Armand and I spent this weekend delivering leaflets up and around Bathwick; together we did about 600 homes on two wet afternoons. Delivering leaflets is a rather vital part of being a Lib Dem councillor – that and holding public surgeries.

During the election campaign last year lots of people said that they appreciated the effort that we were making to keep people informed of what we are doing. Having won that election we’re not going to change the habit, so all year around we’re out delivering leaflets, telling you what we’ve been up to as local representatives, even when it is cold and rainy.

You may be surprised to know that there is no ‘party line’ involved and we write our own news and stories. I do the desk-top publishing part as well, which probably shows whenever something doesn’t line up or I make a mistake with the photo captions. Still, no one likes their politicians to be too professional! We then go and print them on a high power photocopier (with recycled paper of course!) which we pay for ourselves.

 For the delivery part we have a few dedicated Lib Dem members who help out by leafletting their own street, typically less than an hour’s work. Nonetheless, Armand and I do most of the leg work ourselves, which means that we get to see nearly every house fairly regularly. If you think that you can help out though, we’d be very happy to hear from you!

On Monday I shall try and finish the last ones on North Road, always the most difficult. Without meaning to offend any of our valued North Road dwelling voters, your road is steep and long, sparsely populated with generally long walks to the letterbox. The views over the city are wonderful though, but I expect low cloud and drizzle will spoil that for me tomorrow. The best street for leafleting, if you were wondering, I think is Raby Mews which has the exact opposite characteristics of the above.

I’ll admit that this was a post about pretty much nothing, but I thought you might be interested.