I recently visited my opposite number in another local authority in the name of sharing good practice.
It was a sizzlingly hot day, the holidaymakers thronged through town and we decided to take advantage of the weather and have our meeting in a cafe by the seafront. Around lunchtime the air was split with the smell of cooking onions. The British holiday burger van had arrived.
Just as I was about to start sounding off about the stench and unhealthiness of the burger industry my colleague said: "I'm going to buy one of those." I laughed, "Yeah right, 20 years in social care and you want to be burger van man". My laughter died on my lips as he continued to speak in a quiet but insistent tone.
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