tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post2378077923194281333..comments2024-03-23T11:27:26.709+00:00Comments on View From The High Peak: Italy 1 - England 0Carah Bodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-73823287480308348222007-06-14T17:56:00.000+01:002007-06-14T17:56:00.000+01:00Just popped in to see if you are back - we miss yo...Just popped in to see if you are back - we miss you.xWoozle1967https://www.blogger.com/profile/10438625886508520803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-27947752748340213342007-06-07T13:01:00.000+01:002007-06-07T13:01:00.000+01:00I know how you feel as I think I mentioned in an e...I know how you feel as I think I mentioned in an earlier comment re. the libraries, our local quarry, our hospitals, our county's public toilets even! Schools are on the agenda again now. No wonder you love Italy so.<BR/>Very best wishes to you, keep up the fight.<BR/>CaitxCait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-17299060271549108002007-06-05T08:08:00.000+01:002007-06-05T08:08:00.000+01:00I was sure I'd left a comment here but just popped...I was sure I'd left a comment here but just popped back to see if there was any news and there is nothing there.<BR/>Never give up! You must have such mixed feelings about Stoney Middleton.....at least it can be done but why them and not you? If it all gets too much you can come over and sit in my kitchen and rant over a coffee. But never give up. If the school doesnt make it you will know you did everything you could.Grousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511245766699609786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-63541578944057213172007-06-03T11:10:00.000+01:002007-06-03T11:10:00.000+01:00What a lovely tale - why is it we're so consumed w...What a lovely tale - why is it we're so consumed with celebrity in this country? james was pleased with the result too - he's a Newcastle fan first and then an AC Milan fan (why? No idea!). How wonderful that you lived there! I had the most furious row in the world with Adrian outside Rinascente (sp?) - it was so ferocious that we had a little group of spectators who cheered when I finally stalked off in fury! <BR/>Now I want to know more about Italy and your life there.....<BR/>So sorry to hear that the school fight is taking it out of you so much. It does indeed make the blood boil, as Jacqui says....<BR/>janexxxExmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-22366646875532805452007-06-02T19:22:00.000+01:002007-06-02T19:22:00.000+01:00Hello again, HotH. Long absence but good to be bac...Hello again, HotH. Long absence but good to be back and reading your blogs again. I know exactly what you mean about being weary of England - though living in Italy sounds like the stuff that dreams are made of to me! Over-run by petty beaurocracy here and all the good things disappearing until we are one homogenous mass whereas other Eropean countries seem to retain their identities. So sad. xPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-14206824493132449772007-05-29T20:32:00.000+01:002007-05-29T20:32:00.000+01:00Am out of date already with the blogs, desparately...Am out of date already with the blogs, desparately trying to catch up tonight. I can feel your frutration, and I can share it. Keep going, give yourself a treat from time to time.Suffolkmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123007594112557168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-29405181785209053932007-05-28T18:00:00.000+01:002007-05-28T18:00:00.000+01:00It is hard work fighting the system. We chose this...It is hard work fighting the system. We chose this village because like our old one the school was still here and still viable. If we had bought in a town closer to my husbands work the school would have been huge and I didn't want that for my boys by 11 they will be older and it won't be such a problem. What alternative are they offering you? and not to sound too pessamistic but can you see any benifits to it if it does have to happen? Like you I tend to go on the attack and fight my corner but I am trying to step back sometimes because it can be very hard and stressful like you say and sometimes you perhaps have to look at the alternatives for your own sanity, not easy though I admit.annakareninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185509518913591643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-19592683813312657232007-05-26T15:00:00.000+01:002007-05-26T15:00:00.000+01:00The suits seem to rule these days -in education, h...The suits seem to rule these days -in education, health - I suppose we all have to keep fighting until we are heard. You are doing wonderful things. Try and rest this weekend and fight on in clean knickers. love mousiecountrymousiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094876554953194177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-62069111131110314472007-05-25T21:34:00.000+01:002007-05-25T21:34:00.000+01:00Hi Carah. I'm sorry to hear about your trails with...Hi Carah. I'm sorry to hear about your trails with the school, but I must confess I dont have an insightful contribution to make, as I havent had time to read much of the blog (a 10-week-old baby will do that to you). But if you're who I think you are, do send me a mail: mark@markporter.com xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11363636389459068706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-12395407950960529552007-05-25T10:46:00.000+01:002007-05-25T10:46:00.000+01:00Keep fighting for what you believe in. You're doin...Keep fighting for what you believe in. You're doing a great job - it's hard, hard work, no wonder you're exhausted.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-64818510209543341722007-05-24T18:24:00.000+01:002007-05-24T18:24:00.000+01:00sounds like you need a break. enjoy it, eat and d...sounds like you need a break. enjoy it, eat and drink well and forget about things at home for a few days. sounds like you are doing a marvellous job.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-45961858962658221372007-05-24T15:14:00.000+01:002007-05-24T15:14:00.000+01:00Thanks so much Woozle and Jacuimcr for your encour...Thanks so much Woozle and Jacuimcr for your encouraging words. I think now the adrenaline rush is over, I'm just feeling so tired and therefore a little dispirited. But I shouldn't really because there are a lot of people out there working on the cause with us. But we still have quite a short timeframe (July 6th) to get all our arguments, fully supported by facts and figures and submitted (and all the letters people are meant to be writing) to the Powers that Be. I hope I will come back in a better frame of mind after a break in France! Take care. xCarah Bodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-90809039884906474392007-05-24T12:21:00.000+01:002007-05-24T12:21:00.000+01:00So sorry to hear of your frustration. I can under...So sorry to hear of your frustration. I can understand your love of Italy - my friend was going out with an Italian a few years ago and we spent a riotous 2 weeks driving the length and breadth of the country and popped over to Elba too. Wonderful! All of it - country, people, food, wine....... But the grass is always greener on the otherside (well, probably browner in the summer!) and your passion for the school is because this IS your homeland. If you were in Italy now and forever, then something there would eventually fire your passion because that is obviously the tpye of wonderful "sort it" kind of person you appear to be. Keep at it kiddo - without people like you so many terrible things would be allowed to happen through others' apathy.xxWoozle1967https://www.blogger.com/profile/10438625886508520803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-13133830282131184662007-05-24T08:23:00.000+01:002007-05-24T08:23:00.000+01:00Well done to you for everything that you are achie...Well done to you for everything that you are achieving. I know a little of what you are going through. In June our school will close and after the holidays the kids will move to a joint campus (if its ready). Although the old building is falling down, it is too small and there is just no room to expand. The other school is the same and so a new (sort of flat pack looking )building is the answer.<BR/><BR/>I am chairperson of the PTA and my hubby is chairperson of the school board. No we aren't desperate to control everything, its just that few parents want to get involved. Its the same few faces, over and over for whatever we try to do.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it makes my blood boil, but what would be the point. Keep fighting your corner.<BR/><BR/>Take care and good luck - Jacqui xJacquiMcRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708104008809827371noreply@blogger.com