An early morning row with Daniel, on a wet and windy day, for not helping enough after which he agreed to tend the swimming pool and then the pool and heating engineers visited after which everything worked better. It was our cleaner Joan’s last morning working for us after some nine years of service which was a sad occasion. Helen Young, the village hall secretary, came round this morning and I helped with some correspondence after which I worked on my own. I took the family to the Kimbolton statute fair this evening. It was cool and windy, but Della enjoyed herself and I managed to win a couple of prizes for her to take home.
Daniel is writing to a Kimbolton girl at the moment, the daughter of the school’s deputy head no less! The United Nations Security Council have agreed that an air blockade of Iraqi is necessary and Western women and children have been evacuated from Kuwait via Iraq.
I did not sleep particularly well last night, thinking of the village hall and all else that I had to do, and then I was tired when woken up this morning. I had a big argument at the breakfast table with Daniel, which continued upstairs afterwards, and this cleared the air. The whole family had been leaving lights on and cups upstairs and he had not be looking after the swimming pool properly and was refusing to do it at all for not being paid. He agreed to do it in the end, or I would have had to turn it off for the rest of the season. In fact, the swimming pool service man came this morning and replaced the filter top and the pressure gauge that were leaking and faulty, and so there was no reason why the pool could not now be more easily maintained.
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The heating people came again today and finish the installation by lunchtime, with all the circuits functioning correctly. I was then setting all of the heating controls later which took some time in view of their complexity. Mr Porter, the plumber, came my request and we discussed the new system and then the work planned for the utility area. It was Joan’s last morning working for us after some nine years of service which was a sad occasion, although Diana wants to manage on her own. We gave her a gift and card whilst Daniel was also there to say goodbye. I sorted out my wardrobe and threw away a lot of old clothes to enable my affairs to be kept tidily from now on. Helen Young, the village hall secretary, came round this morning and I helped with some correspondence. I spent most of the afternoon on my journal and also on some administration and I’m gradually catching up on my backlog created this summer. It was very windy today with some showers and again the decorators could not start. I telephoned the agents for lordships of Manor and repeated my preference to sell ‘the Linton is, as one because of their being together for many centuries and to make the administration easier but they asked me to think again until Monday.
After tea, we took the girls to another ancient manor is right, the Kimbolton statute fair. It was cool and windy but Della enjoyed herself and I managed to win a couple of prizes for her to take home. Debbie’s stay there on her own so as to try to meet her boyfriend and Diana had to go and collect her after Della’s swimming lesson. Daniel is writing to a Kimbolton girl at the moment, the daughter of the school’s deputy head no less, who we met on a narrow boating holiday and he is arranging to see her next Thursday. I watch some fairly poor televised football tonight with Manchester United winning their first match now the English teams allowed back into European competition. Now the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed that an air blockade of Iraqi is necessary and the wider UN vote will be taken on Friday. Over 400 more Western women and children have been evacuated from Kuwait via Iraq and arrived tonight.