Stunning ❤️ this is part of my oak tree in my new home (literally reclaimed from a bramble patch) Trees give hope and life ❤️

No I’m Powys. But yes vanlife a serious option or at least threat if they want to enforce on me. I have a useless bit of land I offered to council for 6 tiny homes for local people, they loved the idea but Planning won’t let them. 😩

It does depends where in Wales, I’m in a rich people shit area and there is nowhere for normal people now. Nothing affordable been built in my village for 25 yrs plus 2nd homes/Airbnb. All big, rich, non-local. Space for both but only one has the £.

It’s been a problem for years but v obvious now.

And tourism, I could get PP for 6 Shepard’s huts tomorrow, but can’t have one to live in, my home for 40yrs.

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Ah my heart bleeds for her, stuck in my illegal caravan hiding in my scrap of land…rich people shit has ruined my rural area for not rich people.

Many of us patient partners in clinical research are leaving due to the poor conditions & pay.

Some of that is funding. I should be paid for the work I do.

I’ve got to eat after all.

Moving to more satisfying volunteer work & other paid work.

E.g. I’m even a PhD supervisor, unpaid.

I know these reports are important. But they do call into the no shit Sherlock arena. But also not much will change.

A lot of that is because the social determinants need government/societal level action. Sigh.

This sounds fab John! Am I being too biased to suggest it would benefit from an additional speaker though? What’s the experience on the other side?

And they are all hot! Real fantasy 😂

Frustrating we don’t have buses and our local rural roads are getting too dangerous to cycle on with kids. Focus needs to be on accessible infrastructure as well. Plus our distances are big (schools oft 10 miles apart) lovely area to cycle in though when it is safe 🥰

Our prison system as is, is inhumane and a stain on us ever calling ourselves civilised.

Plus the people still held on an indefinite sentence we somehow can’t sort out.

I don’t feel it’s what it was though. Getting a very middle class plus lovey vibe now. Lots of pontificating not much doing. Not that I can afford tickets! My first show there was stewarding for Benjamin Zephaniah, enlightening my 17yo self. Good days 😍

I loathe X and don’t use it much but the racing crowd are still not here enough so if I want to keep up to date twitter is still the only place. I’m less interested in flat racing so guess that’s the time to divest!

Absolutely. Our village has ONLY has that type built for years. The affordable housing that the PP for all them was predicated on has not been built 😢 it’s a predictable mess but it won’t stop them enforcing on me. Then I’ll be vanlife in lay-bys I expect! It’s shit.

I’m hiding in a caravan cos there’s nowhere to rent in my rural community (been here 40yrs). All Airbnb or 2nd homes. I can’t get PP on my tiny patch of non agri land. Offered it to council for 6 tiny houses for locals like me, they said great! - but that’s all cos planning doesn’t allow. It’s crap.