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Up early to solve my election leaflet printing problem by collecting my artwork and paper from Cambridge and taking them to another printers. Home for lunch and to see Sally Guinee to help with her meeting preparation and then some time sorting out money and credit cards for my US trip. This evening to a good meeting of the Village Hall committee.
I was up early and trying to contact Percy to take over some of my problems this morning, but I was not able to do so. Instead, I had to get to Glisson Road to meet Roy around 10.15am and to collect my election artwork and 5500 sheets of A3 paper to take up to my alternative printers. I successfully achieved this and negotiated the printing to be done this week so that I could collect it on Friday morning and get it folded at Glisson Road. I had also to go in there on Wednesday to photo-copy my posters so that the team could get the poster boards made up before Sally goes on holiday.
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Bill Medlock starts work as my new gardener, which is good news, but I have to overcome bad news from John Matthewman about a printing delay for one of my election leaflets. A fine day to start with but it clouded over later and tried to rain.
The best news today was the arrival of Bill Medlock as our new gardener, and he was here in good time at ten minutes before nine to get started. I welcomed him and let him into the garages and then left him to sort out the tools in the shed and start the gardening. He pruned the roses and then started forking over the beds to freshen them up and reduce the weeds that had been germinating in the recent milder weather.
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Tending the conservatory this morning, watering the plants with fertilizer, and feeding the fish after our customary Sunday fried breakfast and then agreeing Daniel’s tax affairs with him before he left for Norfolk with Angela.
Watching the last of the Antiques Roadshow episodes this afternoon before returning to my desk to catch up with admin ahead of our US visit. The weather was quite mild again and the presence of so many large and fine daffodils has confirmed both the imminent arrival of Spring
Was awake early again and then washed my hair, showered and dressed and was still in time for breakfast. It was our customary fried affair and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but Di let Daniel and Angela have a lay in as a kindness. I spent a little time in the conservatory this morning, watering the plants with fertilizer and feeding the fish. The aphid infestation is still serious but does not seem quite so bad as if the ladybirds have done some good.
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Less luck in bed this morning, being tired after a late night watching a German Satellite TV striptease programme and then time for my journal before dropping off FOCUS bundles for delivery and collecting more feed-stuffs from Jordan’s in Sandy.
More paperwork later and the reward of watching England beat France to win the Rugby Grand Slam. Daniel locked up tonight as he had a house full of friends watching the TV Pop Video channel
Another early morning but this time Diana shot out of bed as I awoke. Once bitten, twice shy! I was a little more groggy than yesterday as I had hung around to watch one of the German satellite TV programmes after the news last night. In it, a competitor couple choose which, from a range of girl models, they want to do a strip-tease and they willingly oblige. Later in the programme the couple also have to strip and end up in dressing gowns which is all a bit much. The compere stays mercifully clothed and so does his female assistant (although she is not wearing much to start with).