Morning reading before calls with John Lamb on Comart matters and then a riverside park outing as The Lady’s winter cover is put on and with it put to an end the season’s boating. Bombs in the Lebanon kill 170+ people but two stranded Russian spacemen get more food and water and Geoff Boycott gets his Yorkshire CC meeting called.
A good night’s sleep and lay in on the morning that the clocks are put back an hour for winter time. After a cooked breakfast (including the first and single duck egg we have had laid for the last three days) a morning in bed reading the Economist and Sunday Times. In late morning a call from John Lamb to compare notes on the board papers before a run to the Riverside Park in St Neots with the family for a walk and exercise on the new climbing frame there.
Back in time for lunch and after to fit the winter cover to The Lady. A three hour exercise with Daniel’s help but in the end a good job as we tie down all parts of this custom-made cover very securely. We have now removed all duck food from the riverside workshops to help cure the large infestation of rats. They have chewed large holes in many parts. Tea from our trolley in front of the television.
News today of bombs in Lebanon at the Beirut bases of the United States and French peacekeeping forces. Dead are numbered at 140 + Americans and 30 + French in the two explosions caused by suicide mission lorries packed with high explosives – estimated as equivalent to 2000 tons of TNT. Iran are suspected as being behind the bombings. HMS Antrim is steaming to Grenada to take off foreign nationals if needed. The two Russian cosmonauts, stranded in the USSR Soyez space vehicle have now been relieved by food and fuel supplies. There is still no way down for them, however, without repairs to their craft. Geoffrey Boycott’s supporters had collected the 240 + signatures from members to force a general meeting of the Yorkshire Cricket Club.
The weather today fine and sunny but the chain of anticyclones bringing chilly weather in the clear evenings. Later tonight writing up Comart’s Quality meeting minutes and Q. Assurance policy which I am very pleased with.