Reading the financial press this morning and then a family expedition to Cambridge on a cold and windy day where I research antique silver and Daniel gets his BBC micro back fixed and then some grocery shopping before an evening in as my stockbrokers sell £120k-worth of Kode Shares, Thatcher’s Asian tour continues with gaffs and criticism and gales are forecast back home
A deep sleep and awake tired with morning tea at 7.00am. The Financial Times, where I see Kode up to 213p, and then the morning mail that included the Investors Chronicle. Rather slow to get going after a toast breakfast but, after a chiding by Diana, up to get showered, washed, shaved and dressed. Out to the birds. The doves are very shy of feeding at the table after the demise of the grizzle hen and my recent absence. The ducks as robust as ever – 11 eggs and they feed well. Back to load up the car and then the entire family aboard for an expedition to Cambridge. The car parked in Lion Yard car park and then the morning on my own visiting antique shops and learning, but not buying anything this time. Time also in the library learning more of makers marks before our lunchtime rendezvous at the Wimpy, where the cheeseburger and coffee already awaited me. After, with Daniel to collect his BBC micro from the Cambridge Computer store and buy a Bradbury’s Hallmark Handbook and the 1985 Guide to Antique Shops.
Home then to drop off the children and then into St Neots with Di to babysit Daniella in the car as Di does the weeks shopping at Keymarkets. Home and to call Nicholas de Zoete to find that he has succeeded in selling 60,000 shares in Kode at 205p and I had also reported earlier on the takeover comment and speculation about Kode in the computer press. Both deals done today on the last day of the account, which will be good also for cash flow. Tea of pizza and ice cream to follow and then an evening of reading up my silver text books. In late afternoon I had phoned the local antique auction organisers to plan my weekend and also phoned Mum & Dad to arrange for them to visit on Sunday afternoon. News tonight of more criticism of Thatcher’s Asian tour through her use of it for partisan union criticism, and gaffs through tiredness, illness and too tight a schedule. Her treatment almost as royalty and ‘Mother Hen’ views on industrial discipline have also offended many. The weather today cold and windy and more gales are forecast.