At the Polling Station

Going to vote in Hay is always a pleasant experience, even in the rain. When I went down at lunch time I saw a couple of people I knew.
One of the ladies giving out voting slips also volunteers in one of the charity shops in town, and she said she'd put a hat to one side for me if I wanted it.
There were tellers outside for the Lib Dems and Conservatives, and they were talking about how people had struggled over the years for the ability to vote - like the suffragette Emily Davidson who jumped in front of the King's racehorse (she and the horse died).