Voting time

The PM said we needed stability so in a weird decision decided to call an early election…because that’s very stable. After months of campaigning, today was the day for the electorate to go and let her know what it thought.

Lion and Lamb bollard

Before voting I had an early Talking Newspaper so I set off at 8am, leaving the sad puppies yet again. Poor things. They never know when I leave if they’ll be alone for ten minutes or ten hours.

The recording session went very well. I had an excellent team (Lindsay, David and Heather with Roy at the controls) who all performed so beautifully that we went in and came out early.

There was some talk about the new system of documentation. I’d been warned (as were all the presenters) by email that it was going to happen so it was not a surprise. It makes little difference to me but it does seem like a retrograde step. Where the intro form used to be compiled on the PC, it is now hand written. Apparently, it makes it easier for the people who send the recordings out (I don’t understand how) so I guess it’s a good thing. One person, however, has resigned over it.

It didn’t affect our recording one little bit and we had a jolly good time. I’ve said before how much I like recording with Lindsay (I always put her in seat one so I can try and make her laugh) and it’s so rare that we’re rostered on together. Given I swapped with Mary for today means I fooled the roster.

Leaving early, I headed for Waitrose then to the TA to vote. And of course it rained so I managed to get a bit damp.

Having placed my cross in the appropriate box, I then headed home to two excited puppies, taking them to the park almost straight away…because the rain had stopped and they were in great need.

The park was very green.

Regardless of how the election goes, the park will always be there.

And, in an amazingly short time, my new passport turned up today having taken less than a week. Colour me very surprised.

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AND, NEWS JUST IN…Sam Panopoulos, the Canadian man who, it seems, invented the pineapple pizza, died today. He was 83. I can’t abide them myself but I know Mirinda is a fan.