Working on my papers, accounts and making calls and hearing that work will start on my conservatory next Monday. The afternoon shopping in Cambridge and St Neots and then this afternoon practising with my slides for my forthcoming Little Paxton history talks. Disappointment when Peter Wilmer withdraws from Council candidature and a poor party meeting this evening over Percy’s efforts. 66 more deaths in Rangoon as the civil unrest at the Burma coup continues and Emperor Hirohito of Japan is gravely ill after 62 years in office
The nights are no longer sufficient to let me catch up on my needed sleep. Awoke before 7am and was showering when I was called for breakfast of boiled egg. Some post and the morning paper to read which took until 9:30am and I worked on some accounts and phone calls to chase up a few outstanding matters. Work is now due to commence on my conservatory next Monday which is a surprise and so I have to order the liner of my pond which is on three weeks delivery. Soon time for lunch and then I went shopping this afternoon in Cambridge and St Neots. I managed to get my slides for the forthcoming history talks and a new battery for the security alarm system, which was badly needed. Once home again, I set up the slide projector and sorted the slides out in the correct order for my talks and they looked very good.
Thereafter the rest of the day went downhill. Peter Wilmer telephoned and said that he had changed his mind about standing as a county councillor which was a blow as I actually thought that we could get him elected. Then during tonight’s party meeting, I ended up arguing with Percy over the pace of work needed in his Buckton Ward. I just feel that Percy is not positive enough to carry the day and all-to-willing to make excuses for not getting on with the campaign early enough to win it. I got home to find Daniel still up with his radio blaring at 10 PM and then Di had actually got an inflatable boat filling the floor in our bedroom. The news today is of three more building societies putting up the mortgage interest rates. In Burma, fighting still continues in the capital, Rangoon, and 66 more deaths are reported as the civil unrest continues. The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, seems to be on the point of dying after 62 years in office.