the Isle of Wight. Unsurprisingly, as it's so scenic, it was well received:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YVcHcdCHz9tfgguSX0iXBKct4AY0WpYH/view?usp=drivesdk
The meetings, public and private, are in full swing. On Wednesday, Donna and Val had a long Chichester District Council Planning Committee Meeting which included applications from the City, Loxwood, North Mundham, Westhampnett and Woodmancote. In the evening we all had the scheduled monthly Full Selsey Town Council Meeting which included reviewing Council documents and some financial matters which included consideration of the continuation of the Mobile Household Waste Recycling Service. We stepped in to save this when West Sussex County Council decided to withdraw it nearly six years ago. This is something residents value and is an example of how local priorities can feature less highly for national parties.
My parents were both teachers so perhaps it is not surprising that I enjoy school lunches - I get one each day as part of my lunch duty. I find the range of foods quite impressive and, like many students and colleagues, appreciate the salad bar too. This week, for instance, my lunches included Veggie Bang Bang and Quorn Roast. As I began school in 1967, I also have fond memories of things like ‘frogspawn’ too. This is a great read to take you down memory lane or to appreciate how times have changed, because it features 14 lunches from the 1970s schools are no longer allowed to serve:
https://www.hellomagazine.com/cuisine/921526/school-lunch-items-1970s-schools-no-longer-serve/
Staying with food, it seems sensible to balance some of those dishes with some tips on balancing eating with sleeping:
I drink coffee, Donna tea. Both can contain caffeine, which is why we exercise caution - even when a family member brought some back from Italy for me. At school I tend to drink quickly and whilst still very hot. Having read this, that’s something I am going to change:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/09/hot-drinks-triples-risk-oesophageal-cancer-study
As always, from the whole Team, stay safe.
Tim