A better night’s sleep and a more restful day and then took the girls for a morning Little Paxton playground in my Reliant before our Sunday lunch and more paperwork and administration later. News of the McAnespie exhumation for a second post mortem, arch-bishop Tutu is leading anti-apartheid services in South Africa and Labour calling for an ‘NHS budget’
Slept much better last night and was just waking as Di brought in my morning tea. Did not wait long in bed and had gone into the en-suite to wash and shave when Debbie came in, upset that I was not in bed so she could join me. I let her do her jigsaw puzzle in the en-suite and before long Della had joined her as well! Down in good time for a nice fried breakfast, which I ate with a clear conscience (I had tipped the scales at 13st 4lbs this morning). Soon dressed up against the cold and out to work on Percy, the Reliant. Soon had it started and ready to take the girls down to Little Paxton playground for a trip. The van was fine, but Debbie fell over and bit her lip and returned hurt, so I took them home. A nice Sunday lunch of roast beef. Before and after this, I managed to get the windscreen wipers working, top up the back axle, touch up the paintwork and polish it all up. I then put it away in its new home, to the side of the inner garage and in front of the pool boiler room.
It leaves plenty of room for the Rolls Royce, to arrive at its earliest convenience! This evening I sorted my desk out and was appalled by the host of paperwork matters to do. All this, plus my SDP texts to write up for tomorrow night! The news after two days is of the exhumation of Mr McAnespie’s body, buried prematurely, for a second post mortem for the family by the authorities in the Republic. The Garda have found an arms cache, composing 2000 rounds of ammunition, four guns and two grenades. US Secretary George Shultz, touring the Middle East, is still hopeful of a peace settlement. In another repressive state (South Africa) special church services have been held to protest about the clampdown on anti-apartheid groups. Archbishop Tutu said ‘we have a mandate from The Lord to carry out the work of these organisations’. Welsh extremist group ‘Meibion Glyndwr’ has set fire to four estate agents in Chester in protest over the purchase of village cottages as second homes. North Wales police are appealing for information. In an attack typical of the times, 94-year old Cleveland widow, Kate Simpson, was killed by stabbing in her own home by a robber. The Labour opposition are renewing their call for ‘an NHS budget’ and trying to keep up the pressure on the Tories. TGWU leader, Ron Todd, has denied the recent members vote means a swing to the left and away from Neil Kinnock. After the cold, but drier weather of recent days, tonight is forecast windy, tomorrow cold & windy, and then the wind gradually dropping, but snow showers carrying on thereafter.