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Another busy office day of press and political telephone calls after my new routine of reading the papers early on, which reported my efforts on behalf of the museum and the Little Paxton Nature Reserve.
A lively special Little Paxton Parish Planning meeting discussing Cosy Corner and Bydand Lane plans for development after I had featured the issues in my Focus newsletters!
I achieved quite a lot today, but it was slightly spoiled by me not receiving the Harold Hayles Spurs that I wanted to take across to Norfolk tomorrow. At least I managed to contact Securicor and, if the package arrives overnight, I would be able to collect it from their Bar Hill, Cambridge, depot early on our way through. My new routine of reading the papers and then, once Diana left for a morning shopping and slimming in St Neots, I settled down to some telephone calls. I first briefed Steven on my planned trip to Norfolk tomorrow and he agreed to come with me.
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Leaving Di to the normal school panic with the girls on a bitterly cold day, I developed and copied my Heronshaw plans for Steve Bloom and Nigel to discuss with contractors and met them both accordingly.
Then to prepare for two District Council meetings on Local Government Reorganisation. Good news from New Zealand where the England cricket team have won the first Test.
The normal helter-skelter of a school day and I tried to stay out of the last-minute panics as Diana got the girls ready. She is taking both Debbie and Della to school in the cold and icy weather, particularly as Debbie has had a cold and she has to take Della anyway. I sat and read the national newspapers for once and then resumed work in my office at 9.00am which I am trying to establish as a routine. Then a hurry to prepare and copy my Heronshaw plans for Steven Bloom who was collecting them to take to show his friend Derek who owns a wood-machining firm in Norwich.
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Still very tired at the start of a very cold day with a chill northerly wind, we drive to Cambridge after dropping Della off at school, then drop off print cartridges for refilling and still made Eadon Lilley's in time for coffee with Charles and Norma, with Charles much better after recent illness.
A healthy lunch in the Cambridge Theatre Roof Garden Restaurant after which we returned Della’s wheelchair to the Red Cross. I forwent our Town Council Group meeting and, instead, helped Debbie with her homework who was upset and struggling until then as I tried to spend more time with the family.
I was still very tired this morning and needed to get more sleep that I was allowed but I felt a little better for not taking the tablets. I telephoned for a doctor's appointment to square the situation with him next Monday. A little time to administer things and then Diana returned from dropping off Della at school and I drove her to Cambridge. We delivered my spent toner cartridges to the Supercharge depot for re-charging and still made Eadon Lilley's in time for coffee with Charles and Norma. Charles seems much better after his recent illnesses, and it was nice to see them there. The rest of the morning shopping on my own and with Diana. We found a very good book about the French people, and I scanned a number of bookshops.
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Feeling groggy from late nights and cholesterol pills, I get up and out to Hinchingbrooke for my foot hospital appointment and start musing about the future and Diana’s commitment to boating and my Norfolk project.
Off to Pathfinder House to make a key contribution to a planning meeting after which I revealed to Percy that I might not stand for re-election in May. Peter Brooke, the Northern Ireland Minister, acts the fool and sings "Clementine" on Irish television and the retail statistics for Christmas are poor and the recession shows no sign of abating
I was feeling very groggy this morning. Given that I had been having a succession of very late nights, this might (as Diana thinks) have something to do with it; but I think that it is the tablets that I have to take each evening. I was down late for breakfast and then some little time working on my "in-tray" before it was time to drive to Hinchingbrooke for an appointment to have my latest surgical in-sole fitted. It does not seem to be of any help to me, but I am going through the system anyway. I also have my appointment with the "Ear, Nose and Throat specialist" on Wednesday and seem to be going through the wars at the moment. I dropped off some letters in Paxton on my way home and then relaxed with coffee until Di came back to make a beef salad lunch.
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