Sincere thanks to the hundred or so souls from Martock, Langport and Somerton who came to Long Sutton Golf Course to question me for two hours. I admire their stamina and resilience. Two hours of my answering questions isn't exactly a walk in the park.
And, on a lighter note, here's Richard Cadell, Sooty's handler, and the famous magic puppet himself. Yes, I've seen things that no one should ever see: the lower half of Sooty.
Thank you to Government minister Tobias Ellwood MP - now, and well-deservedly, the Rt Hon - for appearing before the British Council Inquiry into building resilience to radicalisation and extremism which I'm honoured to be chairing.
Thank you to the dozens of people who joined me at the Davis Hall in West Camel to talk about Options 1 & 2 for the route of the A303 through the area. Some very strong opinions and very clear issues were raised. I've quite a shopping list now for HIghways England.
Incredibly artistic view of the Q&A talk I did last weekend in Curry Rivel. Thank you to all those who organised it and those who popped along to hear me spout on a pretty wide range of issues.
Lovely to meet charities tackling global poverty, including Chase Africa, Climate Stewards and ADD International, in Frome. Very grateful for their time and I hope to be able to set up a day's discussion in Frome about International Aid. Am on it...
My final few mins chairing the All Party Parliamentary Group for Small Business and Micro Business before handing over to the very safe hands of Robert Courts MP. Thank you to the FSB in particular for supporting me in the role for so long.
