Wiggly and I had been invited to the VIP lunch and special viewing stand to see the St Neots Carnival procession and so we quickly left Norfolk and arrived just in time.
After this, I met Debbie at the foot of the deus by prior arrangement and we walked down to the bicycle shop where I bought her the black mountain bike she had chosen with Di and she met Wiggly or the first time.
I tried to write up today's journal but found the film, "Good Morning Vietnam" and was late to bed.
This was quite a highlight of the year as, being the partner and guest of St Neots Town and District Councillor Wiggly, I was invited to the VIP lunch and Deus viewing stand to see the procession of carnival floats pass by.
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First we had to wake up in our nice Norwich hotel bedroom and get down for breakfast. Scrambled egg and bacon to follow grapefruit and fruit juice for me and just cereal for Wiggly.
The wait at the desk is always long for checking in and out but we got packed up and away to do the mundane jobs of walking and feeding Sam.
I used the same stretch of rough riverside land that is next to the Norwich moorings and, afterwards with Wiggly wanting to use the toilets, we walked Sam along the marina moorings and I chatted to my harbourmaster friend whilst she did so.
The drive back to Cambridgeshire, the journey beset by congestion and road traffic no doubt being holidaymakers taking advantage of the bank holiday to visit the Norfolk and the coast. Arrived in Eynesbury with barely enough time to get ready but I let Wiggly go first whilst I walked Sam again.
We walked to the Priory Centre and joined the pre-dinner drinks, chatting to a number of the Mayors and Deputy Mayors that had been invited and came.
There was also the Cambridgeshire County Council Chairman, Gluza, and we were on the same table as the Vice Chairman, our friend Michael Pope and wife Mavis and his children and Town Clerk Derek Irons and wife made up the rest of the table.
In all there were mayors from at least eight other towns as well. The whole party filed out and across the High Street to the Market Square where the two tiers of seating had been set up in two covered lorries for the VIP's to sit and review the carnival procession.
There had been arranged a karioki where the mayors had to sing a couple of songs to the guests and then the Town Crier competition where potential criers had to make their call in front of the crown.
Eventually, the procession arrived and we were able to see the large numbers of carnival courts from other towns and floats from our privileged position.
After this, I met Debbie at the foot of the deus by prior arrangement and we walked down to the bicycle shop where I bought the black mountain bike she had chosen with Di the previous day.
She thus met Wiggly for the first time with me and they chatted without problem whilst I got Debbie to wear her helmet and then ride up and down a few times until she seemed secure enough to ride home.
Wiggly and I were quite shattered by this time as we braved the spitting rain to take Sam for a walk. We went past the caravan park and then across the fields where I made Sam do some hunting.
He found and held a pheasant and flushed it nicely and then dropped to the flush of a hare to show his steadiness. This done, we walked back via the Family Choice convenience store in the Hardwick Road and saw how much space and equipment they had and how little use they were making of it.
A restful evening at home with me keeping Wiggly company in the lounge whilst she watched a film before getting too tired and wanting to turn in.
I tried to write up today's journal but found the film, "Good Morning Vietnam", interesting and then she was tired such that she could hardly stay awake and we had to go to bed at 11.00pm.
There was some noise around 10.45pm which concerned me but that was quite small in relation to what I was to find upon waking up.