A slow start after a poorer night enjoying our friend breakfast and then utilizing the finer weather which was not due to last. Daniel cleaned the car but was thwarted by droppings from a flock of birds soon afterwards, I got down to FOCUS writing and editing but was interrupted by neighbouring LibDem organisers coordinating campaigns and again raising with me the subject of standing for parliament and then by Steve Bloom with some boating plans. A social afternoon for the family as the wind was getting up and a severe gale warning imminent. The Sąjūdis independence movement of Lithuania has won the first multi-party elections ever in the Soviet Union
A bit slow to get going today after Diana could not sleep so well with her sore throat. We enjoyed our nice fried breakfast on a day that started fine but with a forecast that said this better weather was not to last too long. I got Daniel out cleaning the car for the first time in a while, but he was demoralised when he had finished by yet another flight of birds coming over and messing all over it! We have been often blessed with this recently and our conservatory bears obvious witness to this. It seems to be one of the repercussions of having an excellent nature reserve in Paxton.
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I got down to editing the FOCUS copy that I was receiving from a variety of sources, re-formatting and editing it before writing my own stories for Paxton for our local issue. I worked all morning, but I was continually interrupted by first a visit from Michael and then a succession of telephone calls. There were party activists such as Peter Downes from Huntingdon who wanted to know how the discussions with the other opposition parties were going for the local elections. Then Peter Lee, the Cambridge County Group leader telephoned and, after talking about a variety of things, then raised again with me the subject of standing for parliament.
A call from Steve Bloom (a boating friend) who needs a tow to Norfolk for his new boat. I managed to tell him about my new boat, and he was very interested. Then, after lunch, I settled down in front of the TV to watch a football match which extended until tea time. I got Diana to bring a snack tea into the lounge and we ate it there before I resumed my work for the evening. Diana and the girls went to the Brownies "Thinking Day" service and Steve Hicks came around to see Daniel and it was nice to see Steve again. Later, Daniel rushed off with Jason and Gary to try to go bowling but, it being booked up to midnight, they went to the cinema instead. The men came to see if they could lop our trees this morning but rushed off again and I thought that I had seen the last of them. The wind was getting up again and we had a severe gale warning that would strike us during the rush hour tomorrow when there was a further risk to vehicles. The news was dominated by the decision of the people of Lithuania. Their independence movement, Sajudis, has won the first multi-party elections ever in the Soviet Union.