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Another day at our Mundesley beach hotel and I show the kids how to use stilts before buying a new video camera and taking pictures as the rail strike gathers pace, the TV journalists are still up in arms over the suppression of the IRA film and experts examining the 747 wreckage have yet to conclude the cause of the crash
A better night, but awoken at 6.30am by the combined din of three children playing boisterously in the room next door – ours of course. Morning drinks arrive nicely on time and we get down to breakfast by 8.30am for our usual selection. Della behaves quite well and we all get something to eat. The night had been wet, but it had cleared up this morning as I stepped outside to take the morning air. I then tried to raise the Dixons service organisation, Mastercare, but tried in vain both at Ipswich and Bedford, and only got the telephone engaged and ringing tones without any reply. Fortunately, the Great Yarmouth branch took details of my warranty claim and undertook to inform the Cambridge branch of my situation. I can now take the unit in there for repair after our holiday. We then set off for a day in Norwich as it had started to rain again. This was after some time for the children in the nursery when I showed them all how to use stilts by chasing the children around! In Norwich, I took Daniel and the girls went by themselves. We first visited Dixons and bought a new compact video set – a JVC set – that combines camera and recorder in one unit. We shall use our Sony as a static unit now and be able to edit and copy using the two recorders.
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Rather warm night in the hotel and then a day swimming, relaxing and ‘enjoying’ the beach whilst the children had fun and found friends and things to do and another press censorship row develops as it is revealed that MI5 has been vetting BBC executives and vetoing appointments.
A poor night, which was far too warm for my comfort. We are on the eastern side of the Hotel Continental, which has a nice sea and cliff view, but the breeze is from the west and can only blow hot air from the body of the hotel into our room. Eventually asleep and then awake with the whole family at 7.00am and our morning drinks at 7.15am. Washed, dressed and all down to the restaurant for breakfast, but Daniella ate well, but became very tired and weepy afterwards and had to go up to bed. The rest of us stayed in the nursery and pool areas, Debbie first playing in the sand pit with some newly made friends and then playing on the swings and in the nursery. I read today’s Sunday Times and then played Daniel at table tennis in the games room. A sunny and warm day today as we relaxed and ordered morning drinks in the television lounge. Then Debbie braved the swimming pool again with me watching from the side. She is now becoming a competent little swimmer and doggy paddles out of her depth across the pool with no qualms at all.
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Off to Mundesley for a family seaside holiday via a surprise visit to Nanny and Grandad in the way as a huge car bomb kills and injures scores of people in Beirut, the doomed Japanese 747 had a cracked cabin previously reported and the rail dispute starts to unfold
Up to my morning tea, but no paper today as we were due to leave for Norfolk today. Down for a toast and fruit juice breakfast and then quickly washed and dressed, catching Diana by surprise as she had not finished the packing. A glorious day, still and with warm sunshine, as I went out to feed the birds and take Deborah for a walk round the garden. She played on our new tree swing a while and took an interest in the various shrub types. I left the ducks food tray out for them to eat tonight in our absence and also filled up the doves seed and water dispensers, so as to give them several days supplies to aid the gardeners efforts. Then to finish packing and loading up the car so that we set off by 9.30am. Plenty of traffic on the roads as we headed east along the A45, but no jams. We avoided some of the A11 and went via Stanton, where we surprised Nanny and Grandad by dropping in for a coffee and a chat.
We found them quite well, but Mum is a bit depressed and grumpy lately over her hip. She expects to recover completely and I fear she will not be satisfied. Off again and I listen to the test match on the radio before we arrive at the Continental Hotel, Mundesley, by 1.00pm and take a bar lunch whilst Della sleeps soundly in the car.
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Visit with the family to a very busy Cambridge for some diagnostics on my Jaguar and lunch in the Copper Kettle before home to create swings for the children in the garden and pruning trees as the world shows its disappointment with South Africa but devaluing the Rand and it looks like the 747 pressure dome is suspected of fracturing to cause the latest crash
Awake and searching for my morning drink this morning and after to settle to my paper, which takes a time. Breakfast of melon and toast and then back up to read, but a row ensues with Diana, who wants to know what my plans are for today. Up later to a shower and hair wash and then out to the birds on a much warmer and calmer day. Pete agrees to cut the lawns less close, puts the hose on our front garden one, and it will be next season before we get a good lawn. Off then with Diana and Debbie to Cambridge, as Daniel spends the day in Bedford with Paul. We collect my fen-tools from Artisan antiques and then I drop the girls off in town before spending a frustrating hour at Marshalls getting an opinion on the noises emanating from the Jaguar’s automatic transmission. Just in time to meet Diana for lunch at 12.00 noon at the Old Copper Kettle and only then by finding the parking meter free just outside. Cambridge is still very busy with shoppers and tourists this summer and is a trial to the motorist.