A Weekend With Communities

Strange weekend, Royal Wedding on Friday, I didn't have an invite and Vaisakhi on Sunday with campaigning and a visit to my own church, Wycliffe, in between.

We are continuing door knocking and are still meeting people who want to vote Labour. It is great to see voters decide that they want a Council that really looks after its residents and that listens to its residents concerns.

Sunday started off with a visit to Wycliffe's early service at 9 O'Clock in the morning. It is a traditional service rather than the normal Wycliffe service. After the service I whipped across Cumberland Road to the Gudwara to take part in the Sikh Community's Vaisakhi celebrations. This is usually a colourful and interesting event. The procession goes up the Wokingham Road, along Church Road, Pitts Lane and back down the A4 to Cumberland Road.

The rest of the day was spent talking to residents in the Ward. This is something I really enjoy, I love listening to residents concerns and trying to help them get the services they need. The campaign continues and am looking forward to Thursday.

So that you can see the pictures I took of the event I have put a link to my Flickr feed of the day.

Enjoying the Rain In Wokingham Road

A great morning with the Sikh community. Took part in the Gurdwara's Vaisaki celebrations and this was a great opportunity to spend more time with this community and talk with them about their needs and aspirations. We also spent a lot of time talking about how cold it was and how dreadful the weather was.

It was great to be invited to take part in the parade, walking up the Woky Road with the procession. We were mainly talking about education and cultural identity. Very interesting.

After a quick bite to eat have popped home to write this and then to spend the afternoon canvassing with Anneliese Dodds our Labour PPC.

To make a change from the standard picture have put a slideshow of them below.



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