The publicity aftermath of our Liberal Democrat Eaton Ford election and then some dog training in dull and drizzly weather after recovering from the excitement.
A call from Martin Sullivan who invited me to spend Sunday 27th February with him in Epping teaching Sam how to track under harness and I will look forward to that.
Though awake until after midnight and wakeful even then with mind full of the day's activity, I was still up early to check on the early-morning radio news coverage of our famous victory. Both Radio Cambridgeshire and Chiltern Radio were carrying verbatim reports from our overnight press release but, when I called Percy, he had not then been interviewed by the media.
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His interview took place later and added momentum to the story and it ran all day with the Tory leader, Cllr Derek Holley, having to respond to claims that the people in the St Neots area were fed up with a poor sort of government from Huntingdon that did not reflect their needs. An exchange of telephone calls with Percy and Sally and then the long task of clearing up my office and trying to get some semblance of order back into it after some days of pressure.
More trouble with Abbey National wanting me to pay unreasonable charges for my bank account which made me decide to close it once and for all. I prepared my own lunch of mushrooms fried in olive oil accompanied by a large and varied salad and followed by an equally large and varied bowl of fresh fruit and ice cream. Two long runs with Sam to make up for the time away from him yesterday. He took to the water quite well this morning in dull and drizzly weather and he jumped well and was obedient enough.
He then did not manage to quarter at all well until the afternoon, after a few launcher dummy retrieves, when he then hunted with much more control and pattern. I spent some time grooming and petting him also as I keep up the job of settling him down. We had planned to take the girls out to the cinema in Bedford this evening and actually got as far as driving out and down the A1 but then their behaviour was so appalling that I turned the car round and brought them home to spend the evening thinking about how to behave towards their parents. A call from Martin Sullivan who invited me to spend Sunday 27th February with him in Epping teaching Sam how to track under harness and I will look forward to that.