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After fixing one of our folding bicycles and dealing with all matter of things from outstanding phone calls this morning, I drove over to Addenbrooke’s Hospital and visited my Dad, who looked a poor figure with sagging facial muscles and a crooked smile. The doctor tells us that this cancer is spreading, operating is not practicable, and they are not considering radiotherapy is the only other option. We can only keep him comfortable and he will soon be discharged and found the hospice.
Time this evening with a colleague adopting a logo for the St Neots Museum committee as news of a £2 billion trade deficit threatens the continuation of high interest rates for the foreseeable future.
I was late to bed and then had an early call with the result that I ended up quite tired this morning. I then settled down in my office and tackled the problem with one of our folding bicycles, but I managed to free the pedal and put things to rights. I had a series of phone calls to return from yesterday. There was all manner of things to deal with and each seem to take a lot of trouble and enquiry of others, but I’d done them by the end of the morning. I had lunch with Diana and then, this afternoon, I drove over to Addenbrooke’s Hospital and visited my Dad.
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A visit to Cambridge today on another warm and sunny day, where we dropped off the next Focus edition for printing, collected our new Bickerton folding bicycles, assembled them and cycled into the City. I went to the record office to research the manorial records of Linton, whilst Di went to the supermarket, before we drove home in time for me to go to a Priory Doom meeting this evening. President Bush is calling for a mutual 80% chemical weapons reduction for the US and Russia.
It was another nice warm and sunny day today as we had breakfast and made our arrangements. Di and I set off for Cambridge, dropped off the copy and artwork for our next Focus edition, and then collected our new Bickerton folding bicycles from ‘Mikes Bikes’ before having coffee. We drove on to Grange Road where we parked the Range Rover, assembled our bikes and cycled into Cambridge where I went on to the record office and Di went to the supermarket, having trouble with the congestion and queues.
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I spent time inside composing my mum’s letter despite it being a beautifully sunny and calm day today but I did go out to start renovating the Rolls-Royce spare wheel as well and watched the last day of the Ryder Cup golf. A thrilling 14-14 tie, which left the trophy with Europe.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Captain-General of the marines, visited the injured soldiers in hospital as security forces want to interview three Irishmen who stayed at a flat overlooking the site the week before. Foreign Ministers have set up a summit meeting for Gorbachev to visit Bush in 1990
it was a beautifully sunny and calm day today; surely one of the last of a tremendous summer. I wanted to do several things outside, but duty called me, and I had to type up and composed my mum’s letter which took me several attempts during the day. I went out and had a go at the Rolls-Royce spare wheel as well. I sanded, washed and stripped off the rust and cleaned the tyre ready for masking, priming and painting when I have the materials whilst the sun dried off the wheel between stages. I also watched the last day of the Ryder Cup golf. A thrilling 14-14 tie, which left the trophy with Europe.
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I made a visit to the riding school this morning on a very warm and sunny day to help owner Fiona move some jumps from the back field and then the drive to Sawtry with Diana to collect the Range Rover which had been re-sprayed and was looking as good as new.
The afternoon watching Ryder Cup golf whilst continuing work on my Focus newsletter artwork, continuing this evening until it was time to take Di to the ‘Bavarian Disco’ in aid of the Village Hall funds.
Security forces search for three Irishmen suspected of the Marine Bands bomb attack as a third of the ambulance crews are now off on strike
I had a lay in and was the last one down to breakfast again. I worked at my desk for a while, fed the doves and fish, and then drove over to the riding school where I had arranged to help Fiona move some jumps from the back field. Di had taken Debbie over earlier, but I took Della who enjoyed the visit. It was quite a physical job loading them all onto a horse box and then unloading them again, but we had finished in a couple of hours with the help of all of the stable girls. I came back to pick up Di and then we went up to Sawtry to collect the Range Rover.
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