David didn’t want to sleep in the top bunk anymore as he’d found an earwig on the top of the sheets. They would come into the van when it was damp and hide in the nooks and crannies of which there were plenty. Dad had a good look though under the mattress, shaking out the … Continue reading Caravan
In another office
How’s the consultation going? – Not too bad thanks. We’ve met with the residents’ group and they seem happy, we’re getting some good engagement. – That’s great, it’s going to prove very useful for this peer challenge we’ve got coming up next week. – Yes, I heard about that. Are you involved much? – Involved? … Continue reading In another office
Drug cheats
Ah, the Olympics, not long now until the greatest of international sporting events gets underway in the revitalised and reinvigorated east end of London. In all of the build up I have read with interest that they have allowed athletes to compete who had previously been kicked out of the competition, indeed all competitions for … Continue reading Drug cheats
What awful weather
The weather has been awful lately, I’ve never seen so much rain in summer (or in winter for that matter). It’s all gone to hell. It might be something to do with climate change or global warming, I can’t be sure but things certainly seem to have changed and the weather certainly seems to be … Continue reading What awful weather
Byers Green
How do you solve a problem like Byers Green? How do you access the cloud and pin it down? (Sorry for the Sound of Music reference, in case it doesn’t make any sense.) Byers Green is a village just outside of Spennymoor in County Durham. Until a few days ago, it was caught in a … Continue reading Byers Green
A woman on the train
She was a woman sitting on the train between Durham and Newcastle and she was whispering to her self. I didn’t notice her when I got on, she may have been there already. She must have been in her early thirties, perhaps a bit older but her already greying hair was scraped back into a … Continue reading A woman on the train
In the office
Look, we’re doing it. I’ve done then numbers and they look fine. – But is it doable? – Yes sure, Product Development have kicked it around the park for a bit, they just needed to firm it up. – And then we’re good to go? – Yes, good to go. – If we all get … Continue reading In the office
Market places
Markets must be one of the oldest forms of trading in the world with people spreading their wares on a simple table or on the ground yet in this country they are in decline. At least this is what we were told tonight at a meeting of the Stanley Area Action Partnership in a presentation … Continue reading Market places
Student accommodation
Eight times now we have had to move one or the other of my daughters into new student accommodation and seven times so far we have had to move them out. Each time we have moved in it has been the same story, a litany of filth and squalor and a set to with the … Continue reading Student accommodation
Thunder Thursday
Grey lumpy clouded sky, graphite and lead, dark and frightening filled with flashes and bangs and deep grumbling noises that lift the hairs on the back of your neck and make you wish that you were safe at home and not in your car in the middle lane of the motorway with the red taillights … Continue reading Thunder Thursday
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 