New Mission

Transposed from an older blog


Ok it’s a long time since I’ve posted anything here, so I’ll put something together to make it clear I’m still alive.

Had a very pleasant greeny weekend. Friday I was volunteering at Greenpeace, sorting out a few bits and pieces in the morning. Then spending most of the day unpicking the reflective strips off fluorescent jackets. The reflective strips reflect camera flashes badly, and your modern activist has to look good for the cameras. 3 Hours unstitching stuff, oh the glamour of being a Greenpeace activist. Spent some of the afternoon keeping an eye on people practicing climbing skills, making sure they didn’t die?

Then off to the pub, to celebrate/commiserate friends from the Prescott action. Very glad I avoided arrest as the Magistrate threw the book at them. From everything I’ve read from the trial transcripts he seems like a bit of a nutter. Well the good news is they avoided prison, but got a long community service stint. I wonder would a short spell in prison be better or worse than a long community service sentence. Hopefully won’t need to find out.

Then off to Essex to join the Camp Bling road protest site. A late train and a short walk, to a very impressive communal bender/kitchen. Drinks to the wee hours before getting up to a days work. Some walkways on site, a few tree houses, lots of tents, but liable to change as Winter approaches.

Clearing some older benders. A trip round the estates looking for Pallets, and then an afternoon of building a new visitors centre. Lots of fun empowered people getting things done. A few paranoid people but nothing too out of the ordinary.

Then back to Islington for a big Greenpeace Birthday drinks session. Too many people gathered together that I know well. Being a quiet reserved chap I’d rather hid in the corner. More drinking to late and sleep before another day at work Sunday.