A warmer and more comfortable night after which I got the television working. We set off early and stopped at my mums house for a while in mid-morning, finding her well, and then were home in Little Paxton by 1 PM, having dropped Debbie off at the riding stables with Daniel on time for his driving more relaxing afternoon and evening studying navigation on VHF radios.
A peace demonstration in Jerusalem was broken up with undue brutality, injuring 55 people and President Bush admits searching the home in Panama of the Nicaraguan ambassador was a mistake. The USSR has called on the United States to withdraw its forces from Panama immediately
We slept quite well, with the benefit of our mains-powered fan heaters. I had gone to bed a bit later after working on the TV aerial. I had managed to deduce the correct installation from somewhat ambiguous instructions, and, to my amazement, I actually got the amplifier working for the aerial. We showered last night to utilise the hot water and save time. This morning, we had an easy job to wash and dress, load up the car lock up and set off by 9:30am. We arrived Mum’s house in Stanton at 10:30am and found her happy and with Doris, her home help. I made coffee and we stayed an hour to an hour and a half. The children behaved well, although Della was a bit rumbustious!
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Home by 1pm, after dropping Debbie off at the riding stables and this meant Daniel was on time for his two-hour driving lesson. Such arrangements! Di went off shopping and we had two snack meals. Having had hamburgers on the road at a ‘drive-through McDonald’s’, my stomach was a bit topsy-turvy by the end of the day until settled by a milky drink at bedtime. This afternoon and evening, I relaxed, watch TV and read books on navigation and VHF radio use and operation.
The main news this evening was of a peace march by some 3,000 Palestinian, Israeli, American, and European women in Jerusalem being broken up yesterday by ‘undue brutality’ with 55 people injured in a ‘Peace Now’ demonstration today as 30,000 people formed a human chain around Jerusalem's Old City. Major diplomatic reactions as President Bush admits that his troops searching the home in Panama of the Nicaraguan ambassador is a mistake. Nicaragua have responded by expelling 20 American diplomats. The USSR has called on the United States to withdraw its forces from Panama immediately or the progress of diplomatic ‘normalisation’ will be affected.