A full day preparing for the forthcoming elections, after failing to hear from Steve Bloom and getting the girls off to school. I was updating the electoral rolls on to the computer, keying in the data to find candidate John had covered over 14% of the ward, gaining support.
I was also tackling the swimming pool. I removed the winter cover to find the pool full of filthy green algae Home latish and then quite tired to bed, my cold reaching its lowest point and becoming more manageable.
It was the preparations for the forthcoming local elections that occupied most of my time today, there being no word from Steven Bloom so that I could start my work on the Heronshaw Boat-shed. First this morning, we saw Debbie off to school and got Della to do her homework so that she would not spend the rest of the weekend worrying about it. We had something of a plague of ants which was causing disruption and absolutely terrorising Della, her being worried about spiders and other insects. Diana went to St Neots to do some shopping and then delivered the latest John Brown election address in her patch.
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I stayed home and completed the task of updating the electoral roles on the computer before awaiting John's arrival with the canvas cards for input to the machine. I still had to do my other chores, with the gardener away the weekend, and, besides the normal ones, I was also tackling the swimming pool. I removed the winter cover to find the pool full of filthy green algae and so then brushed most of it into suspension, lowered the pool level and then dosed the water with "super shock" chlorine levels. I then had to dash into town to undertake a building society transaction and took the opportunity to survey the extent of the election flag board sites in Paxton and Priory which left a little to be desired. After lunch, the canvas cards had arrived, and I keyed in the data.
{jcomments off}I was pleasantly surprised to find that John had covered over 14% of the ward already and had found solid support. This support was mainly based on the goodwill that I had established as his predecessor and was despite his not living in the village. This evening, I ran round to John Davidson's to get the corrected canvas cards printed off and the statistics output. Also had telephone calls with Derek, Ross, Percy and others (and went round to see Sally) and from this organised an election meeting at Sally's tomorrow night by which time I wanted all of the plans reviews for the climax of the campaign. Home latish and then quite tired to bed, my cold reaching its lowest point and becoming more manageable.