John Major and Micheal Hazeltine with my stables 'Mum' Norma Major in better times
John Major and Micheal Hazeltine with my stables 'Mum' Norma Major in better times

A strong north-easterly breeze had blown up after it had rained hard overnight which made the house cold and so I put off my outside chores and worked on lots of correspondence this morning and most of the afternoon before making lots of calls to secure candidates for the forthcoming St Neots Town Council elections.

The News is of the Tory leadership election with all three candidates making conflicting claims on their level of support.              

It had rained hard overnight and again later today so and, whilst this had taken the edge off of the cold air, a strong north-easterly breeze had blown up and this also made the house seem cold. I was late up and had breakfast in my pyjamas. Debbie was making a fuss about walking to the bus stop until, whilst rushing round to get her sports things which she had forgotten, she fell and hurt her ankle and so Diana had to take her to the bus-stop in the car after all! I put off my chores and worked on lots of correspondence this morning and for a fair part of the afternoon as well. The new VISA credit cards had come from the Co-op and so I was writing to cancel the Barclays Premier ones because of their costs.

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I updated my specifications and documentation on the Paxton Princess and then wrote several letters to organise the winter work to be done and to arrange visits by tradesmen whilst I am next at Heronshaw. Notes to Jack and Daniel to enlist their help and many other letters on all sorts of things. Diana went back out to St Neots to return a video and I got her to post my letters to save me the trouble of going out. I worked on and only just managed to get out to feed the doves and fish before dark and do my other chores. Later, after tea, I waited in vain for Peter While to come and help me edit the FOCUS, but used the time to call many of my colleagues and to chase them up on getting their candidates for the forthcoming St Neots Town Council elections included in FOCUS articles for publicity purposes. At least we now have a fair idea of where our candidates are coming from. News is of the Tory leadership election with all three candidates making conflicting claims on their level of support. To count their followers, you would assume that there are some 70 more Conservative M.P.'s than actually exist!