We we didn't win the election. but I do feel like a winner for so many reasons.
We did get 40% of the vote, which is more than David Cameron gained when he became prime minister of the UK in 2010, so that puts it in perspective a bit. We won three seats on the local council.
Election day was impressive. After the warm sunny sunny weeks of the campaign it snowed! Sleet, big feathery flakes and small hailstones that stung. There was a thick mist rolling in over the mountains and the highest roads were closed. But it didn't make any difference, a stream of people made their way to the tiny polling stations, from young people who were voting for the first time, to old people who needed two sticks to walk with. For the count at 6 pm we were packed like sardines.
We were a newly formed, unknown group who had only a few months to make our mark and I do think we achieved that. We are remaining together and forming an official association to enable us to continue as a political force in the village and to work on projects close to our hearts. I am so glad that I agreed to be part of it all. It really has been a privilege to work alongside such warm, talented and determined people.
So I feel like a winner because I have made new friends and become involved in village life in a way that I could never have imagined. The end of the election campaign is just the beginning of a whole new chapter.
The photos are of the village of Job from the air, the first one is looking across the top of the clouds that fill the valley to the Monts Dore beyond.
We did get 40% of the vote, which is more than David Cameron gained when he became prime minister of the UK in 2010, so that puts it in perspective a bit. We won three seats on the local council.
Election day was impressive. After the warm sunny sunny weeks of the campaign it snowed! Sleet, big feathery flakes and small hailstones that stung. There was a thick mist rolling in over the mountains and the highest roads were closed. But it didn't make any difference, a stream of people made their way to the tiny polling stations, from young people who were voting for the first time, to old people who needed two sticks to walk with. For the count at 6 pm we were packed like sardines.
We were a newly formed, unknown group who had only a few months to make our mark and I do think we achieved that. We are remaining together and forming an official association to enable us to continue as a political force in the village and to work on projects close to our hearts. I am so glad that I agreed to be part of it all. It really has been a privilege to work alongside such warm, talented and determined people.
So I feel like a winner because I have made new friends and become involved in village life in a way that I could never have imagined. The end of the election campaign is just the beginning of a whole new chapter.
The photos are of the village of Job from the air, the first one is looking across the top of the clouds that fill the valley to the Monts Dore beyond.
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