Russian leader Boris Yeltzin wants Michael Gorbachev's United Nations Security Council Seat
Russian leader Boris Yeltzin wants Michael Gorbachev's United Nations Security Council Seat

Tired after a late night and early morning on a really mild day for once and to start writing my Christmas cards which Debbie helped me deliver later to Little Paxton and Hail Weston and I did the rest to Eaton Socon, Southoe, Buckden, Offord and St Neots. In between times, I tended the swimming pool for the winter, delivered a large pile of newspapers to Sally’s Priory Re-Cycling collection and worked on this journal.

The staggering news from the Soviet Union is of that state being disbanded by its constituent republics so that Russian leader Boris Yeltzin wants Michael Gorbachev's United Nations Security Council Seat with the future of Soviet nuclear arsenal and overseas embassies also issues. This is a worry for the West.

Di woke me up early after my very late night and that was a rather unsettling start to the day as I sat up in bed blinking with a headache. Sometime after breakfast to write my Christmas Cards for posting and then I loaded up the Range Rover with two month's waste newspapers and drove off down to the Priory Re-Cycling collection. Once home, I went out to the garden to do the chores which consisted of not only the doves and pool filter but also pumping out sufficient water from the swimming pool to reduce the level to normal.

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Before lunch, I managed to write the last of my Christmas Cards - the ones requiring hand-delivery - and after the meal, I set off with Debbie to deliver them. There was time to do all the Little Paxton and Hail Weston cards before it was time to take her to the riding school for a lesson; and I then managed the rest in Eaton Socon, Southoe, Buckden, Offord and St Neots myself. Quite tired by this time and so I spent the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening sitting in the lounge and watching TV sport before updating these last three days journal. The weather had turned really mild as this winter continues to blow hot and cold. At least we are getting the rain that the ground water and rivers require at last. The staggering news from the Soviet Union is of that state being disbanded by its constituent republics so that Russian leader Boris Yeltzin wants Michael Gorbachev's United Nations Security Council Seat and nobody seems to know what is to happen to the Soviet nuclear arsenal and overseas embassies. Given the dictatorial and precipitate behaviour of Yeltzin and his reputation for drinking bouts and imprudence, this is something approaching anarchy which is of great worry to the West!