Spending time catching up with my daughters, with Debbie improving her Maths and teaching Della to ride her bike
Spending time catching up with my daughters, with Debbie improving her Maths and teaching Della to ride her bike

Spending time catching up with my daughters, with Debbie improving her Maths and teaching Della to ride her bike and paperwork getting quotations for the new boat house. I arranged for Steven Bloom to come to see the carpenter with me in Norfolk next weekend and will get Mum for a trip to see Dad's grave at the cemetery.

After my time away, there was lots of paperwork to catch up with and I also tried to spend some time with Debbie and Della. I was most of the day on the former and got through quite a bit of work getting quotations for the new boat-house and also had to do all of the chores, it being the weekend without the gardener, and this took me up to lunch. Diana had prepared and cooked a very nice roast chicken and then I watched a little bit of the cricket Test Match before taking Della out to learn to ride her bike. I had mowed the games lawn and this provided a good surface for the cycle lesson.

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I adjusted the bike for this last year's growth and then gently took Della round and round until she eventually got the idea. She had become very upset and nervous about riding and then had her accident and so it was a bit overdue that she should learn now she is past seven. I also played a little tennis with her, and she practiced her tumbling as well. I did some maths with Debbie, having told her that her teacher was thinking of putting her down from the first set if she did not do too well in the exam. Late in the day, I organised my next trip to Norfolk and arranged for Steven to come with me and the carpenter to meet me there.  I will also now get Mum next Friday for a trip to the cemetery and so that is the week organised.