A trip on a fine sunny and dry day to St Ives this morning for a switch panel for Daniel’s boat and some correct sized paper for writing this journal and then, after an appalling meal at the Little Paxton Little Chef I set off for a walk around the village to speak to some local constituents about grass cutting and potholes in particular. Home to receive a posse of young girls wanting somewhere to gather away from people’s houses and then this evening preparing notes for my Environmental Services Committee. Today, an assassination attempt on the Turkish Prime Minister and, in southern Spain, terrorists tried to plant a bomb at the naval base but both plots were foiled
We slept well enough and had a good lay in. After breakfast, we fed the birds and secured the house and then set off for St Ives. Daniel wanted a switch panel for his boat and I was hoping to find the right paper for my journal – instead, all I could find was some ring-bound quarto pad! We drove back to the Little Paxton Little Chef after, but the service was appalling there, due to few staff and them being inexperienced anyway. It upset us quite a lot. After, I was dropped off home and I had a couple of calls on my answering system and so set off for a walk around the village to see people. I saw a Mr Smith of Park Close, over an abandoned Cambs County Council verge outside his home and advised him to adopt it and plant shrubs like a neighbour of his! I walked on towards Mrs Bunnage and met Mr & Mrs Martin Mawer, who were also out looking at grass patches! It seems everyone is discontent over the situation and I upset the Parish Clerk with my demands the other evening.
On to see Ivy Bunnage and found Vera Ruff with her. Arrangements made to meet her daughter on Monday and also looked at pot holes in the High Street and got my delivery card and spare leaflets back. Dropped in to see Polly Hall then and chatted for a while to get my updates for the history book. At least I have seen him now, after delaying so long. Later a ‘posse’ of teenage girls came round and asked me whether they could have a ‘bus shelter’ constructed, where cars and motor bikes could gather away from people’s houses. I said that I would pass this suggestion on, but asked them to see if any of their Dads or older brothers would help run a place and time for them to meet in a youth club. This evening, I finished my notes for the Environmental Services Committee and then wrote up these last two day’s journal. News tonight is of an assassination attempt on the Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal and then 50 people were rounded up by the police afterwards, as there seems to have been a conspiracy. In Southern Spain, terrorists tried to plant a bomb at a naval base but were foiled by the police who found a knapsack with 35 lbs of explosive. It was a fine and dry day today and the sun came out quite a lot.