See I had this cunning plan! As a front bench councilor on a neighboring council I figured that the average Councillor knew nothing about caravans and even less about CC members. Their only exposure to caravanner's would be to the travelling fraternity and that would probably not work in favour of our cause. So I managed to book myself into the site for a three day weekend using a cancellation, and promptly invited the Mayor for coffee and cake! To my surprise he accepted! Sadly in the event he suffered a family bereavement that weekend, but sent not less than two of his deputies instead! So I was able to spend quite some time showing these two very senior Counciller's around and was very happy at their re-action. They were amazed at how clean and well organized it was, and how well up on top of their job were "Flying squad" stand in wardens Mike and Bridget! These two were real stars, and expounded on how green the site was and how few members actually used their cars once settled here on site.  In recent months, It would seem that the danger of the primary school is receeding, as the Council now needs more secondary schools which need a larger site altogether.. The real threat now comes from the value of the site, - as housing development! But we put up a good showing and have wone some important friends.   Both Deputies left very impressed indeed and had a much better understanding of what we are about; and YES!  the Mayor is still interested.

TF