IRA Mortar bombs landed on Westminster Green to the rear of Downing Street
IRA Mortar bombs landed on Westminster Green to the rear of Downing Street

Amongst more snow and very cold weather, the builders worked on and I set off to collect my new ‘laptop’ from Longstanton and then loaded it with ‘Wayplanner’ software later. After tea, out to a Parish Council as Downing Street mortar bombed this evening by the IRA

Snow flurries this morning and the continuation of the very cold weather that has been coming from the continent. The girls were still able to go to school, Diana was out doing her Waitrose shopping and so I was alone in the house where I had to tend to the builders. They were plastering the new utility room and then laying the brick plinth to support the outside sink. I worked at my desk for a while and then got news that my new laptop portable computer was available for collection and so set off to get it. I collected a Building Society cheque from St Neots on the way and then found Tansley Micro Systems in Longstanton and made the exchange. Managed to get home for lunch and spent the afternoon commissioning the "laptop" and loading up the Wayplanner navigation software.

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Tea and then out to a meeting of the Little Paxton Parish Council in the thickening snow. Rather a long and drawn out meeting but at least we made progress on planning matters for once. More time on the computer before bedtime as the snow became thicker still. The startling news today was of a terrorist mortar bomb attack on 10 Downing Street, with three mortars being fired from the back of a van by the Banqueting House and one of them landing in the back garden of No 10 and shattering all of the windows whilst the War Cabinet was sitting! The protective anti-terrorist grill-net caved in but held and the senior ministers escaped with only their pride damaged. This was probably the IRA, but it raises the whole question of security.