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After a sound night’s sleep, I was up at 7 AM to make the morning drinks and then work on my history book project for the day, concentrating on the Paxton Park chapter, and eventually breaking off at 9pm for some working on my conservatory plants. A lawyer is murdered in Belfast, the UK government has cast doubts on the safety of soft cheeses leading to threats of retaliation by the French and threatening the livelihood of organic farmers. Chancellor Lawson warns of more information to come and the stock exchanges fell on this news
I had retired to bed quite early at 10:15pm last night and slept soundly until 7am this morning without a break. I then had to make this morning’s drinks as Di lay in prior to cooking as a fried breakfast. I was planning a day’s work on my history book project but first fed the fish and then slipped out to feed the doves and get the Range Rover out for Daniel to clean. He was not too happy about it but he had got away without cleaning the car for two Sundays, as he had been at Gary’s house. This morning, I edited my Paxton Park chapter and continued after lunch with the task of adding the illustrations. Then later still, I started writing the section on the Boardman’s and their Christian Science School. I then still had the Maternity Hospital and Haylings sections to complete before even this Paxton Park chapter is finished.
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To take Debbie and Gemma early to the stables on a frosty morning where we mucked out and fed Sundance before leaving him in Gemma’s care so that Debbie could come home for her swimming lesson. I then set off to Hinchingbrooke House for a Democrat meeting and training session, where I was given the role of being a facilitator on the campaigning. Home for lunch and afterwards to my history project despite distractions and calls. The UK government is considering a ban on soft cheeses, enraging the French, and dioxin has been found on the site of Manchester chemical accident
After yet another late night, I was most reluctant to wake up again early this morning, but I still had to get washed and dressed to take Debbie at the stables after breakfast for an 8:15am riding session. I also collected Gemma Carter from Lakefield Avenue en route to save her mother the trouble of taking her too. There was a hard frost this morning and certain of the stable water taps were frozen. We fed and mucked out Sundance before I brought Debs home in time for her swimming lesson. I had to leave Diana to take her back afterwards as I was changed and off in the Rolls-Royce to Hinchingbrooke House for a Democrat meeting and training session ahead of the County Council elections. I had been given a last-minute job as one of the ‘facilitators’ on the ‘campaigning’ seminars – the others being about policy and leafleting.
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I spent the morning working on my Little Paxton History, only noticing later the mess that the Frost workers had made in the conservatory. Out to collect returns from three deliveries and some time chatting and advising, before two hours with the Mill Lane Residents Association advising them on how to oppose the Samuel Jones planning application before late to bed after writing my journal
Again, I managed to get up on time, but I have yet to get to bed at a reasonable time and so I remain tired. My idea is to keep getting up early so that I would need an early bedtime in the end. The conservatory fitters were expecting at 9am to remove the struts for re-modelling and so I put out the planks and ladder to make the job easier. I worked all morning in my office on the Paxton Park chapter – covering the period of the Gordons and Booths and then checking all of the chapter so far for any spelling errors before correcting them. I did not watch the workers too closely and was upset later to find that not only made a botch up on the support posts (leaving marks) but had also been sanding and painting so that there was a layer of debris on the surface of my pond.
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I was tidying my office and clearing my backlog of paperwork before collecting my computer from Cambridge after its repair after taking Debbie for a good horse-riding lesson.
Despite not managing to get to bed early enough, I managed to get up on time and then, despite being tired, I continued the slow process of clearing up my office and backlog of paperwork on a sunny and dry day which started warm at times but ended up getting very cold as the clear sky let the warmth away. I heard in late afternoon at my computer was repaired and so I made the trip over by car this evening to pick it up. Earlier in the day I had taken Debbie horse riding again after picking her up from school and she had a proper riding lesson for a change. She did a lot of exercises on Sundance including cantering without stirrups which did her confidence a power of good.