Clock Change Sunday – Some time inside and then outside doing chores after the gales and then we collected Debbie from horse-riding and dropped her off at Weald House to play scrabble and Connect 4 with Mum, as Dad came back with me to have a quiet time by the pond and watch Spurs play on the TV.
Prime Minister Thatcher is belligerently defiant and full of herself as opinion polls show her as being at rock bottom ahead of markets opening tomorrow. 70,000 attend a massive ANC rally in South Africa and there are other demos for political reform in East Germany
I was a little late to bed but then had an unusually sound sleep it did not end until I was awoken at 8am. We had to put the clocks back this morning (so it was back to 7am again) and so none of the day was lost. I got dressed and showered ready for a nice fried breakfast and then I went outside this morning to backflush the filter, feed the fish and doves and then set about pruning the oldest espalier apple tree by the summerhouse that had been left unattended since replanting. There were a few branches down from overnight gales and I tended to these as well.
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I managed to get to my desk to do some correspondence on the word processor before it was time for lunch. Diana had prepared a nice piece of roast chicken with all the trimmings and we enjoyed the meal. After this, we collected Debbie from her horse riding and dropped her off at Weald House and brought Dad home to us for the afternoon. He sat in the conservatory for a while and fed the fish and then in the lounge to watch a live televised football match. Dad enjoyed the game and would have done so more if Tottenham Hotspur had not lost 1-0!. Dad dozed for some of the time and had some nice peace and quiet. Debs enjoyed two games of Scrabble and one of Connect Four with mum in the meantime. This evening, I finished my reading of council papers and wrote up my journal. I decided to give Mum and Dad amiss tomorrow to make a change.
The main news today is of a full-length TV interview with Prime Minister Thatcher, who was belligerently defiant and full of herself as opinion polls show her as being at rock bottom with unpopularity. The British electorate’s love affair with Maggie has ended in tears and despair. Now we await the morning’s financial markets and their view of sterling and share prices. Elsewhere in South Africa, 70,000 attend a massive ANC rally and, in East Germany, there are other demos for political reform.