The packers have been here all day. I’m sitting in my little office, which is close to the open front door, freezing and fiddling around with the computer. I managed to do some work this morning, but I’ve become so desperate that I’m resorting to writing my blog - which I haven’t done for a while.

I flew to Edinburgh from Luton on Wednesday evening for a meeting at and about the new Baha’i Centre in Albany Street. The meeting, with representatives of the Edinburgh Local Assembly, the Baha’i Council for Scotland and with a property developer and an architect (both Baha’is), was about how the rooms in the new Centre should be used. The Universal House of Justice stated in three separate letters to the National Spiritual Assembly that the building should be suitable to receive distinguished and prominent visitors. However, there was talk during the meeting about rooms for craft activities and children’s classes. I felt constrained to remind the meeting of the House of Justice’s guidance.

We walked through the building (mostly occupied by MORI at the moment) and admired it yet again. What a great purchase! We agreed by and large on what the main rooms should be used for, particularly two rooms on the first floor, which can be separated by elegant curved double doors or used as a single room. This is definitely the room for receptions, buffets and the like. It’s here that the Queen and the First Minister will come. Vain imaginings? I hope not.

Flew out of Edinburgh at 6.15 on Thursday morning for a meeting of the executive committee of the Inter Faith Network.

Anyway, I’m gradually freezing as I sit in my office. Erica’s sitting on a hard stool and we’re keeping the dog in here too, so she doesn’t get under the packers’ feet. There’s nowhere else to go until they finish. And once they have finished the house will look like the bailiffs have been in!

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