Time in my new Gordon Road office and then outside working on The Lady on a warm and sunny day before relaxing with some TV sport as the government tries to justify its actions
A warm and sunny day with some cloudy periods and threatening to shower but didn’t. A reasonable lay in then up for my first fried breakfast for a few weeks. Fried egg, bacon, mushrooms and bread and it was lovely. Then to quickly dress, finish reading The Sunday Times, and let the ducks out. One duck is definitely broody and is sitting on the two cracked eggs we left in the hutch. We are now considering getting some chicks for her. Then to tackle The Lady and to sand down and varnish the areas I had previously stripped. But not enough stamina to do more, and somewhat daunted by the need to wash down the varnish and brush the roof to put on a number of coats.
Lunch prepared by Diana and then an afternoon sorting out papers in my new ‘office’ and preparing matters for tomorrow. I now see the BMMG priorities somewhat clearer and have started to work out how to invest our money for income and growth. In the background the televised sport of both the British Grand Prix formula 1 motor race at Brands Hatch and the British Open Golf Tournament at St Andrews. After two starts and some crashes, Niki Lauder wins the Grand Prix with British built McLaren and Derek Warwick of Britain is second in a Renault. In the golf, Sevy Ballesteros wins in the last two holes in a low scoring tournament and splendid weather.
After tea I take Diana to Cambridge in the Jaguar to return the breast pump and after I put it away in the garage and get out the Rover to return to Comart tomorrow and clean the outside thoroughly.
News today of another diplomatic baggage incident as the Russians allow the West German customs officials to inspect the inside of a lorry but not the parcels themselves. All dockworkers are now back to work and the government and media are trying to build support for the Tories by featuring Labour MP reselection rows. They might well succeed but journalists are looking again at Keynesian economics. Both Diana and I to bed this evening somewhat weary at the beginning of a big week.