Getting back to normal and catching up with friends and transactions and then collecting Sam from Trevor Rigby in Lincoln who had been doing well.
I had expected a period of readjustment but we went straight back into our routine and he obeyed me well and was quite steady for me at least.
It was hard getting back to normal today, but I started by showering and washing my hair and then having breakfast as the others struggled to get up and join Diana and I. Some time returning telephone calls and then going through the mail to gather together cheques to pay in and urgent bills to pay.
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There had been some worry and urgency in the messages left by my political friends on my telephone answering system whilst I was away but things were not so bad once I had spoken to them as the position had moved on. A trip to St Neots to attend to a few things and then over to Sally for an update in person before hurrying back for lunch. Diana had prepared me a salad and some pie to follow and I barely had time to eat it before I had to put the transit box back in the car and set off for Lincoln to collect Sam.
I had not been worried or concerned about him and this confidence was justified as I found on my arrival. I sat down with Trevor Rigby for a de-briefing and heard that he had settled straight into the kennels and had been no trouble at all. He looked better fed on his continued diet of two meals a day and was very alert and pleased to see me. Trevor told me that he had been out with Sam every day and that he had been a pleasure to be with. He ran well and had no trouble finding game but the question was one of steadiness.
If I worked on this aspect for the summer and then introduced him being shot over on partridge this September, he could be trialled this coming season. All this was good news and even better news was the bill; only £63 for the ten days which I thought was a bargain. Sam settled straight down in his box for a sleep on the way home and then into the garden without a whine or whimper and waited whilst I had my tea before I took him out.
I had expected a period of readjustment, but we went straight back into our routine, and he obeyed me well and was quite steady for me at least. Some food for him after and then to his kennel where he settled again without complaint. The evening continuing to work on my affairs and update this last week’s journal whilst Diana made a good start on the washing and ironing.