Di was off to Bedford shopping for Christmas presents on a bright and frosty morning as I looked after Debbie, met river engineer Mr Larkin and spoke to Ian James about the On-Site control of personnel and decision-making.
Then to plan Sue Sutton’s parliamentary election campaign as I received the staggering estimate for £250,000 for the new Heronshaw replacement. Daniel was very pleased to be home from University after his term finished
A brighter, clearer day which started with a sharp frost. Di went into Bedford with Della to help her get her Christmas presents and I stayed at home to look after Debbie. I was about early to stock up with logs and light a fire and also went over to where Mr Larkin was working and chatted to him for a while. I asked him to do a few things for me whilst he was in the area and also warned him about the planned navigation stoppage for three months at Brampton for the lock repairs and improvements.
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Once back in and, with a cup of coffee, I spoke to Ian James to review how he was coping with the On-Site problems and ended up advising him for an hour on control of personnel and decision-making. Then a long-ish chat to Sue Sutton about our meeting in the morning and the things that we were to do in the meantime and it was mid-afternoon before I was able to get up to date with my journal and then pass on to other action items. I received a staggering estimate for £250,000 for the new Heronshaw replacement which has re-opened the option of renovation to the existing structure after all. I worked very late producing a draft of a campaign strategy for Sue Sutton and so went to bed after midnight. Daniel arrived home from University today and he seemed very pleased to be home and, of course, we were very pleased to see him.