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Relaxing and enjoying a sunny and warm day tending a bonfire, reading, cruising in The Lady and driving the Rover around the area
A fine warm day with temperatures around 70degF and plenty of sun to warm and dry. We lay in as Diana had been up until 3.30am with Debbie. Deb had been coughing again but did not become as frightened as the night before. Daniel was despatched to fetch the tea and coffee for a wage of 50p but, much to Diana’s disgust, the coffee was too sweet and weak! I stayed in bed to read the Economist and Sunday Times and continued during the day to catch up on a volume of other reading from my briefcase. Having cleared out the straw from the duck hutch this morning and made a bonfire, the hutch itself dried out easily in the fine weather.
After lunch to wash and vacuum the car and then to watch the first live football league match on television between Spurs and Nottingham Forrest. An excellent tussle which ended in Spurs winning by two goals to one after an early goal had put Forrest in the lead. I am troubled at the moment with the mounting toll of personal and business paperwork and do not have the will to work ceaselessly to catch up. A break this afternoon however, as I take The Lady around both islands to blow the cobwebs away. Then to drive the Rover around Little Paxton and St Neots, stopping for a choc ice in the riverside park.
News today of Neil Kinnock winning the Labour Leadership and Mr Roy Hattersley the deputy leadership. They make common cause claiming a new and different atmosphere pervading in a Labour Party, expensively taught the errors of internal division. Further troubles in the Lebanon, Afghanistan and Pakistan which I have difficulty in becoming concerned about.
The fine weather is forecast to turn to rain tomorrow and I hope that will spur me on to more paperwork.
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A cool and damp family day after a troubled night of coughing fits with Debbie as the America’s Cup travels the world and Labour sort out their leadership plans
Early up and dressed and to our new Doctor for the first time with Debbie. A troubled night with my little girl almost suffocated with coughing and stress causing Diana to stay up all night. We fear the onset of Asthma, but he treats it as croup and remains unwilling to make a diagnosis at this stage, asking that she is kept relaxed and does not consider it as a disease.
A dull, cool and damp day and I spent it reading at home, watching the television and catching up on some work; leaving only to collect Daniel by car from Kimbolton. Daniel has become quite expert with his Killer Gorilla game and I confess to joining in. I order brass duck novelties of a pair of book ends, and a set of fireplace irons and add an old fashioned sealing wax set.
News today of eight IRA fugitives as unwelcome guests of an Irish Household. The Americas cup home to Australia via London for its makers examination, and preparations for tomorrows election of Labour Party Leader and Deputy. The Kinnock/Hattersley ‘Dream Ticket’ seems to be more than that.