We were tired when making the early morning delivery of the Range Rover to Sawtry before taking Della to school but, after an hour writing and working on Council matters, I took Di to St Neots for morning coffee and to deliver press releases on re-cycling. Sally and Brian Guinee were around this afternoon working on Focus stories and the girls swam later so I kept the pool heated a little longer.
A 145mph hurricane is causing death and destruction in the Caribbean and an overtime ban by ambulance drivers back home has now led the service being seriously overstretched. The huge oil slick off of Humberside is luckily drifting offshore as the UK is already in trouble with the EU over water quality.
We were both tired at the start of the day as we could choose more sleep. We had to get going early as Diana and I needed to deliver the Range Rover to Sawtry for this week’s body repairs. We got it there by 8:30am and were still in time to drive Della back to Little Paxton school by 9am. I spent an hour thereafter typing and printing out a press release to the local newspapers on the subject of recycling and also my proposals for the HDC Environment Services Committee meeting tomorrow.
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Then I took Di to St Neots for coffee so that we could deliver the press releases and then on to St Ives to go shopping in the market. The weather today was warm and sticky with some sunshine. Back home for lunch and then I spent the afternoon working on correspondence and tidying up my office of outstanding and small matters. I also went out and fitted a new winch cable and fittings now that Pete has cleaned and painted the winch.
After tea, Sally Guinee and her husband came around to work on stories for our next Focus newsletters whilst I carried on with paperwork and helped them where needed. The girls went swimming tonight and so I will keep the pool heated for a little longer.
The news today is of a 145mph hurricane causing death and destruction in the Caribbean and will now swing along the south-east coast of America. Individual action and an overtime ban by ambulance drivers has now led the service being seriously overstretched with thousands of outpatients appointments cancelled. Fortune has favoured the emergency effort that fights the huge oil slick of Humberside. The wind and current has taken out to sea and the chemicals are splitting it up and dispersing it. The UK environment Minister, Chris Patten, is in the EEC pleading for more time for Britain’s water to be improved to avoid prosecution of the British government by the European courts. Defence contractor, Ferranti, is in deep financial trouble with £150-£200,000 being the value ascribed the cost of bad contracts taken over with new US subsidiary ISC.