Never really got my glass of wine last night - every time I got started I'd take a tour off and despite leaving my drink with the library secretary to guard would get back to find they'd forgotten it and it was gone.

Managed somewhat more tonight so excush the shpelling...

All seemed to go well for a second night of 'reception'. Quite a few folk from a learning and teaching meeting I'd been at in the afternoon and 'advertised' the reception to. (Apparently more than one person I've spoken to deletes 'all staff' emails such as the one inviting them to the event, completely unread).

So I got bonus points from my boss and the library head both of whom were there meeting and greeting as well.

One of the chaplains came on the one tour I led so I have a feeling I may have booked myself an engagement somewhere along the line to talk about past experiences, one senior woman was so enthusiastic she even dragged along her husband, and another couple of ladies made a particular point of thanking me for the tour. So it would seem I can do something usefully.

Unfortunately, of course, this is probably a one off series of events and we'll never invite staff to tour the place ever again. But on a brighter note, they were unanimously enthusiastic about the attractiveness of the new space.