Today I was joined by Sue, Mazza and Elaine to hand in the Save Autumnwatch petition to the BBC in London. It was a good humoured affair but we got our serious point across and no one was arrested.
With over 163,000 signatures we needed three boxes but....that's all for show. Nothing is printed out these days; it's all on a memory stick inside one box and the rest is just 'visual', so all recyclable and environmentally friendly, which was very important to us all.
After the petition handover, I spoke to a journalist who wasted no time in sharing our story. It's now in the Independent online, Daily Mail online and has also been sent to 219 local newspapers. Our voices are being heard far and wide.
I'll post a video tomorrow, that our Change.org representative made for us, so you can look forward to seeing me in full teacher mode.
I am meeting BBC Director General Tim Davie and Jack Bootle, Head of Factual Commissioning, in May. It would be wonderful to show them that the petition continues to grow, so do keep sharing the link.
Once again I cannot thank you enough for your support.
Marion