Ambulance coverage deteriorates even further with many more stations withdrawing coverage
Ambulance coverage deteriorates even further with many more stations withdrawing coverage

I made an effort for an earlier start today and then sat in the conservatory reviewing my mail and papers whilst tending the fish and plants. Some organising of my new boat equipment with commissioning details now to hand for my new charging system. I was also in contact with the former owner and will meet up with him over Easter.

This afternoon delivering some letters, shopping and comparing building society interest rates and also buying some electrical accessories. Then a Southoe Parish Council meeting this evening with a number of matters to discuss. Ambulance coverage deteriorates even further with many more stations withdrawing coverage and industrial trouble elsewhere with Ford and British Aerospace affected

Was still awake for some of the night but eventually slept well and made a big effort to get up at 7.15am to shower and dress in time for breakfast. Even so, I was still late, but Della was even later and had quite a lay in. This morning, I went through the papers and mail and then tended the fish and plants in the conservatory. I decided to reset the security lights and re-commission them now that the time switches were back from the Christmas outside display light use and that took some time. I was pleased, at long last, to get return calls on my boating problems. I first heard from Jim Cole with the response to my letter. He is putting the list of the craft's equipment into the post which I need. The I heard from Cetrek and got the advice I needed with respect to the commissioning of the charging system.

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Jim had also given me the telephone number of the former owner of the boat, Mr Taylor who lives in Hertfordshire and also has a place in Horning. I telephoned him and we had a good chat about the boat which he had built and he answered several queries about it. We will meet up there over Easter when I will get the gang-plank and any other things that he has. This afternoon, I went out to deliver a few letters and then went shopping in Huntingdon. I found out the latest account details from the building societies to compare their interest rates and terms. The I went to motor accessory and electrical shops to get the crimping tools and bits and pieces I will need to do the wiring, and this took all of the afternoon. After tea, I cleared up my office again and then went to the Southoe Parish Council Meeting. They had a few matters to discuss and I was back by 9.30pm, allowing me to return a few phone calls and write up these last two days journal before bed. The ambulance strike is becoming more widespread with more stations withdrawing their men from emergency calls as well as routine work. The government's position is a scandal and they are facing trouble elsewhere on the industrial front with Ford and British Aerospace affected.