Through my day job (www.liminalmedia.co.uk) I’m passionate about the impact words and pictures can have. So, I’m pleased the photos I took at the Surfers Against Sewage Paddle Out Protest this May made the Exmouth Journal’s splash and that they included my comment:
“Our water is precious and there is no excuse at all for it not to be clean, all the time. What are we paying the water companies for if it’s not to keep our waterways and our seas clean?
“Myself and my 11-year-old son are in and of the water at Exmouth and Budleigh all year round, but there have been more times than I can remember that it’s not been safe to go in due to pollution warnings.
“We just want the water to be clean, for everyone’s sake and the sake of our environment and wildlife – it’s not asking for much. The water companies need to be held to account.”
This was the second year I’ve attended the protest – part of SAS nationwide campaign for clean water – on Exmouth beach, as a protester.
I brought my camera to take a few pics of my Democratic Alliance colleagues who turned up to show their support including Cllr Charlotte Fitzgerald, Cllr Geoff Jung, Cllr Todd Olive (LibDems), and Cllr Paula Fernley (Green Party) – the one wearing the ‘cut the crap’ sign! – as well as two LibDem activists in their early 20s from Exeter, and LibDem activist Elaine Cline from Exmouth, all pictured in the group photo.
Councillor Fran McElhone 