The drive to Cambridge through intense fog to see a lonely Charles and for my Glisson Road meeting about Sue Sutton’s election with everybody late and then home to tie up the Focus distribution and hear from Daniel, who had news of having (just) passed his UEA exams.
I was up particularly early this morning as I wanted to get off to Cambridge by 9.00am. I did my morning chores through gaps in the drizzly rain that seems to be plaguing us at the moment and then drove Della to school whilst delivering notes to two of my FOCUS helpers to chase them up. I was expecting a party colleague to come and use my computer today and she would either come before 9.00am to get in and use the computer whilst I was out, or would come this afternoon when we were back from Cambridge. She had not come by 9.00am and so we left for Cambridge and were there by 9.45am. A strange patch of fog as we drove to the city. It was only some 50yards across but very intense with near-zero visibility and the worst driving hazard we had ever seen.
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As Diana drove, I used my portable computer to start updating my journal which had got behind lately. Once in Cambridge, Diana parked the car and I made my way to Eadon Lilley's to meet her father and buy the coffees. He is suffering from being left alone at the moment, his wife Norma still being in Spain at the villa and so we were glad that we met him. Then on by taxi to Glisson Road where I arrived at 10.15am but found nobody there. Luckily, I had brought my computer with me and so sat on the doorstep and carried on working until Andrew Duff arrived at 10.50am. Eventually, Murray White got there at 11.05am and Sue Sutton by 11.20am but this only gave us an hour or so and even that was at the expense of being half hour late for lunch with Diana! We discussed the position of Agent and also the outline of a campaign peaking next Spring with three organised constituency branches having FOCUS distribution, computer databases and leading chairmen who undertake the task of coordinating and communicating with the constituency executive.
To Diana by taxi for 12.35pm which was just in time to order lunch of Roast Beef which we enjoyed together. A little shopping afterwards for Di and I collected my briefcase which had gone in for repair before we set off home. Late afternoon and evening returning telephone calls and trying to catch up on all sorts of other work so as to be clear for the weekend. My two deliverers had returned some extra FOCUS's and so I also drove round Diddington and delivered theirs. The party colleague did not make it over at all today, leaving a very unsatisfactory message about one of her dogs being ill and needing the vet. Daniel telephoned, first to leave a message and then in person, with the news that he had passed all of his examinations and would be welcome back to UEA for his second year which is a relief to us all. His mark, however, at 49% overall leaves a lot to be desired.