Daniel to the nurse for his cut finger this morning and then on to see Bill Walston at Cambridge via Jordon’s at Biggleswade for grain and for Di and I to lose each other! The Thatcher/Reagan mutual admiration is the main story as he plans his retirement and near-misses are reported between passenger jets over Biggin Hill
A little more sleep last night and an early start to the day. Read a little before breakfast and then had a boiled egg (a little overdone again) to eat. Daniel had a badly cut finger that he has been nursing since yesterday and I told him to see the Doctor’s nurse this morning to get it sorted out. I finished yesterday’s journal and we locked up and rushed out in order to get to the Doctor’s surgery at about 9.00am, when they open. The nurse saw him, put on a few ‘stitches’ (adhesive strips) to pull the wound together, applied a finger bandage and then injected him for Tetanus. He will need a booster in 10 years time. She also gave him a sugar lump with Polio vaccine on as well for good measure, as his medical records pointed to the fact that all this was due. We dropped him at home and then Di, Della and I drove to Jordon’s at Biggleswade to buy some mixed grain for the doves and have our morning drinks there. On to Cambridge, where I dropped off the FOCUS text for Bill Walston at his Cambs Univ Press offices, where he seems to be a Management Accountant.
Into the town for our other two jobs, but, after parking, Di and Della wondered off and I lost them!!! Di had to see the travel agent alone and we were both very frustrated over it, each blaming the other! Home in silence and I made Di a salad lunch, with which she was not impressed. Worse still, Daniel had gone off and skived instead of revising for his exams, which annoyed us both. This afternoon, I did a little work and made an appointment with Planning Development Officer, Neil Coleman, to get to know of, and influence, local development policy. Re-set my mole traps this evening and found a mole hill in my leisure lawn. This is the old mole that has been around the stumps for years and I shall try to get him. Read the local papers tonight and extracted cuttings, then the national press, before going into the lounge for the TV news. Also watched some test cricket on the TV this afternoon – an even and interesting match. Main news is of the Reagan/Thatcher love-match – offering one another political points, as the ‘old communicator’ retires. He has stopped over in London and then invited Thatcher to the US at the time of Presidential changeover. Thatcher is also setting up a meeting with Michael Gorbachev and is trying to play the role of Western Leader. Under the new aircraft ‘near-miss’ reporting rules, more such incidents are being publicised and the latest is a mere 700 feet margin between passenger air liners over Biggin Hill. There will be a disaster some time. Another terrorist bomb blast kills four people this time.