Working on my Little Paxton Village Before the War chapter of the book such that I would have finished 13 chapters by tomorrow with just four and the indexing section to go. The range Rover failed to start today, and Diana took the Rolls-Royce. The river rose after the rain today but stop short of flooding our gardens. Paddy Ashdown puts out a challenge to David Owen over constituency selection of candidates and the police cleared an area in London after Semtex explosives were found
I had a reasonable night’s sleep, awakened by Diana the morning tea and to the sound of her struggling with the window catch. I was a little late to breakfast, but the family were still there and then, until 9a.m., I worked in the conservatory; watering plants and then siphoning out the Ohgon’s tank again and replacing the water that was removed with more salt solution. The fish looked a bit better today but needs the next antibiotic injection soon. I worked all day on my Little Paxton Village Before the War section and I think I can finish it tomorrow. That would mean that 13 chapters will be finished and for 4 plus the indexing section remaining to do. This is very good progress but not good enough for all else that I have to do.
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I only had about three 30-minute breaks to feed the fish and relax over meals and tea breaks. The Range Rover coughed, splattered and refused to start this morning and so I had to put its battery on charge and let Diana go in the Rolls-Royce. It was all right by this evening. I booked the next service and an exhaust repair the Corniche today as well. The River came up but stopped short of any flooding of the Riverside gardens after I got Pete to put all of the shed contents up out of the way. The news today is of a clever position by Paddy Ashdown of the Democrats who is offering David Owen’s SDP joint selection of candidates in constituency where the local parties agree and want it. Police cleared an area in London today after packets of Semtex explosives were found in a reservoir. Another bomb in Ulster and a retired policeman killed.