Today was a day of two halfs or, more accurately, three thirds. Early morning spent at Kindermusic in Ponteland (Methodist Church opposite The Diamond), a music, dance and singing class which my eldest daughter loves. After I got her safely home it was off to Haltwhistle for more canvassing, with a quick stop in Heddon to pick up a colleague.
By 11am the winds were picking up a storm, and already there was lots of damage to trees and the foliage along the A69. Every minute of driving my car got a strong tug: God's hint to slow down.
We had a good turnout for canvassing. Among the more elderly residents, an important concern was the closure of the day care centres. Regrettably, one resident said she wouldn't vote Labour for that reason. When I patiently tried to explain to her that we opposed the closure of the day care centres and it is the Liberal Democrats trying to close them down, she told me she couldn't care less. Rather like the MPs expenses scandal: when something goes badly wrong which upsets voters, all parties get the blame, not just those at fault.
Final third of the day was spent at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle, where we got there just in time (4pm) to be told that the 'Play Tyne' exhibit "is now closed" - great ... Anyway, we had a good walk around before it shut at 5pm, and my eldest got very excited by the model boats. It's a pity my grandfather didn't live long enough to meet his grand-daughter: he loved building model boats and planes, and my eldest would have loved to see him building them.
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