Yesterday evening I was 'enrolled' for my second year as the youngest churchwarden in the Winchester diocese. The Archdeacon's visitation was much less inspiring this year and the chocie of prayers was awful. So bad, even one day after and I can't remember what they were.
The vicar's hip is playing him up again, and I have been troubled with a couple of days of trembles. A weird, uncontrollable shaking in my hands and an associated feeling of light-headedness, similar to having drunk too strong a coffee?
It has passed this evening, but returns more often than I am entirely comfortable with.

Caught a bus to Lyndhurst this morning to meet with Sir Tony of Climson and discuss our plans for the new edition of the New Forest map. All is good. We can fit more ads on and offer 5p per copy less to our retailers. Part of my campaign to make the work we do more profitable rather than getting more work for already tired and busy people. Took an hour lunch in the rain among the ponies before going into a meeting of the Tourism Association Steering Group to discuss marketing plans, subscription fees and the new Transition initiative launched in Brock this summer. 'from oil dependency to local diligence'. I entirely support this campaign - living locally is the key to a lot of the issues we face in today's society. Singularly more fundamental than recycling, organic and fair trade.

MAde it home for dinner at 5.30 and then went over to the school for the 'new parents' introduction to the school. LC starts in September. Scary thought. Left after the talk - not really needing a tour round the school or a chat with the teacher (she's been here for dinner twice!) so that I could be at the church for an interview with a reporter from the daily Echo who want to do a feature on our 140th. he didn't turn up (unless I got the date wrong???) so instead I joined in the gardening party and helped out raking up the grass clippings.
Signed off and locked up at nine to leave enough time for a pint with the vicar and an opportunity to catch up with three of the four people going on our African exchange to Busoga in three weeks time.

Feel so uplifted, inspired and encouraged by everyone around me at the moment.

Hoping now to 'listen again' to an interview that JF recorded for R2 yesterday. he's performing CO at Durahm Castle tonight - sadly its been moved indoors because of the rain.
Busy man, after Barcelona on the weekend with TCM and a second performance of The Qu*et Man in Genoa this coming Saturday

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