Debbie was out on an accompanied road hack this morning
Debbie was out on an accompanied road hack this morning

After a slow start, because of suffering from a cold, I worked all day on correspondence and then started my chapter on The Mills of Paxton after tea. Debbie was out on an accompanied road hack this morning, Daniel watched videos and then did his homework and the Frost’s re-worked the support posts. Britain and the EEC are recalling their diplomats from Iran over Ayatollah Khomeini’s incitement to kill Salman Rushdie, an IRA bomb exploded overnight at the headquarters building of the 2nd Para Regiment in Shropshire, the government suffered a defeat in the House of Lords over compulsory ID cards for football supporters and Britain’s prisons have been condemned by report as being the most unsanitary in Europe

I had a slow start to the morning as, in common with most of the family, I had been suffering from a cold as a disability. I had breakfast and then worked in my office all morning and afternoon on both Council and personal correspondence, taking up causes that were pressing me seriously as a consequence of spending more time on my history. I had finished most of these by teatime and thereafter started my chapter on The Mills of Paxton which, thankfully, was already written and just needed re-formatting. Debbie went horse riding this morning and a kind lady at the stables accompanied her for a road hack on her horse.

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Daniel stayed at home all day, watching videos until doing his homework this evening. Di was shopping this morning and then helped at the Little Paxton County Primary School this afternoon and she took Debbie into help. Di had to go to bed early this evening with a bad cold. The day was characterised by having cold air but a very warm sun which made the conservatory hot for the Frost’s decorator who came today to re-decorate the support posts. At least that meant I could ventilate the area well. The news tonight is of Britain recalling all of its diplomats from Iran, and the EEC is recalling all its ambassador doors for ‘consultations’. These measures are in response to the continued incitement by Ayatollah Khomeini to his followers to kill Salman Rushdie for writing his book. And IRA bomb exploded overnight at the headquarters building of the 2nd Para Regiment in Shropshire, but the attackers were spotted by a sentry and the 50 soldiers evacuated before the explosion. The government has had a defeat in the House of Lords about compulsory ID cards for football supporters. Britain’s prisons have been condemned by report as being the most unsanitary in Europe, having no toilets in the cells in many cases.