After overnight rain, I could forgo gardening and work inside today, sub-editing and preparing the layouts for my latest set of FOCUS newsletters whilst watching some more World Cup football. Daniel had taken a new girlfriend to the cinema in Peterborough last night and enjoyed the experience despite his friends playing the customary practical jokes on his car. Di got Debbie to her horse-riding and then to her St Neots Civic Parade for the Guides and then Di's sister Sue arrived unexpectedly after Daniel had failed to pass on a message.
An IRA bomb exploding on the roof of a Territorial Army building in London, injuring 17 people amongst the 40 students enjoying an unconnected social event and British Airways has grounded many of its aircraft after a windscreen on one shattered and the Captain Tim Lancaster narrowly survived being sucked halfway out of the window.
It was good to have some rain overnight which meant that I did not have any gardening to do today and so could spend my time inside. We had a lay in but Daniel was to bed even later than us and so he laid in even more. He had taken a new girlfriend to the cinema in Peterborough last night and enjoyed the experience. His friends got to hear of it and played the customary practical jokes; tying his water bottle and all else to the steering wheel and switching on all of the indicators etc and the stereo on loud so that all hell broke loose when the ignition was switched on upon their return to the car! I was planning to spend the whole day in and so, with the cool northerly breeze giving the house a chill, I lit a log fire in my office to keep me company.
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This morning, I sub-edited and prepared the stories that had arrived from Percy's pen and this continued after lunch. The meal was a little unusual for us as Della's horse-riding had meant that Diana was late back to get lunch at 2.00pm. She also had to get Debbie out for her St Neots Civic Parade for the Guides and then, just as we were about to have lunch, Di's sister Sue arrived having given Daniel a message that he had failed to pass on! We conducted our lunch and gave her a cup of tea before Di found the swimming costumes that she had come to pick up. More of my work afterwards and then I combined this with watching another World Cup football match - this time seeing the USA beaten 5-1 by Czechoslovakia which was sad but inevitable. I relaxed in the lounge to see the end of this match on TV and then returned to my office and stoked up the fire for more of the same, pausing only to feed my fish and doves before it got too late.
The evening saw Brazil win their football match 2-1 and me finish editing the copy for the Eaton’s FOCUS and so I will be able to start the task of laying out the newsletter tomorrow. The main news story tonight is of an IRA bomb exploding on the roof of a Territorial Army building in London, injuring 17 people amongst the 40 students enjoying a social event which itself was totally unconnected with the army. British Airways has grounded many of its aircraft after a windscreen on one shattered and the Captain Tim Lancaster was sucked halfway out of the window at 17,300 feet with two stewards hanging on to his legs as he hung outside the jet for 22 minutes until they made an emergency landing! A passing baby boy was seriously injured in a car bomb attack on a vehicle being driven by an animal psychologist in Bristol and Animal Rights activists are suspected.