Heidi Hazell, the wife of a British army sergeant, was killed in a Dortmund suburb
Heidi Hazell, the wife of a British army sergeant, was killed in a Dortmund suburb

After a late start, a rush for preparing things for Di to get whilst in St Neots as I worked on our accounts until lunchtime. Bad news from Dad with his cancer as his new antibiotics do not help him but give him bad dreams.

A plane crash off the Danish coast with all 55 people on board feared dead, a soldier’s wife murdered by a shooting in Germany and the Football Association have cancelled the friendly match against Holland in response to calls from the government

After my late night, I was slow to rise, shower and dress and came down late to breakfast. There was then a rush to get several things ready for Di to take to St Neots. Financial transactions, press releases to post and hand-deliver and a photocopying toner cartridge to collect from Clover Office Supplies. I then worked on our accounts and got them up-to-date and made calls galore up until lunchtime.

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A long one to Mum when I heard the up-to-date news on Dad. His antibiotics have not made much difference in side effects give him bad dreams. After lunch, I started the task of re-painting our riverbank piling. I got Pete to clean it off with a wire brush and I suppose I managed about a quarter of the frontage by the end of the day. This evening, I watched World Cup athletics on the television whilst going through the last three weeks local papers for Little Paxton news.

The news today was of a plane crash off the Danish coast with all 55 people on board feared dead and reports of a government vs IRA war of words over the killing of a soldier’s wife by shooting in Germany. The Football Association have cancelled the friendly match against Holland in response to calls from the government, who will not cooperate with the protection of British football. The weather became steadily more overcast and windy, a sharp break from recently.