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Off to Prickwillow Pottery to collect our two new house plaques after Diana had declined coffee at home and gone off to St Neots and then back to fit the plaques and to review Daniel’s day at school (and his exploits with Claire) and receive Nigel for a visit and look around The Hayling View and provide some alarm parts. Thatcher’s Autumn ‘re-shuffle’ just brings in junior turks to help with propaganda and the US/USSR powers engineer a face-saving Daniloff spy swap deal
Rather late to bed last night and sluggish to wake up this morning. Still, got shaved and dressed in time to get Daniel to clear his room up before breakfast and we all had some nice croissants, made by a local baker. Out straight away to the doves and then to make a start on the east gable of the roof. I had hoped to have a morning coffee with Di and Della after my exertions, but she insisted on rushing off to St Neots to have one there, which rather upset me. We have spent a lot of time and trouble on the house and garden and I can think of no better place to sit than outside with the view.
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A fine sunny day, that turned chilly later, working on my roof before switching the swimming pool heating off for the winter and then visiting Cambridge to drop off my hired dinner suit and buy some paint when driving back as The US/USSR have a war or words over spying claims, the recriminations after the Heysel Stadium riot flow with Belgian warrants issued, 1400 jobs go at The Bedford Truck plant and fixed penalties are announced for minor motoring offences
A reluctant start to the day, but coaxed up and into the shower. Also washed my hair as well, as I keep getting smothered in dust from the roofing repairs. Down on time and enjoyed a boiled egg with the children, but Diana would not have one. Fed the doves, but they would not take anything. Strange, because there was a ground frost and the doves are normally hungry when it is cold. To the office and prepared my bank statement and building society accounts ready for some transfers. Tried also to deal with an overdue bill, but found my office number out of order and so I reported it. Off early with Daniel and Diana to Cambridge, taking the Escort Estate to avoid messing up our clean Jaguar.
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Daniel helping me with the housed painting before going off for his hair cut and new pair of shoes after which Debbie seeks to share Daniel’s ‘friend’ Claire as The British Coal Chairman sounds in conciliatory mood but Labour want BT and British Gas re-nationalised and Paris and Chile survive terrorist attacks with General Pinochet lucky
Slept well and had to be woken with my morning tea and I was quite sluggish at first. Listened to the latest disasters on the radio and then went into the shower and also shaved before dressing. Down to breakfast and had wheat flakes and an apple juice. A little time reading the paper, then out to feed the doves, before collaring Daniel to help me with the house painting. Bored of just holding the ladder, he climbed up, as I held it, and did the brushing down of the old loose paint, before I took over and put on the new stuff. Made good progress until his friend Steve came and we stopped and had our morning drink.
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Watching exciting tennis on television and, as Debbie goes to church, I am then working outside painting and tending the livestock before dressing and making Sunday lunch special after which Dan played with friend Paul and girlfriend Claire as Desmond Tutu is enthroned in Cape Town and both he and Dr Robert Runcie defy censorship and make their opinions known
Slept soundly, after watching an exciting tennis match on the TV. Martina Navratilova was nearly beaten by an up and coming German girl, who had three match points, but could not win any of them. Awoke to find Di missing, but she brought me a tea eventually and I read a few computer papers. Same old story, as usual, with Alan Sugar of Amstrad boasting of his plans for a low cost IBM-compatible micro. Like others at Sinclair, Acorn and ACT before him, I predict he will also come to grief. Then another struggle to get showered and dressed, before a delicious fried breakfast. Out to the doves and ducks and got them out of the way so as to make an early start on the house decorating.