Council Meeting - Cycleway, Tennis Courts, County Councillor's Report, Litter - and a Groan-inducing Pun

There are plans to create a cycleway on the track of old railway lines, right down to Ystradgynlais.
However, it was pointed out that Sustrans looked at this in detail some time ago, and without a lot of compulsory purchase orders to get lengths of railway line back from private owners, it's not going to happen unless the route is diverted onto nearby lanes.

There is money available from the old Tennis Club to maintain and upgrade the tennis courts. The Tennis Club was wound up, it seems, because they didn't have enough members to satisfy the Lawn Tennis Club rules.
Meanwhile, all the sports clubs will be running the car park at the sports pavilion to raise money during Hay Festival, as they did last year.

Gareth handed round a little packet marked with a yellow triangle which is designed to keep a person's medical information safe and accessible in case of accidents - it's to go in a car. The Lions do a similar thing with Message in a Bottle, which can be in a person's home or car.
Gareth also brought along a poster showing the UN's 54 Articles of Rights of Children, something that should be taken into consideration when councils are making decisions. The councillors were interested in finding somewhere to display the poster.

And this month's report on the state of the play areas: "Everything seems to be all white!"
(Alan Powell's comment got such a chorus of groans, I had to include it here!)

Despite the snow, (and it has mostly thawed now, around Hay at least - I understand there's still quite a lot of it further up in the hills), two groups were planning a litter pick for today, Sunday. The Woodland Group were doing the riverside paths, and Want to Canoe? were organising a litter pick around town. I believe one group were offering tea and Welsh cakes, and the other coffee and cake, to the volunteers. One councillor asked if any group had plans to tidy up the hedgerows on the routes into town, which also have quite a bit of litter scattered around, including a lot of bottles on the way up to Brecon Road from Readers' Retreat.

And at that point the councillors voted to exclude the public, so they could discuss something secret, and I headed for home.