Editing my History of Little Paxton and arranging to see Rolls Royce’s in London, as the Fords strike is solid today, the RCN debates offering formal support to striking nurses, the ferrymen are still out as there are warnings of large gales tomorrow. We hear of the pro-Nazi war time activities of Austrian President, Kurt Waldheim, and Russian announces a date for withdrawing from Afghanistan
Slept well last night and was awake quite early. Made it to the breakfast table with the others and enjoyed my wheat flakes in company for a change. I went out early to take the battery charger off of the Reliant, tidy away my tools from the garages and have a chat with Pete, who is keeping himself busy in the aftermath of the floods. Once inside, I made a series of phone calls to Rolls Royce dealers and arranged 3/4 cars to see in London tomorrow, with a vehicle inspection booked for the better of the ones that we see. By this time I was hungry for lunch and Di came back late from collecting Daniella from playschool. We had to look after Amy again today, as the poor thing still has this debilitating virus and a mother working during the day. This afternoon and evening I got down to my history editing and I finished off the items for Daisy’s Cottage and then made a good start on Rose Lawn. Broke off only for tea and to go out and feed the ducks and doves.
I also called Mr Stuart this evening. He has this 1974 Corniche convertible with only 6000 miles on the clock! We will find it interesting to see the range of models on sale in London tomorrow. Today there was news of the report on war time activities of Austrian President, Kurt Waldheim. A panel of historians pronounced that there was evidence that he knew of Nazi atrocities and cooperated with them. But there is no evidence of his direct involvement as a war criminal. The Ford strike is solid today and is beginning to affect other European plants of the company. The Royal College of Nursing is making plans to hold a ballot on whether to end its historical ban on industrial action in support of nursing negotiations. Still certain ferrymen are on strike and Dover and the Isle of Man still affected. The UK stock exchange dropped today by 43.3 points to 1694 on the FT100 index. Michael Gorbachev has announced dates to start and end Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is good news for the background to further East/West detente. The weathermen are warning of 90mph gales to sweep across the country tomorrow, as strong as the October winds. But then the leaves were on the trees and the trees were vulnerable.