Norwich Castle Museum with a tour of the ramparts and dungeons
Norwich Castle Museum with a tour of the ramparts and dungeons

We managed to restore the Heronshaw water stopcock with Jacks help and then met Gordon from next door and his two sons that Debbie and Helen were taking a close interest in. After taking up an expensive parking place at Bonds, we had coffee at Jarrold’s and then all met to go to the Norwich Castle Museum with a tour of the ramparts and dungeons that the girls enjoyed. Some fishing this evening and strange to see it is now dark at 8.30pm. The US and Britain reject talks until Iraq withdraws from Kuwait.

We had settled back into our morning routine on and I had my slots to shave and bath at Heronshaw. We had a late breakfast which coincided with Jack arriving to help free up the water stopcock. I put off my meal and went to work with him and we were successful in getting it done. It will be useful to have a proper way of isolating the water supply. I met another of the sons next door - Gordon - who seemed very friendly and he has a young family including two boys that Debbie and Helen were taking a close interest in. We eventually left for Norwich at 10.15am but had trouble parking until we ended up at the Bonds department store car park which cost us £10 per day! We had "elevenses" at Jarrold’s then split up with me taking the girls to the toy shop and Di doing some other shopping.

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We then all met to go to the Norwich Castle Museum with a tour of the ramparts and dungeons that the girls enjoyed. We were disappointed by the cafeteria afterwards which was stuffy and with a poor choice of stale food. Then on to the library for a rest this afternoon where I read more about Horning during the war before coming home to a fine tea of king prawns that Diana had bought me. I then did some fishing this evening, catching a few roach but nothing of any size. It was another fine day but fresh as well as sunny and it is strange to see it is now dark at 8.30pm. This is funny as it was light until 10.00pm when we set off on this holiday. The news is of oil prices falling again as rumours circulate about other Arab states increasing production. Saddam demands that the US should "look for peaceful solutions" to the Gulf Crisis or "face a grave disaster" but US and Britain reject talks until Iraq withdraws from Kuwait.