A really busy and well organised day, hardly a minute to spare.
I got up at 7, breakfasted, and put all my circus and balloon stuff in the trailer and panniers, and set off at 8.10, first to place my votes (voting for myself and Luke Capps, the other Green candidate, and YES in the AV Referendum) and then on to Huntington, Strensall, Sherriff Hutton and to the bottom of Terrington Bank, a really steep hill. This 14.5 mile cycle took one hour ten minutes. The last half mile, up the bank and into Terrington, took 15 minutes.
I'd been booked by the tiny C of E primary school in Terrington, with their sister school Foston. The idea was that I'd perform in the village hall. However, as the election was taking up the village hall, Terrington asked the nearby private Prep school if they could use their new sports hall. The prep school said yes... but could they add a class of children too. So, I had 70 children, aged 3 to about 7.
I was taken down to the venue and got the hall right for the gig, with drapes pulled across the walls to reduce echo, and one area curtained off to create a performance space. I got changed, blew up balloons for the afternoon gig, and waited for my audience.
The show went really well... although it overran, as one group were late, so I couldn't do the unicycle workshop at the end. But it was a good show. The children and teachers loved it. I went back to the small school for lunch, but soon back to the venue to continue blowing up 70+ balloons.
The second show also went well, despite the children being young and lots of them. I was finished by 2.10, and quickly got changed and loaded up to return, stopping briefly to give in an invoice to the school to trigger payment.
The trip back was slower, despite having more downhill, as it was into the wind. It took me an hour and a half, getting in at 4.10.
I had a few minutes sit-down and then at 4.45, I set out for St Lawrence's Church to be a Green Party 'teller', collecting poll numbers so that voters who had promised to vote Green could be contacted before the polls closed if they had forgotten to vote. I chatted with the Labour Party teller Lesley, who was very pleasant. In the two hours we were there we had over 100 voters come in... the post working-day rush.
So, I was relieved at 7pm by Alison, and I cycled home. Gill had prepared a plate of pasta. At 7.45 I cycled off to David's as he had booked me to take him to vote at 8pm.
I walked him over to Marygate where he placed his votes, and back to his house. I left him at 9.30 and walked along Stonegate to the Yorkshire Terrier where a group of Green Party folks were due to gather. Stewart was already there, and soon another 10 or so joined us. I had TWO bottles of Pear Cider, which is a lot for me... I usually stick to just one. But a good finish to the day.
I look forward to the count tomorrow.
I got up at 7, breakfasted, and put all my circus and balloon stuff in the trailer and panniers, and set off at 8.10, first to place my votes (voting for myself and Luke Capps, the other Green candidate, and YES in the AV Referendum) and then on to Huntington, Strensall, Sherriff Hutton and to the bottom of Terrington Bank, a really steep hill. This 14.5 mile cycle took one hour ten minutes. The last half mile, up the bank and into Terrington, took 15 minutes.
I'd been booked by the tiny C of E primary school in Terrington, with their sister school Foston. The idea was that I'd perform in the village hall. However, as the election was taking up the village hall, Terrington asked the nearby private Prep school if they could use their new sports hall. The prep school said yes... but could they add a class of children too. So, I had 70 children, aged 3 to about 7.
I was taken down to the venue and got the hall right for the gig, with drapes pulled across the walls to reduce echo, and one area curtained off to create a performance space. I got changed, blew up balloons for the afternoon gig, and waited for my audience.
The show went really well... although it overran, as one group were late, so I couldn't do the unicycle workshop at the end. But it was a good show. The children and teachers loved it. I went back to the small school for lunch, but soon back to the venue to continue blowing up 70+ balloons.
The second show also went well, despite the children being young and lots of them. I was finished by 2.10, and quickly got changed and loaded up to return, stopping briefly to give in an invoice to the school to trigger payment.
The trip back was slower, despite having more downhill, as it was into the wind. It took me an hour and a half, getting in at 4.10.
I had a few minutes sit-down and then at 4.45, I set out for St Lawrence's Church to be a Green Party 'teller', collecting poll numbers so that voters who had promised to vote Green could be contacted before the polls closed if they had forgotten to vote. I chatted with the Labour Party teller Lesley, who was very pleasant. In the two hours we were there we had over 100 voters come in... the post working-day rush.
So, I was relieved at 7pm by Alison, and I cycled home. Gill had prepared a plate of pasta. At 7.45 I cycled off to David's as he had booked me to take him to vote at 8pm.
I walked him over to Marygate where he placed his votes, and back to his house. I left him at 9.30 and walked along Stonegate to the Yorkshire Terrier where a group of Green Party folks were due to gather. Stewart was already there, and soon another 10 or so joined us. I had TWO bottles of Pear Cider, which is a lot for me... I usually stick to just one. But a good finish to the day.
I look forward to the count tomorrow.
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