Andrew Lansley, Health Sec, spotted this afternoon at Funky Funhouse playbarn, clutching the ubiquitous Treasury Green folder.

So the govt has kicked council revaluation into the long grass because it would be unpopular.. huh! http://ping.fm/fwVUS

I am now officially open for business - Adrian Ient PR

Royal Mail privatisation will hurt people and businesses in rural areas

Fabulous , factual response to O'Leary's climate change scepticism http://ping.fm/qTcQW

Good recommendation for book on WordPress anyone?

Interesting discussion on what makes a good 'hyperlocal' site at the personal blog of Trinity Mirror chap http://ping.fm/gXRFQ

Take heart, England, in the face of injustice. You can do it, you have the skill.

Just spotted some great photo opps - pre England game lassitude: bored teenagers outside shop on council estate strewn with flags etc. wish I had courage to stop and shoot.

We don't need money from council tax freeze, Niger does: http://ping.fm/uXSs0

Fantastic new play equipment at Histon swings. Makes for really imaginative play.

badminton with the boys in the late summer sun - even Edward giving it a go

The Cave - Mumford & Sons

Brimful of Asha - Cornershop " everybody needs a bosum for a pillow". such a joyous song.

Sunday and a strangely moving sight : an ant carrying its dead buddy aimlessly, helplessly across the kitchen worktop. In the D Day carnage that is my destruction of the insects' invasion I cannot help but pity this lonesome little hero. But he is soon swept off the killing fields with the aid of Agent Ecover.

I hold onto nothing but that's fine. I think of the light ahead, which is mine.

Step by step, I check; I jump, I fly, I keep my eyes straight, not looking down.

Turn by turn, I learn

Let's protect public funding for cities, towns and rural areas in the East of England! Register now! http://bit.ly/9oivlr

firstsite in Colchester

Evening closes into night. Dark clouds clumping together like hooligans at a match. Washing on the line, out the kitchen window, in sight. Take a step outside, to gather the linen in my arms. Leave the trousers to the elements, legs dancing, alarmed.

cold shoulder, lode bearing. Fens stretching, heavy stitching, coat letting in water. eyes itching, double ditches. mud enveloping. reeds welcoming. dark fetching

Telly On. Go for a Run. Stay Sober? Give Over. No wonder. Big Belly. Big Telly. Friends again. Repeats. Stand in the garden. Clouds passing. Glassy Eyes. Marshmallow Skies.

On Swanage steam railway

Asda car park. Poole. In the rain. Jet-setting brother waved off on the train. Another six months before he comes back on the plane.

Van Gogh-like moon / clouds on the cycle back from Waterbeach

At CB2 music venue. Just seen the Carrivick sisters. Twins no older than19. absolutely enchanting renditions of music new and old.

A little sad but excited for the future. We need society and we need community and we need fairness and opportunity for all.

Fire appliance brought in from Cottenham to fight blaze at house in Girton http://ping.fm/qZAqB

Eldest son's question looking at election map of UK "Is the blue the conservatories?"

Cottenham Hustings 2010.wmv

at grafham water cycling. windy with spells of sun

Not a soul in the Sedgewick 'dinosaurs' museum this morning with Tom. Fab crystals which hadn't seen before. Now having a bite to eat then off swimming.

Cottenham: your chance to meet the election candidates - tonight, Wednesday 28 April at 7.30pm in the Salvation Army Hall, Cottenham

Do you have an 'inner chef' waiting to break out? If so come along to a 'Pampered Chef' evening tonight at Cottenham Community Centre at 7.30pm, only £2.50

Deadline to get someone to vote on your behalf in the election if you can't make it is 5pm today !http://ping.fm/zvx7P

Had a dream last night in which I was telling Gordy to 'look at the camera!' during an imagined local visit of the leaders. Then went over to Nick Clegg and told him that it was my job and I was LibDem really.

Get to hear from election candidates for South Cambs , Salvation Army, Cottenham, 28 April 7.30pm http://ping.fm/6cO43

How does Cottenham Parish Council spend your money? Come to the Annual Parish Meeting, Thursday 22 April at 8pm http://ient.org/?p=69

Lose your 'Voteginity'. Check out this site to encourage people to vote and take control of their destinies: http://bit.ly/cma4r5

Is there a mysterious bicycle repair man who mends punctures unasked while I'm out and for free?

Great time at the Cambridge science festival - I think science is in elder son's DNA

Does anyone want to come to the Cambridge science festival this afternoon? dept of chemistry at 3pm lensfield road

Poem: 'Teeth like groyns' http://ient.org/

"My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: if it sounds like writing, I rewrite it." http://ping.fm/YIGAA

Taking photos today, in the rain. Now it's time to go home the sun has come out of course.

Haddock - an overfished species - on sale in the restaurant in the Sealife centre, promoters of sustainable fishing. Left hand, right hand?

New (ie old - 35 quid on eBay) Scalectrix track going down well with the boys (big and small)

People of Note - fab!

At South Bank. Waiting to hear free accapella group sing. Nearby is the sleeping bag lady, taking refuge from the leaden skies promising rain.

coffee in Tate Modern

At Middle Temple Hall, Inns of Court - where Twelfth Night was first performed.

No Radio 3 or BBC 4 - what a disgrace!

Just got to Travelodge hotel room at Southwark. Dark but can see St Paul's Cathedral clearly. Cool.

topping up oyster card on London - the city where the world is your oyster

Methodists to come back to Church of England
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Labour didn't have a plan on immigration. radio 4 analysis just now

Power cut in cottenham. Old valve Roberts radio with brick size battery comes into its own.