Today it snowed.
I love snow and it looked great.
It snowed quite a bit and I scraped over 6 inches off the top of my car. There was a lot of fuss on the radio, Tom’s school was closed for the day, but the drive into East London was easy. I think it was the first time I have never had to queue to drive through the Blackwall Tunnel. I guess a lot of people took the excuse not to work leaving the roads fairly calm and empty.

I met up with Ruth from Waltham Forest YFC and we spent a good 3 or 4 hours looking at her vision for the area and supporting her as she put this into some form of strategy. I love this part of my job. It is a real privilege to hear the vision of someone like Ruth and then just act as a catalyst that helps them get their ideas down in some form that both they and others can understand. It’s quite an easy part of the job, but a special part.

I was excited at hearing the vision, and Ruth is excited at having developed her own strategy and feeling confident of where to go next. Brilliant! I wish every day was as easy!

The drive back was quick too … the only slight down was that most of the snow had melted when I got home!