After morning breakfast encounters with the peacock and my two daughters, I settled down to work on laying out the election literature and hosted both Michael and later Percy to help with the final copy and decisions.
After making good progress, I was able to make the K.S.S. Meeting after all at Kimbolton Castle, but I might not have bothered! There are more relief flights to aid the Iraqi Kurds and of the first US troops are setting up refugee camps inside Iraq.
The day started bright enough but chilly and the peacock was already waiting for his breakfast when we were eating ours. Debbie set off to school, demanding £20 for a tennis racket on the way out and I then managed a little time with Della before it was her turn. Diana had a morning shopping in St Neots, and I settled down to work at my computer after having a word with the gardener. He wanted to discuss the line of the riverside path and wall with me, and I needed to pay him for the last week's work. I worked on at Priory election literature and had Michael come round to see me to help decide what was wanted and he was happy with the same format as Eaton Socon. Then Percy joined me after lunch when we went through what I had done and checked it.
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I worked on again until, by teatime, I had just about done and then, by the time Percy was back again after his meal, the job was finished. Surprised by my progress, I then found that I could get out to this evening's meeting of the Kimbolton School Society after all. This was a rather disorganised effort with William Wyatt-Millington in the chair and we were missing the guidance of Chris Suckling, the normal chairman. Home at 9.30pm, and a couple of organising telephone calls before settling down in front of the TV to type in this last couple of days' journal. The news tonight was of more relief flights to aid the Iraqi Kurds and of the first US troops are setting up refugee camps inside Iraq. The Prince of Wales has been openly critical of the British educational system and has yet again taken his position to the very edge of political controversy.