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Tending the dove chicks on a dull and damp morning and then tax discussions with my accountant before visiting the Heronry at Paxton Pits and undertaking the long routine to maintain cleanliness now that I have taken over swimming pool maintenance! Six elderly nuns die in a Dublin fire, the Hippies are now being hassled by the Forestry Commission and Thatcher declines to help save the last main struggling Cornish tin mine
Another dull, damp morning, but the humidity was high and today’s temperatures of 62 to 68degF seemed very muggy and warm. Showered, shaved and dressed before breakfast (which was an improvement of late) and then bid Daniel farewell for school, before tending the doves. The small chicks had slipped their rings again and so I put them back once more. The larger dove chicks seem quite mature and I am watching them most carefully, lest they leave the nest and fall prey to the numerous cats that now abound the area. Soon the decorators arrive and need everything open, but Joan is here again today and so can look after them. A little time at my desk sorting paperwork and doing some preparation and then off to St Neots in the Jaguar for my 10.00am appointment with Roger Brittain.
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Suffering from my aching back on another damp, misty and rather unproductive day but cheered by the sparrows cheeping and Della joining me to feed the doves and ducks as Debbie was busy with church and party engagements and Daniel worked alone on his boat. The Hippies head for Hampshireand the New Forest, Kenneth Bakers tidying-up campaign and Geoffrey Howes African Aid speeches are both dismissed as ‘crap’ and a Basque bomb damages Les Garzas Hotel in Benidorm
Up after a lay in and then the curtains open to reveal another damp and misty start to the day. Despite my back ache, relief, and to the bathroom before sitting in our bedroom folding chair to write my end of month journal, as the sparrows cheeped a belated chorus to the start of a new month. It is forecast warmer for later, but we shall see. A lazy day and, after my normal Sunday breakfast, I sat out under the front porch with Della, who watched the river craft and birds with me. She is impressed with ‘bebeducks’ right now and implored me to feed them when we did our ducks and doves together. I put the new dove chicks rings on for the third time and I trust that they will stay on this time.