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This weekend? I just spent five days in Canterbury for 'Planning Summer School' with 220 Councillors from around the country.....lots of workshops, seminars and papers on the wonderful world of Planning, Regeneration and Development Managing :P
Sounds quite dull. Certainly sounded dull as ditch water when I was 'persuaded' to 'volunteer'.
Actually it was really interesting. Learned a lot about community cohesion and how local developers and local government can affect things at a societal level.
Also, I met up with a bunch of Aberdeenshire Councillors who were kind enough to adopt me as their token Labourite and mental enough to make the time fun.
Lots of interesting stuff to see in Canterbury, not least the Cathedral. We (ie. The Aberdeenshire contingent of which I was an honorary member :P) Made sure to fully investigate the 'Nighttime Economy' of Canterbury.
The only depressing thing about it, was that the students who had arrived on campus early, apparently lodged complaints with the Office over late night noise. (not necessarily us, there were apparently several late night parties held about the campus by various councillors) What a sorry state the world is in when students are the ones complaining about the noise :P
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