Groggily awake after a late night, I was pleased to see my Koi carp were very active and feeding constantly in the conservatory pond as I read urgent aspects of the post and newspapers before making some phone calls. Freda had spoken to my mother to keep her spirits up after dad’s operation. I spoke to the papers about water quality and the Ramply street name dispute. An afternoon visit to the Bunnage family after hearing news of the fire that had scorched and badly soiled one of their bedrooms. Large sums of money were raised for the Comic Relief charity with the old and homeless people of the UK also being catered for which is a disgraceful requirement.
I had a late night and a groggy start to the day as a result. There was no lack of activity from my Koi carp; the water temperature was above 70°F and they were feeding constantly as a result. The Hariwake Ohgon seems to be steadily recovering. This morning, I read the urgent aspects of the post and then the paper before making a few phone calls. I spoke to my mother Grace, who had been successfully briefed by Freda last night. I had a longish chat with her to keep her spirits up as this is a worrying time. I also spoke to Celia Chignell of the Express on the subject of water quality and the District Council’s change of mind over the Ramply Lane. I then settled down to work on my last history chapter and, by lunch, I had finished the section on the Post-War Development of the Village. I then enjoyed a late lunch that Di made for me after returning from her shopping trip to Bedford. This afternoon, I went to Little Paxton Nurseries to see the Bunnage family as I had heard on the radio that they had a fire this morning.
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Only one bedroom was scorched and badly covered with soot, but the rest of the house had some soot and smut’s soiling it. The insurance loss adjuster had arrived within two hours and gave them a list of things that they could replace. For the rest of the afternoon, I wrote my section on the digging and after use of the gravel pits and this carried on late into the night as I tried to scan in the diagrams for the section without a great deal of success. The news today was of the sterling efforts by the country’s population and comedians to raise money for the charity ‘comic relief’; a type of telephone-in where people ring the TV and pledge money. Two thirds of it is understandably going to Africa and a third to old and homeless people in the UK, which is a poor reflection on the social policies of this government that they should be considered needy on the same basis.