12°C, sun then rain
Strike: that closed many schools, not ours though. It looks like a dispite that has valid points on both sides if reporting is to be believed. On the strikers hand- they are angry that in effect the promise that they will bea able to retire at 60 years if they have worked long enough is being withdrawn. On the other- as many parts of industry are rasing their retirement age to 70, there seems to be some resentment that the puplic sector is sustainting an early age in an era where people are living much longer. Private sector workers have even included that they, in effect produce the wealth that public sector workers earn through taxes.
Our school is barely affected by this action.
Orange night: interesting evening; quite a stormy day, heavy rain and strong-ish winds but all is still now. Out with the dogs the sky is like a roof. Or at least like a ceiling, a very high one like a Cathederal. Clouds are clearly visible- lit up by sodium streetlights. There are dark lanes up there, where the clouds overlay the surrounding farmland. Then there are islands of light in the cloudbase, one above Burntwood town, another Whittington and Sutton Coldfield is there in the inverted map in the clouds.
Micycle 
Excuse me but I think you’ll find that people in our school were drastically affected. Without the "Grab and Go" facilities meaning was lost from people’s lives… And the corridor to my form room wasn’t blocked off.
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YOU PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE. I ONLY HAVE CANARY WHARF TO LOOK AT FROM MY WINDOW. SKINNY
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Good paintings and photos.
It was nice to hear your veiws on the strike. I think that both sides have very valid points. It’s a pity that things get so polarised and the sides get so entrenched.
Gosh! That was almost me going political. Must sit down and have a cup of tea.
Cheers
veryoldheart
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