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A day spent watching developments on the international markets, visiting river meadows in Godmanchester and taking Debbie to a more advanced horse-riding lesson and hosting visits from Colin Howard and Nigel as the Government causes outrage as it tries to gag the BBC over reporting the Birmingham Pub Bombing miscarriage of justice but hopes rise for a Postal Dispute settlement
Awoke early enough this morning, but sat in bed drinking my tea for too long and was late washing and dressing for breakfast again. Still, this gave me a chance to read my paper at the table, after the children had left, and I continued in my office after and finished it. Very mixed financial news these days, but everybody cautious. I had received recommendations from the stockbrokers for the children’s trusts this morning, but when I phoned they still preached caution and felt that the slight rises of the last day or two meant they should not be chased. This proved sound advice later, as the market reversed earlier gains, to close slightly down again. Then Wall Street fell sharply later and will probably take Tokyo down with it overnight. I went off in the Range Rover this morning to drop off my boat cover at Buckden Marina and also had time to visit the Godmanchester meadows again. I drove through the gravel workings this time, then right up to the gate to the fields.
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A leisurely cruise downstream delivering The Lady to Buckden Marina and arranging its lay-up and winter work with Marina Manager Richard Allen and then home to continue archiving my photos. Germany takes measures to avert a deep recession, coordinated central bank efforts support the dollar and the postal dispute is on the brink
Was fairly awake to my morning tea, but Di has been waking me up later than she used to and it is quite a struggle to be ready in time for breakfast. The kids off to school and then I read this morning’s paper and scanned the mail. A pile of contract notes from BZW, but I shall wait for the rest before I transfer the details to my analysis sheets. Made some telephone calls and arranged to take The Lady along to Buckden Marina sometime soon. Then I welcomed Diana home from some shopping and we had lunch. Mine was a crab salad, which made a nice change. Fruit to eat after. Today was brighter on the stock exchange, which had to rise a little after Monday’s fall. No need to take any further action there. I had prepared The Lady before lunch, moored the smaller boats on their own, removing the Blue Peter dinghy etc. So after lunch I was able to take the cruise down river and through Offord Lock to Buckden Marina.
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Working in my office monitoring the stock exchange, sorting photographs and investigating my land and property investments, then visiting Huntingdon District Council for gravel extraction policies before welcoming Trevor Smith this evening to share Paxton post cards. Gorbachev and Reagan court the media abroad, 11th hour talks to avert the postal strike, a huge London sweep tackles child indecency and two North Korean suspects take poison pills after the South Korean airliner was bombed
A better night’s sleep and up to get a shower and shampoo my hair. I still felt, however, tired after the recent evening’s activity. I was late down to breakfast, but just saw the children leave for school and then settled down to read today’s paper and dwelt, as many others this morning, on the depths to which the stock exchange shares had fallen. Then I worked at my desk, sorting photographs and making telephone calls to further investigate my land and property investments. Soon I had delayed lunch and so I went to the kitchen and made a simple meal of microwaved pasty, wholemeal crisps and a pot of tea. Went into the lounge and ate this, whilst watching the TV news. The financial markets are steady after the falls of yesterday and Gorbachev appears on an American TV news programme. This afternoon I started working on the sorting and trimming of photographs, ahead of Mr Smith’s visit this evening, but then I broke off and went to St Neots, Boots, to collect two batches of photos on Riversfield, North Lodge and Mrs Bunnage’s monument. Then I decided to drive on to Huntingdon to get a copy of the Planning Department’s gravel extraction plan and also try to find Mr Peter Lewis of Ekins agricultural dept, who was unfortunately not there.