The confrontation with Ayatollah Khomeini and Iran over ‘Satanic Verses’ goes on and
The confrontation with Ayatollah Khomeini and Iran over ‘Satanic Verses’ goes on and

The weather today was cold; sunny this morning, but with rain and sleet this afternoon. After an uncomfortable night, I worked in the conservatory, siphoning out the isolation tank and topping it up to give the Ohgon some freshwater after which I replaced plants and tidied up after the work yesterday before setting out trays of seedlings. Also to get down to the job of relaying the office and lounge carpets, around the enlarge hearth stones. The Labour opposition leading the Tory government in the opinion polls for the first time since October 1986 and the confrontation with Iran over ‘Satanic Verses’ goes on

I had an uncomfortable night, feeling warm and only later realised that Diana had left her electric blanket on by accident. I was more active when Di came to give me my morning drink, as I pulled in with me for a while. A latish breakfast, as I had decided not to rush over to Offord with Debbie, but to let her go swimming first. Instead, I worked in the conservatory, siphoning out the isolation tank and topping it up to give the Ohgon some freshwater. It was full of the seepage from his wounds and was quite disgusting as I had run out of salt. I then went down to Sandy to buy a sack of salt and used some to restore the salinity. After lunch, I cleared out the conservatory and put all of the plants into their proper positions now that the workmen had finished.

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I also set out 8 to 10 trays of seedlings from my bedding and basket plants as I am going the myself this year. Then, I had tea and got down to the job of relaying the office and lounge carpets, round the enlarge hearthstones, then tidying and arranging the rooms. All this took until mid-evening, but I resisted the temptation of skimping in front of the TV and drag myself to my office to finish laying out my Farms chapter. I just have to correct any spelling and grammar errors tomorrow, paste in the illustrations, and it will be done. The weather today was cold. Sunny this morning, but rain and sleet this afternoon. The barometer is very low and snow in the north of England is forecast to be coming here. Debbie enjoyed her horse riding, and Della a visit to her friend Cary at Caxton. The news tonight is of the Labour opposition leading the Tory government in the opinion polls for the first time since October 1986. The Democrats are on 10% on the SDP 3%. The confrontation with Iran over ‘Satanic Verses’ goes on and Home Secretary Douglas Hurd warned UK Muslim community leaders against violence and refuses to ban the book.