Today the balance of my History of Little Paxton book order was delivered and safely stored in our dining room. Then, this afternoon, I continued my paperwork until it was time to collect Debbie from Kimbolton School to buy some riding tack and take her horse riding, where she tried some large jumps to prepare for forthcoming event. A rush to attend the Democrat meeting this evening, which was our best attended ever, after which I treated all those present to a drink in the local pub.
I had a call early this morning to tell me that the balance of my History of Little Paxton book order was arriving by 10:30am and this sent us scurrying to empty the Dining Room to create space for the consignment. It was raining today, but this was a blessing for the lawns and grounds that had become very parched of late. There were two delivery vans and, with Peter helping the drivers bring the boxes to the door, and me moving them inside and stacking them, we soon had the job done. I now have about 1,850 more books to sell! The new ones had the colour cover in place and only needed the maps to be fixed within. This afternoon, I returned to my paperwork, drafting with Percy the thank you letters for the campaign. Later, I had to collect Debbie from Kimbolton, buy some riding tack and then take her to the horse-riding. She tried full-sized jumps in an outside arena configuration and had problems controlling the pony even when she could remember the correct route to follow!
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She has her first show on Sunday and has not had enough practice yet. After this, I helped her groom Sundance who ended up looking like a much better sort. He is changing his coat and was full of loose hair. After tea, I rushed out to St Neots in time to attend a Democrat meeting. We had the best turnout ever with Trevor Parsons of Buckden and John Grosvenor from Little Paxton and had a post-election de-briefing on what we could learn from the campaign. I took them to the pub afterwards for a drink which they accepted as I made sure that we avoided too much detail and drudgery and maintain a good spirit.