Dragging the moorings for weed growth after arranging booms and then a nice meal by the river as I fished and Daniel cleaned his boat on a very muggy and warm day. The Cleveland ‘abuse’ row continues, Wimbledon champion Boris Becker lost to an unknown Australian, David Steel the Liberal leader insisted again that his party must merge with the SDP and more riots take place in South Korea
A poor night’s sleep again. Too warm and muggy for most of the time and then the night was over. Sat listening to the radio with my morning tea, too tired to do anything else. Eventually up, showered and dressed and found I was not then the last one down to breakfast. Melon to eat again, which we all enjoyed, though each still had another dish afterwards (wheat flakes for me). Read the morning paper and reviewed the morning mail, before Di left with Della to do some shopping in town. Then I went out and did a little work – made up a boom from two timbers and tied it up outside the boat harbour to stop debris from floating in, then made up a drag from two hand sickles and a piece of sheet and dragged the weed from off of the moorings.
In before lunch to make up the money to pay Pete and Joan, then Di came home to serve the last of our nice ham as a salad. This afternoon I watched the Wimbledon tennis championship on TV, then went off in the Range Rover to do some shopping. More mooring caps and plants from the garden centre, barbecue goodies from Waitrose and bait from the tackle shop. Then I collected my photocopies from Alexander Studios. Home to start up the barbecue and we enjoyed a nice meal by the river of chicken pieces, kebabs and sausages. Then I did some fishing and caught a small perch and a roach, whilst Daniel cleaned off his boat. This evening was the Butterfly charity walk that saw hundreds of walkers pass our house along The Haylings. Daniel brought home exam results today. The %ages were low, but class positions good. News today is still of the tussle over child abuse cases in the North East. Two doctors have diagnosed abuse in over 200 children in Cleveland. Consultants Dr Wyatt and Dr Higgs are in for a storm of protest and criticism for going beyond the extent normally encountered. Parents and children are shocked and disturbed. In the tennis, champion Boris Becker lost to an unknown Australian and Ivan Lendl nearly went the same way. Back to politics, David Steel the Liberal leader insisted again that his party must merge with the SDP and decried the influence of ‘petty pride’ that opposed the move. In South Korea, there is more unrest than ever and the opposition leaders are back under arrest again and even larger riots take place. At Lords, a compromise was agreed over the status of cricketers who had played in South Africa.