Shopping and relaxing in Brighton and mini-golf with Daniel at Rottingdean as Polish agents kill Solidarity priest and the NUM attempt legal action to regain their assets
A poor night with a rather noisy radiator in a strange bed. Diana also suffers from a painful breast which still troubles her by morning. She has to lay in sleep and miss breakfast. A good meal for the rest of us; fried eggs, bacon, sausage, toast and tomato for me, scrambled egg and cereal for Daniel and cereal and toast for Deborah. Diana still resting, I take the children by car out to Rottingdean and Daniel and I play mini-golf in the shadow of the windmill. Debbie acts as caddie and scorer. Back to the hotel to find Diana up and a bit better, so we go shopping along Western Avenue. Morning coffee and drinks at a café then time in Debenhams High and Mighty before we go to Wimpys for lunchtime hamburgers and chips. Then to the new shopping centre and the nursing mothers facilities, a visit to Mothercare, Currys, Rumbelows and any other radio shop before we decide to get Daniel’s radio at Debenhams and he ends up pleased with the choice. I also buy a small folding tripod for my video and use it later on. Then all back to the sea front to give the children another chance to ride the amusements by Palace Pier before home to the hotel to rest after a full days walking.
I go out to take some nice pictures of the setting sun by use of the new tripod and then take the kids out to McDonalds for tea. They insist on eating their chips and burgers in the McDonalds ‘boat’ dining arrangement, which beats the ‘trains’ of the branches back home. After further rest, and a bath for Diana, we go down again to the excellent hotel restaurant for a fine dinner. We have been lucky with the weather this weekend – warm sunny days and cool nights. News tonight of reported death of the Polish Solidarity Priest, Father Jerzy Popieluszko and three government police agents admit to kidnapping him and are themselves arrested. The British government have stepped up relief aid to Ethiopia with three planes made available. The NUM is going to attempt legal action to counter the government’s seizure of the union funds. The Americans launch their latest and biggest aircraft carrier against a background of patriotic celebrations and a Republican Party rally.