One of the aspects of rural campaigning that I have had to adapt to is, and those of you who live outside of a town will doubtless recognise, the idea that the houses aren't always conveniently next to each other.
For example, in Creeting St Peter, there are one hundred and five houses on the register. Seventy-eight of them are in the village, which is fairly easy. The other twenty-seven are scattered across the parish so, if I wanted to deliver to them, I could walk around, but it would take quite some time. So, instead of a delivery walk, there is a delivery drive.
But, in order to deliver efficiently, you need to know where all the houses are. Fortunately, with an electoral register, maps provided by the Ordnance Survey and a car, you can plot them all, and design a route that gets you to them all. It also means that, using the skills gleaned from years of watching 'Blue Peter', you end up with a map of the entire ward, made up of bits of map cut up and stuck together at the back with sticky tape.
So, the preparation work is done, and delivery has begun. I'm out again this afternoon with Ros, and we might even be finished in time for dinner.
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