In the three hours of play against Allan, we were very evenly matched and all of the games were closely contested. At the end of each game we agreed a draw and in my opinion this was a fair result. The three hours seemed to pass amazingly quickly. For every hour I played, I was entitled to a 5 minute break, but I chose not to use any of this time preferring to accumulate everything until later on, when I became more tired! My next opponent was Chris Dorrington and we started our first game at 11.00 am. The games against Chris did not last as long as those against Allan and we seemed to be rattling through the games at great speed. At around 1.00 pm two visitors knocked on the door and Chris went and let them in. Paul, the leader of the Boston Borough Council and a lady representative from Matt Warman's office introduced themselves and wished me luck. The lady told me that Matt would not be able to visit me himself. Of c...
