An opportunity to catch up with work on a day that was cooler but still very warm and I planned my office renovations before Sally arrived with her two girls Alex and Adelle who went swimming with Debbie in the pool. Some chores and then to chair a candidates meeting about this coming year's St Neots Town Council Elections and then home late and to bed even later.
The government retreats from introducing any further laws to allow widespread Poll Tax capping and accepts the European judgement over the repayment of subsidies for the Rover group. A record 15% increase in crime at home in the first quarter of this year with large increases in burglary, theft and vandalism
I had more of a chance to catch up with things today and was up early again as the light from the open curtains let me hear the dawn chorus. Diana had made me French Toast for breakfast and then I got out to the conservatory, the doves and the fish. It was a little cooler today with a fresher breeze and less sun, but still warm enough, nevertheless. I spent some time with the gardener, getting him to start on the window cleaning amongst other things. Then a further measure of letters about Heronshaw and telephone calls etc and some time planning my office renovations. I checked through the drawings and ascertained where the power and telephone points have got to go by cutting out shaped pieces of cardboard to scale for the desk-top equipment. I found one or two extra features that I would like in the furniture itself. I have arranged for an electrician to call tomorrow to review the work needed as I must get on.
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Sally Guinee came round this afternoon after school with her two girls Alex and Adelle who went swimming with Debbie in the pool. They were quite a handful and I had to sort them out as Sally is far too tolerant of them and shows such patience. I gave her some papers and print-outs that she needed at the same time. After tea, I updated this last day's journal and then did my rounds with the fish, doves and garden (watering my bedding plants in the process) before going off to the Priory Centre to chair a candidates meeting about this coming year's St Neots Town Council Elections. It was a pleasant enough meeting and we enjoyed our wine and snacks but only two new faces were there and so the better plan might have been to postpone it as we will have to arrange another session when we can get the others along.
Home late and to bed even later but Di was still up and we chatted before bed. She has Daniella's birthday party to organise for Saturday and so is pretty busy and preoccupied. The news is of the government being in more fallible mood as first it retreats from introducing any further laws to allow widespread Poll Tax capping and second it accepts the European judgement over the repayment of subsidies for the Rover group paid to British Aerospace. There has been a record 15% increase in crime in the first quarter of this year with large increases in burglary, theft and vandalism in particular.