After getting out with Sam to do some quartering and waterwork, helping with the re-erection of Percy's destroyed posterboards, noting Derek's problems and so helping Terry canvas in Buckden.
The South African elections go on despite a large bomb at Jo'burgh's International Airport
Into a nice spell of settled weather with sun and warm south-westerly air making it very nice. Out with Sam to do some quartering and waterwork but did not do too much because of the heat. Back to make some calls to review the election returns and was disappointed to find that Percy had some posterboards down and nobody to help him get them up again.
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I had to go over myself to re-erect them and we checked on all of them and made running repairs whilst we were at it which took until lunch time. Was back later than the intended hour for the midday meal which made Diana angry. More work on the campaign manual which took some time, and I was not intending to do it but had to go over to Buckden to help Terry canvas outs as Derek had contacted me late to say he couldn't go. He seemed to be in trouble with family issues and said that he had Social Services at his house which sounded ominous.
I had a good evening with Terry, drove him around and helped him canvas residents formerly designated as ‘outs’ and picked him up on a few points where he was going wrong. After the previous evening's poorer results, this more than offset them and he is edging in front in a very close contest. Back late after gathering up the statistics from everywhere and then even later to bed. The South African elections go on despite a large bomb at Jo'burgh's International Airport and other more important administrative problems with the supplies at some polling stations. The Zulu Chief Buthelezi is calling for an extension to the poll.