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Looking forward to attending a parish council committee tonight just as an observer, rather than either being the chair or vice-chair. Couple of items on the agenda I'm interested in - buses and separately the response after the last snow in December - so giving up a rare Monday evening off and supporting my colleagues #WestMalling #ParishCouncil

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@WalkersAreWelcome @Melinda @scozmos
Absolutely correct. If you also inform your #ParishCouncil, they will amplify your comments to the local authority responsible. In Cumbria, the highways authority with responsibility for fp's and bridleways is the Countryside Access team at Cumbria County Council:

cumbria-chhost.onmats.com/w/we

cumbria-chhost.onmats.comCumbria Highways
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This closing sentence to a question about the problems with parish councils is, frankly, better than most of the stuff written about #parishcouncil s. "Overall, the challenges faced by parish councils can often stem from a lack of resources, a lack of engagement with the community, and a lack of effective leadership."

#Litterbins infuriate me in a very process oriented way. They're an admission that we live in an untidy, scruffy, couldn't care less society where waste is acceptable. I run a #Parish #ParishCouncil - we provide over 175 litter bins, yet we still get complaints about litter, and requests for more bins. It's like deciding that the answer to motorists killing cyclists is to build more mortuaries. The businesses that contribute to our litter problem (e.g. #FastFood shops) contribute nothing...