FA Cup Final Day – Working on political correspondence on a day that started cool before hazy sunshine arrived so that I could comfortably mow the games lawn before hosting our normal family lunch out at the Sandy happy eater. Two games of croquet with Daniel and then to see Wimbledon beat Liverpool to win the FA Cup final! An Iraqi attack on the world’s biggest supertanker in the Gulf. is wrecking the ship with 50 seamen missing. SLD’s Cyril Smith is to retire at the next election due to ill-health.
I slept well enough last night, but had gone to bed far too late to start with. A little lay in, as Daniel’s school bus is half hour later on a Saturday. After breakfast, I came into my office, started up my word processor, and typed up several letters to public officials, progressing problems that had been brought up with many local people. The day started reasonably cool, but the mist cleared to give way to warm and hazy sunshine. I broke off and got out the multi-bladed cylinder lawnmower to mow the games lawn, which I then proceeded to do. Once finished, I suddenly had a yearning to set up the croquet pitch and I did this before lunch. Then it was time to collect Daniel from off of his school bus in St Neots and then take the whole family off to lunch. We drove down to the Sandy Happy Eater and (despite the restaurant being warm and the cream off) the meal was quite enjoyable.
This afternoon, I persuaded Daniel and the girls to give me a game of croquet and then I went inside to the lounge for a cup of tea and to watch the second half of the FA Cup on TV. Wimbledon beat champions Liverpool 1-0, to turn the form book upside down. Tea of prawns, when the girls had eventually been extracted from the swimming pool, for it was by now very hot. After tea, I beat Daniel at croquet (after he had first beaten me) then I came in and typed a couple more letters on Council business. Later, I turned my computer off and wrote up my journal before having an earlier night for a change. The main news story of today is an Iraqi attack on the world’s biggest supertanker in the Gulf, the Seawise Giant. The ship is wrecked and 50 seamen are missing as a result. French President Francois Mitterrand has had to call an election, as his nominated Prime Minister was not able to form a government from his right-wing colleagues. 30 stone politician, Cyril Smith of the SLD, is to retire at 60-odd from politics at the next election, due to growing ill health.