Monday
The final week of the European and local campaign kicked off on my birthday. Lots of fantastic birthday wishes left me smiling and on a high, but there was no time for celebrating as I headed off for a busy day of Gloucestershire campaigning.
Much of the day was spent in Stroud. Delivering leaflets in Cam & Dursley with the local PPC Neil Carmichael was a lot of fun. After one final steep climb in the torching heat, we headed to the Old Spot Pub in Dursley for a quick refreshment. Afterwards, I had a phone-in radio interview for Bristol University Radio to do in my oven-like car. We proceeded to Stonehouse to canvas for the superb local candidate, John Jeffreys. The day ended with birthday cake over my laptop – how many emails can you get in a day?
Tuesday
Traffic problems can seriously frustrate one’s day as I found out today. To make matters worse, my Tom Tom was playing up. Luckily for me, I love maps and plotted out alternative routes in the good old fashioned way.
The day began in South Gloucestershire at the majestic Tudor House Conservative Club in beautiful Chipping Sodbury. Whilst delivering and slightly out of breadth, I got a media call (not easy to take in the heat on a pavement holding bundles of leaflets!). Many residents were out in their gardens and plenty seemed to want to chat about Europe. One lady asked me what UKIP actually stood for besides one or two simplistic messages and what their MEPs actually did in Brussels?
Next stop was Kingswood to help Chris Skidmore, the local PPC. We had a storming delivery session, getting through more than what had been planned. Chris has put in a lot of hard work in Kingswood and it is showing – some of his campaigns have really hit the nail and the jobs club has been a great success. I then made my way to Bristol for the last in a series of public hustings - this time at the Counterslip Baptist Church.
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