I was up smartly this morning, despite being tired, and out to Huntingdon in the Range Rover having packed the two folding bikes in the back. Parking in Godmanchester, we then cycled into Huntingdon, where I visited Honeybuns solicitors to examine the Cow Lane Meadows deeds which were not satisfactory.
Back home to host a book illustrator for a meeting before over to Addenbrookes with Di and the girls to find Dad looking even more tired than yesterday but pleased to have Della on his lap looking at photographs and to receive his slippers and some grapes.
The pound sterling suffers today despite Bank of England support, the Royal Navy is sending logistical support to help fight Colombian drug barons and the European commission adopts a workers charter despite Thatcher’s opposition
I was tired again this morning and pledged to get to bed earlier tonight. I was up smartly, however, to do all of the chores in Pete’s absence and got around the conservatory and the doves. Before long, it was time for us to leave. Diana and I had planned a trip to Huntingdon this morning and we packed the two folding bikes in the back of the Range Rover and set off. We parked in the former Godmanchester lorry park and pedalled across the bridge into Huntingdon.
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I had to swap bikes with Diana who found the long handled model a bit difficult to ride. We chained them up in the centre, had coffee and then I set off for Honeybuns solicitors whilst Di went shopping. I went to examine the deeds of the Cow Lane Meadows there and I was not particularly pleased with what I found. Some fishing rights had been bequeathed to Godmanchester Angling Society and I was not convinced that the land parcels were no longer copyhold. Lunch with Diana and then we got home too late to see Mr Latham who, presumably, had arrived at midday. I was visited by Warren Prentice, an artist and book illustrator, today and I discussed publishing but I’m not sure what he really wanted and whether I was of any help.
After tea, I took Di and the girls across to Cambridge to see Dad in Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Dad stood up to the visit very well. He seemed a bit more tired than yesterday but was lucid and sat with Della on his lap looking at the photographs that we had brought. We had brought along his slippers and some grapes and he was grateful for both. After staying with him for an hour, I drove home after a successful visit.
The news tonight is of the financial markets putting pressure on the pound sterling and the Bank of England having to intervene. The Royal Navy is sending logistical support to help the Colombian government fight the drug barons. The European commission adopts a worker’s charter despite Thatcher’s opposition and now The European Heads of Government summit will have to reconcile the problem.