Doesn’t it make it all seem so pioneering? In years to come people will look back and say - ‘look, Allerdale Council was the first to get a council blog.

Well I for one think it’s a great idea and good luck to them. I like the slightly anarchic feel it has to it - for example, the fifteen days of Christmas which start on the 5th December (”(yes, we know we’re a bit late starting it on the 5th, but we only just thought about it!)”. and ends on the 23rd December…

Does chopping up the Christmas tree and putting all the bits on the living room fire count as recycling? That’s what we do in our house…