No sign of future mole activity today as I prepare for the HDC Housing Committee and finished off amending the FOCUS ready for layout and printing. Then to Huntingdon for the ‘new members’ District Council seminar given by the Chief Executive and Officers, back to take Debbie horse-riding and then off to the Little Paxton Parish Council meeting. All fifty shift workers from the German coal mine explosion have died and Reagan flies home via London after the arms talks
A poor night, my mind being full of political, history and personal thoughts and wondering whether I would catch any more moles, would you believe! I was also a mite warm and all these influences meant that I was not to sleep until about 3.00am. Woke up feeling reasonable and came down to breakfast, with croissants as our fare for the meal. Upstairs to wash and shave, leaving a shower and change for my later appointments to come. Out after to feed the doves and review my mole traps, but no sign of mole activity at all. No catches, but no mounds either and perhaps my lawn mowing may have frightened them away with the attendant vibration it causes. The mail arrived, and I read the papers for the forthcoming HDC Housing Committee meeting, for which I will again be in attendance. This took quite a time and after I again went out (this time to tend the ducks) and there were no signs of moles then either. Inside to start work and read some more papers and I still had to catch up on yesterday’s journal, before I could finish off amending the FOCUS ready for layout and printing.
Did all this and then watched the TV opening of the first England vs W Indies test match before lunch. Then my wash and shower and rush over to Huntingdon for the ‘new members’ District Council seminar given by the Chief Executive and Officers. I clashed a bit with Tony Gee over the role of the member vs the administration, as he seems very keen on efficiency and constraining attempts by members to raise matters on other committees etc. The meeting went on quite late, with much interest and question and I barely had time to rush back and take Debbie to horse riding. Home again for a quick tea, then off to the Little Paxton Parish Council meeting, which was all about the unruly behaviour and vandalism in the vicinity of the playing field, which is as much a problem as ever. Also a fit of histrionics from Martin Mower, who does the maintenance of the parish field, but won’t attend the Leisure and Amenities Committee to report on it. Home at 10.00pm, but, by the time I had made my drink and chatted to Di about the evening, it was 11.00pm before we went to bed. The news from Germany is of 50+ dead, the entire shift of workers at that coal mine. Reagan is flying home via London and, after meeting the Queen, also briefed Thatcher on his version of the arms talks, to support his best ally. The weather stayed showery today and quite unsettled. No more mole captures yet.