Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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Comments Off CherryPie on Mar 24th 2010
First glimpse of Dover Castle…
Comments Off CherryPie on Mar 24th 2010
Tomorrow, PCS members are set for a third day of industrial action to defend the Civil Service Compensation Scheme. All we are asking is that the government sit down and talk with us rather than impose new conditions without a negotiated settlement.
So it will be another early start to another busy day for me. I shall be outside my workplace for an hour or so and then I shall make my way over to Birmingham for a rally. I think I might get rather wet because the weather doesn’t look to promising, so wish me luck.
I nearly forgot to add that I am likely to be appearing in a town near you too 
The stoppage, called by PCS, follows a strongly supported two day strike earlier in March which saw up to 200,000 civil and public servants stay away from work over changes to the civil service compensation scheme.
Tomorrow’s strike, the first ever on budget day, involves Prison workers, Jobcentre staff, tax workers, passport staff, court officials, Ministry of Defence workers and driving test examiners. The stoppage will also see civilian staff and 999 operators working for the Met Police walking out as well as security staff working in the Houses of Parliament. Serious Organised Crime Agency officers will also be on strike affecting operations tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning will see a battle bus taking to the streets in London touring picket lines including: The Royal Courts of Justice, The Houses of Parliament, The Victoria and Albert Museum, British Library, Tate Modern and government departments in Whitehall including the Treasury.
In London there will also be a campaign boat cruising up and down the Thames outside the Houses of Parliament and a demonstration in Parliament Square from 11 am to 1pm.
In Scotland, there will be a demonstration at the Mound in Edinburgh from 10.30 am and a short ‘alternative budget’ will be presented at 11.00 am. In Glasgow, members will gather at Labour Party HQ, West Regent Street, at 11 am and hand in a letter to the Scottish Labour leader.
Wales will see a budget day demonstration and rally on the steps of Senedd, Cardiff Bay from 12 noon to 4:00pm. The last two day stoppage saw the cancellation of business in the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament as assembly members and MSP refused to cross picket lines.
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2010
When we visited Dover Castle a strange plan for meeting up with other members of the family was set up. We were to meet up at a certain shopping center that was by the sea front. We arrived a bit early so I took the opportunity to take a stroll along the seafront and take some photographs. When I got back everyone else had disappeared and there were no messages on my mobile!
Eventually I managed to locate everyone and we managed to track down the missing family members too. They had quite sensibly parked in the shopping centre car park rather than on the seafront like us.
There had been an original more sensible plan for meeting up which was vetoed at an early stage. I don’t know why, as far as I am concerned meeting up in a National Trust cafe (close to the castle) overlooking the sea seems eminently more sensible to me…
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2010
We love our friends not only for being themselves, but also for what we are when we are with them.
From: a Thousand Paths to friendship by David Baird
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2010
This was sent to me be via email and came as a bit of a surprise. It does take little while before the video starts up but it is only short when it does.
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2010
I thought a photograph of Foyles bookshop would be good to include in my 100 photos project. I was so focused on getting all of the word Foyles in the photograph that I didn’t notice what else I had captured in my shot. The people I was with didn’t really help either they kept turning round and making faces at the camera. I shall blame them anyway for not noticing sooner.
I didn’t like any of the photos enough to include them in my 100 photos so it is back to the drawing board on that.
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2010
