A 1,000 Messages of Common Sense for Bellshill delivered

What a day! The sun was shining like a Summer's day and the good people of Bellshill were enjoying the beginning of the Easter Weekend with the Town's Main Street buzzing at lunchtime on arrival.

I was out today with fellow Candidates Andrew Hardie from Almond Valley and Robert Crozier (2nd on the Scottish Conservatives Regional Vote List) who is standing in Airdrie & Shotts.

Robert Crozier joins me to deliver in Bellshill - photo by Andrew Hardie.

First up was a chat with STV Bellshill's Nicola Dowds who was asking about the campaign so far.

Early on, near St Gerard's Primary School, I was approached by a gent who asked "Are you the Conservatives?". Wow, we've only been out 10 minutes and we've been spotted! He told me how he was delighted to see us out and about and he was proud to be Conservative. A spring in one's step indeed!

Parched, we popped in to Kelvin Wine Stores and spoke to the owner who told us of her plight of graffiti on the walls of her shop over a period of several years and she had to get CCTV installed at a significant cost to her small business to identify the culprits. This is lunacy and those culprits must be caught and dealt with by the authorities.

Robert met up with us after his trip to Uddingston's iconic Tunnocks factory where he was alongside Margaret Mitchell and Annabel Goldie for the launch of the Common Sense on the Economy Manifesto.

Lunch beckoned and it was back to Main Street and a trip to Cafe 'T'. It hit the spot and once we were fed and watered, it was back out and about.

Now, folically challenged and the heat are never good bedfellows, so it was the shady side of the street for me and the sunny side of the street for them and come 6pm, leaflet number 1,000 was finally delivered.

A good day all round and it was great to chat to loads of sun worshippers who wished me success ahead of May 5th.