Uprising in Romania
Uprising in Romania

On a day that started dry and cold before heavy rain arrived in the evening, I tended Dad’s grave and did some general tidying work in the cemetery and then this afternoon I took Daniel and Gary to buy some brushes at Harry Kitchener and load up the Range Rover for the morning when we intended to collect the new boat.

Working on Dad’s estate administration this evening when I hear of clashes in Romania where ‘up to 2000’ are claimed killed as troops use helicopters, tanks and guns to crush protests.

I had a poor night and was then rather rudderless as I started the day. The weather was calm and dry, if a bit cold, and so I opted to go and tend Dad’s grave.  I drove up to Little Paxton Cemetery and began by removing all of the flowers, adding many bucketful’s of earth from the corner of the cemetery and replacing the flowers on top. The heavy rain had settled the recent graves so that the surfaces were quite hollow, and I wanted to return the level to what it was before. Whilst there, I also emptied the communal waste bins and subsequently carried off the bags of rotten flowers etc., dumping them at the St Neots Civic Amenity Tip on the way home. In the winter, there seems to be no gardener to look after the cemetery and so I did the job myself. Lastly, as a tribute to Dad, I replaced a new oak sapling by the memorial bench – this new oak to be in memory of Dad which is nice. I shall label it sometime in the future. Home for lunch, feeling somewhat cold.

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This afternoon, I got Daniel and his friend Gary to load up the Range Rover ready for the morning. Then we went shopping together at the Harry Kitchener Marine Chandlery to get some scrubbing brushes for our new boat. The news from Jim Cole of the Norfolk Yacht Agency today was disappointing. He will not release the boat until my cheque is cleared and the Xmas mail is holding things up. This evening, I caught up a bit with Dad’s administration ahead of my visit to Mum tomorrow. Our plans are to stay at Heronshaw for a day whilst the cheque is clearing and then to bring our new boat to a prepared mooring at Horning.

The weather today was fine for most of it, but heavy rain arrived this evening. The main news is of clashes in Romania where ‘up to 2000’ are claimed killed as troops use helicopters, tanks and guns to crush protests. The government is to pay up on Barlow Clowes.