Day reading my business mail and in-tray and resolving to reorganise the Comart Group after tending our productive ducks and taking Debbie for a walk around the village to see what is left of the Old Paxton Park as two more Libyan bombs are found in Manchester and Sussex Police pursue armed men who shot two officers and kidnapped two others as hostages

Another lay in and, following a fried breakfast, further reading of Sunday Times until 10.00am until up and out to release the ducks and clean them out. 10 eggs today which is not bad. Then I take Debbie for a walk to the slide and swings in the park and look around Little Paxton to see what is left of the old trees from Paxton Park. There are just a few in the old village area. Back and down to an hours work before a lunch of roast pork. Then after to return to work in the afternoon and evening. I have worked my way completely through my briefcase which is some going and concluded that I must reorganise the Comart group and recruit more senior management personnel. In fact, if I do not sell the company outright, a further option has emerged of selling a third of my holding for £1M.

During the evening I phone Nigel Smith and discuss my plan for the BMMG and then resolve to talk to John Lamb at lunchtime tomorrow. News today of more bomb attacks in England and France which are attributed to Libya – today two bombs were found in Manchester. Police in Sussex are pursuing armed men that shot two policemen and kidnapped two others as hostages. The miners’ union branches throughout the country have been voting on tomorrows strike and the majority are coming out. The differences are being publicised as a split.