Breakfast with the girls after a sluggish start and not much time in the conservatory before the gardener wanted to discuss priorities with me. Working at home preparing for a general election campaign training meeting and then some publicity tasks before preparing for my visit to Norfolk. Some time with Sally over St Neots Museum funding alternatives
After another late night I was again reluctant to get up and going this morning. Still made breakfast time with the girls and saw them off quite happily; giving Diana a reassuring cuddle as she still worries about Della. I went into the conservatory and sat quietly feeding the fish, but this did not last long as the gardener soon joined me and we chatted about the range of tasks that he has yet to do. The compost heaps are now fermenting steadily, and we hope to get rid of most of their mass soon. The games lawn now needs a fair quantity of top-dressing at this time of year to resume the process of trying to level it up.
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Once I had got him sorted out, I had a full day ahead of me getting ready for tomorrow's trip to Norfolk. I was to do some work at Heronshaw but also to attend a regional training meeting for the general election campaign which required information to be collated together. This, apart from the normal correspondence and problems of the day. I also progressed the publicity aspect of our visit to Norwich and interested the local TV station about having an interview.
I had hoped to have an early night but then Sally came round and brought up the question of St Neots Town Council giving large monetary grants to establish a town museum and I spoke to her at length about the necessity of being able to justify such matters to her colleagues and the electorate. She would have to review next years plans and budgets to establish what the council's priorities had to be and ensure that the District Council was approached for most of the funding. Quite weary to bed and without being as prepared as I would like to have been for the following day.