Despite retiring late last night on a hot and clammy night I slept well and was up in good time, with Debbie, to take it to the riding school to prepare Sundance for her event. She left with Fiona and Alex as I did some chores changed and set off for my Council meeting where I had a hectic and involved contribution. Debbie’s news thereafter from her event was good, despite a fall, and she cooperated well with me this evening getting to bed. News of a food poisoning outbreak causing fatal casualties, violent monsoon storms in India and the UK rail workers and dock strikes reaching fever pitch. Lastly, the sad story of a pensioner shot dead trying to foil an armed bank raid in London
I retired late last night but then slept well enough, even though it was hot and clammy. I awoke without the alarm clock and then Debbie also got herself up so that we could have breakfast in good time. To the riding school, where we got Sundance ready, but this was not without a tirade from Fiona as one of her sheets had been put on our horse by a ‘helper’ without permission.
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As the temperature rose, we also had trouble loading Sundance into the trailer but eventually manhandled him in and, as Debbie went off with Fiona and Alex, I went home and completed my preparation for the full meeting of Council. I then popped into town to get some groceries, shoe repair some more money from the Abbey National. I also had lunch at the bakery before getting home to have a shower and change before my Council meeting. I took the Rolls-Royce and use the air conditioning to keep cool. I arrived exactly on time for the Council meeting and had a hectic and involved contribution to make throughout three hours of discussion. This evening, I collected Debbie, who had experienced a good day at ‘Mini Camp’, even though she had taken a fall from the first time on Sundance (her fifth fall ever). She was good in getting her bath over with in and absence of Diana and herself ready for bed and was no trouble. The news tonight is of a food poisoning outbreak that has led to 2 or 3 people dying and many others seriously ill. There is been a violent monsoon storm in India. In the UK, the strikes are reaching fever pitch with the rail workers drifting back to work on the same thing happening in the docks. In both cases, the employer is of use threats of the sack and redundancy and temperatures are rising. An elderly man has been shot dead in a London bank raid as he tried to oppose the armed robbers with a plank of wood. Thatcher is trying to heal the wounds of a cabinet reshuffle, without most of her senior colleagues upset by the manner of its handling