I was concentrating on the Eaton Ford election set-up and the candidates 25-year-old daughter, a dress maker and designer who was quite fetching in her hot-pants over tights.
Then dog training as Diana joined Daniel for a trip to Norwich this morning so as to be able to put his car in for automatic gearbox repairs and collect my old dad's Escort on loan.
The election arrangements seem fine and the statistics still look good. Over to Nigel for the evening for drinks, a chat and game of snooker.
A little milder this morning but the colder weather resumed later. Diana joined Daniel for a trip to Norwich this morning so as to be able to put his car in for automatic gearbox repairs and collect my old dad's Escort on loan and the arrangement worked well. She got a coffee and scone in Jarrold’s and a little chance to do some shopping for her trouble.
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It was swimming retrieves for Sam this morning and, though he messed around a lot at first, he soon got into the swing of it and went the biggest distance that he had been across water for some time. His quartering was pretty poor, and the obedience work was only passable. The worry was that he found a collared dove that I had probably shot and then badly mauled it bringing it in even though I keep trying to train him to be gentle.
In fact, he is holding his dummy retrieves a lot better, but it is his treatment of the real thing that lets him down. I had to go over to Sally Guinee’s house and then on to Eaton Ford to set up the election computer during the middle of the day. The final data was input and then I struggled to get the election day filters in play so that we could print out the delivery lists for our "Please Vote Today" leaflets. I met John Scott, the candidate, his wife Margaret and his 25-year-old daughter Jackie, a dress maker and designer who was quite fetching in her "hot-pants" over tights.
I still concentrated enough to get the system ready even if John Roscoe's computer contribution was mixed to say the least. The arrangements seem fine and the statistics still look good. Out with Sam upon my return this afternoon and a special concentration on obedience in the garage afterwards. His dummy-holding improves, his retrieves are still nothing short of excellent, but his quartering is ragged and he even ran off once to another dog and ignored my stop whistle and got a beating for his trouble. A rest after tea, feeling quite tired, and then over to Nigel for the evening for drinks, a chat and game of snooker. We had a nice chat and a good game as I heard about his court case and business plans.