Struggling with ‘Norman period’ of my book and later concluding that the manorial and medieval of Little Paxton History is far too complex for a brief study before lunch with Diana and Della and then writing up my journal later as Reagan had his prostate operation today, Lord Stockton was buried in a private service and the ramifications of AIDS are publicised
Slept rather late again, but this time Di had to wake me up by bringing the morning tea. All dressed and showered when I joined the others for breakfast, but I had to hurry, as it was nearing 9.00am and the time for cleaner Joan to arrive. Took my papers into the office and sorted out last night’s print run, so that Diana could deliver them by hand on her shopping trip to St Neots. The rest of the morning reading a number of books on the Norman era of Britain in general and Huntingdonshire in particular, but not much of value found – this period will be a long job. Lunch with the girls, managing to keep Debbie and Della in order and then the first part of the afternoon sitting in the lounge writing up these last two days journal and keeping an eye for news of the England cricket team’s fortunes in Australia.
Today they managed to beat Pakistan, in another close finish, in what was a full dress rehearsal for Wednesday’s final. Also watch an ‘Onedin Line’ episode on the TV, before Di came back from a session with the girls at the swimming pool and moaned at me wasting my time. Out to feed the ducks and doves, then to my office to read today’s post and then all of the books I had taken out of the library on Norman times. Tea intervened and today I had a kippered mackerel salad, and the rest of the stilton cheese and biscuits to follow. Completed the reading tonight and, again, concluded that the manorial and medieval history of Little Paxton is far too complicated for a brief study. Ended up in the TV lounge again for my bedtime drink and chance to unwind. Reagan went in for his prostate operation today and, whilst they found more growths on his colon and removed them, they say there is no reason to think that the polyps are malignant. Lord Stockton was buried in a private service today in his family plot in Horsted Keynes in Sussex. There is a growing row over the advice of the BMA that anyone who had casual sex in the recent years should not be a blood donor – the problem is that AIDS screening tests do not show up contamination of those donors recently affected by the disease. The ramifications of this terrible disease are spreading quickly. There are forecasts of icy weather and severe frosts from tomorrow and particular concern that elderly people will be in danger from a sharp change in the weather after a mild winter so far.