Time with Sundance today, training him to box
Time with Sundance today, training him to box

A warm and enjoyable day discussing my plans for standing orders with the District Council, meeting a new delivery volunteer and touching base with Michael Pope and Percy Meyer about election campaigning. After a chat with Rolly Smith, borrowing his horse trailer for lessons to teach Sundance to enter and leave. An evening communicating with election volunteers and helpers

Today was quite warm and enjoyable and I thought spring was coming as I took part in an interesting variety of activities. First, I dressed in sports jacket and trousers and drove off to the District Council to discuss my proposed changes in standing orders with the District Administrator. He accepted much of what I proposed and agreed to put more to the Policy Committee Meeting coming up shortly. Whilst out, I also dropped in on a new helper for our newsletter delivery Mrs Strutmetter of Park Avenue, who completed the delivery later in the day. I met Michael Pope at Pathfinder house who was handing in our election nomination forms and they were still the first they had received. On the way back, I dropped in at the riding school and chatted to Rolly Smith

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and then Percy Meyer’s house to touch base with him. After lunch, I returned to the riding school in old clothes and a successful session teaching Sundance to go in and out of Mr Smith’s horse trailer. I started with in the pony barn; then in the yard increasing distances using pallet fences each side and removing them gradually until he went in willingly. This evening I worked on the letter to our flag board display sites and last year’s canvas team, chivvying them up for this year’s campaign. This kept me up until very late and, worse still, I then went out and delivered the copies to the activists for onward distribution.