Election Diary - Post 3 - Still not quite finished that lot yet

I’m sitting at home typing at 16:20.  If you’d asked me yesterday what I’d be doing now then I had no doubt that I’d be out finishing off that letter delivery.  However I woke this morning & my legs were aching.   Problem is when there isn’t an election looming then I’m not one for healthy living & exercise.  I walk to work most days, but that’s only 20 mins up the road.  It hardly compares to being out for several hours at a time, climbing countless tenement stairs.  It’s a bit of a shock to my leg muscles when they are suddenly forced into action every few months.  This time next week I’m sure I won’t be having this problem.  Just got to get into the swing of things again.  Ah, he just lay about all day.  He’s getting his excuses in at the start I hear you say.   But you’d be wrong.  The idea here is to make a post every time I do something as an activist.  So if I don’t electioneer then I won’t post to the Campaign Diary.  I’ll not waste your time by having you read empty excuses.  As you’d expect I did watch PMQs before I went out.  Angus Robertson as always was a credit to the party & the country.  I don’t intend to write a review of it so I’ll just make a couple of brief comments.  Our MPs were guid.  Cameron as usual didn’t answer a single question that was asked by an SNP MP.   Jeremy Corbyn was as unimpressive as always.  I’ll refrain from commenting more on Corbyn for now as he probably merits a proper blog posting at a later date.  Needless to say though, the Labour Party won’t be causing us any sleepless nights any time soon.

Right, that’s PMQs out the way.  Once the Austy was walked I could get back out on the streets.  I only did Iona Street, Iona Street Lane (lovely wee bit that, the properties are nicely done) and Sloan Street South.   I received much the same reactions as yesterday, but maybe less people in.  But I suppose that doing 2 sheltered housing schemes maybe skewed the results a bit as they’re less likely to be out at work.   All in all nothing too exciting to report back on.  Given how my legs feel just now I’m going take things a bit more gently over the next couple of days.  The plan tomorrow is to get Easter Road done.  Then on Friday on the way home from work I’ll do MacDonald Road & the surrounding bits then finish off Leith Walk.   As I said earlier, there is quite a lot of folk not in during weekday afternoons.  So the pile that’s building up of undelivered envelopes can get done on Saturday afternoon & failing that then an early evening on Monday or Tuesday.  I was clearly too ambitious on Facebook the other night when I said I’d get the lot done on Tuesday.  Lesson learned.  Part of the reason that it is taking me that bit longer is that I’m making a point of knocking every single door.  So I do end up standing about waiting for folk to answer.  Anyway I’ll not ramble on too much today.  Besides I think I deserve a beer.  Slainte folks.