Monday 22 May 2005
Off early this morning to Soussons Forest to look for letterboxes. On the way we travelled along even narrower lanes having to dodge on-coming cars and lorries. On arrival we went into the forrest and found two out of three letterboxes we searched for. On the way out of the forest we saw an ancient stone circle.
We went off to Morehampton for lunch then headed out on a charity letterbox walk. In return for a donation of two pounds we get directions to 12 letterboxes. On our walk we found eight of the letterboxes, two we couldn't find, one had been destroyed by an animal or weather, the last was in a shop that was closed for renovations. The walk was over six miles long so we drove home afterwards.
Tonight Channel 4 had a current affairs show about an undercover reporter who worked for the Labour Party in Britain before the election. She drafted template letters for Labour activists to write to local papers supporting Labour policies and organised rent-a-crowds for Publicity stunts. It seemed like sour grapes from the media as Blairs team managed media events so well that experienced (hardened) Political reporters were shut out from questioning Blair, only reporters from regional and local papers were able to do so. If British Labour managed the campaign well enough to prevent negative publicity then I say well done to his team (and hopefully they won't be coming to NZ for the election later this year.)
We went off to Morehampton for lunch then headed out on a charity letterbox walk. In return for a donation of two pounds we get directions to 12 letterboxes. On our walk we found eight of the letterboxes, two we couldn't find, one had been destroyed by an animal or weather, the last was in a shop that was closed for renovations. The walk was over six miles long so we drove home afterwards.
Tonight Channel 4 had a current affairs show about an undercover reporter who worked for the Labour Party in Britain before the election. She drafted template letters for Labour activists to write to local papers supporting Labour policies and organised rent-a-crowds for Publicity stunts. It seemed like sour grapes from the media as Blairs team managed media events so well that experienced (hardened) Political reporters were shut out from questioning Blair, only reporters from regional and local papers were able to do so. If British Labour managed the campaign well enough to prevent negative publicity then I say well done to his team (and hopefully they won't be coming to NZ for the election later this year.)
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