A mild day after a misty start ideal for leaf clearance/gardening and I also spent some time training Sam on his walks but there was no bonfire on Guy Fawkes night.
I did progress highway access issues for our Cambridge Street properties and expect no issues to hold us up.
Not such a good night than of late as I first felt very warm and so discarded much bedding but was then very cold and woke up again! I was reluctant to rise but then got down to breakfast in time and out with Sam. He had a good run this morning; quartering well and even starting to point and found two hen pheasants. I saw a woodcock today in the pits complex for the first time. Sam did not get so much attention this evening and just had an ordinary run, but I let him out and kept him by me all morning whilst I worked in the garden.
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I undertook much labour clearing leaves, spreading the rest of a further compost heap over the beds and then shredded two days' accumulation of leaves with several barrow-loads of conifer debris. I took my first break for morning coffee and did some telephoning in pursuit of my planning consent. I had a good exchange of faxes with the highway engineer of the county council and he felt that our new access on Cambridge Street would not create any problems providing certain conditions were met. I also spoke to the tree officer of HDC and arranged to meet him on site next Wednesday morning. With their blessing, I then intend to talk to my friends on the Town Council to pave the way for an early uncontested planning application.
Back to my labours this afternoon as I stuck to these tasks and eventually finished and cleared up before dusk. This evening resting from my efforts and watching televised Rugby League after updating my journal for the day. The weather was still mild but quite a mist this morning which dampened my leaves and took some time to clear. For once, I had no bonfire on this, Guy Faulks night, which might become a lost tradition.