Long lay in recovering after the election and Debbie’s birthday party and to slowly collect half a dozen flag boards around the village and chatting to the house owners. A visit from Labour councillor Mark Slater to coordinate our opposition tactics. French President, Francois Mitterrand, is re-elected, three potholers die in a rock fall, the ferries dispute continues and leader Sam McCluskie is defiant. Russell Harty emerges from a coma but is ill with liver disease
Had rather a long lay in and was tired and lethargic as a consequence of two factors. First, the past week has involved the council election and the children’s party, and second, the weather today was dull and humid and rather suffocating. This morning I belatedly started to clean the Range Rover, after a morning drizzle had stopped. I finished it by lunchtime, but was quite shattered. After lunch, I drove round the village and collected another half dozen boards, chatting to the house owners as I went. Later, it started to rain heavily, with thunder and lightning, to herald the return of summer! I sat and watched TV for a while, made a few phone calls on local politics and ended up tired and ready for bed at 10.00pm.
This morning, I had received a call from St Neots Tool Hire, who gave me an Eaton Socon address to return the ‘Bouncer’ to, which was handy. I also had a visit from Mark Slater of the Labour Party, at my request – he is the only other non-Tory on the St Neots & District area of the HDC. We discussed tactics and committee memberships and a few local issues. The news tonight is of French President, Francois Mitterrand, being re-elected. In England, the bodies of three missing potholers have been discovered, after they had died in a rock fall. The ferries dispute still prevails, even after the NUS assets have been seized. NUS leader, Sam McCluskie, says that secondary picketing will continue unless settlement terms are improved. The TV personality, Russell Harty, has emerged from a coma, but still has severe liver problems.