August has continued with visits and meetings and I cannot believe that I have been in post for 5 months already! I have had a catch up with the Police and Crime Commissioner, who is about to refresh his Crime Plan. Caroline Malcolm, one of the Police Chaplains based at Hertford, invited me to her Reflection Room to talk about how to better integrate the chaplains and how a skills audit might help them understand how they can best be of service. I met with Penny Williams DL

We were a large party (travelling in my first cavalcade!) for my busy day in Dacorum which was beautifully arranged with kind attention to my particular interests. Mayor Terry Douris and his Mayoress daughter Emma were joined by Chief Executive Sally Marshall, former DL Derek Townsend, who kept us all to time, and Cllr Bert Chapman. We dashed from place to place with Charlie (Corporate and Democratic Support Officer) going on ahead and our first stop was the library within t