Up early on a hot day and tackled the need to clean the boat before I could do any varnishing before eating a fish and chips lunch in Wroxham whilst getting more materials. A worrying call home to find Della alone as Di had taken Debbie to hospital with a dog bite experienced when delivering my FOCUS newsletters!
The last couple of days has seen Iran having a series of after-shock earthquakes and the fatalities may now be over 50,000. Thatcher is out of accord with the rest of Europe again on the eve of a two-day EEC summit; this time on the subject of aid to the Soviet Union. The CBI say that industry's order books are at the lowest level for 8 years.
I got up quite early and had soon eaten breakfast and was ready to start work at 8.00am. It was a cool start to a hot day and I decided to clean off the boat which had become quite dirty and unfit to varnish. This took two strenuous hours in the end and I was pleased to rest in the shade on the Heronshaw balcony afterwards. Jack stopped by and I settled up with him and chatted about the future of Heronshaw. I then varnished the blocks on the top of the Paxton Princess before resuming work on the cupboards and drawers. Even then, I needed to go into Wroxham again to get more materials before the chandlers closed. Had a nice Plaice and Chips lunch from my favourite "chippie" but the geese and starlings had the majority of the chips! I worked much of the evening on the drawers and gradually did them one by one as there are so many.
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My equilibrium was disturbed by a call I made home to warn Diana that I was going to stay another day. Della answered the telephone and told me that Debbie had been bitten by a dog and had to be taken to hospital by Diana. I tried calling the hospital and then home again until Di returned my call and explained how it had happened. Debbie was helping to deliver my FOCUS's in Hayling Avenue when a dog bit her finger through the letter box. I contacted the house-owner by telephone to express my feelings (as rationally as I could) and arranged to see him on Tuesday evening but the incident left me feeling very unsettled. This last couple of days has seen Iran having a series of after-shock earthquakes and the fatalities may be over 50,000. Thatcher is out of accord with the rest of Europe again on the eve of a two-day EEC summit; this time on the subject of aid to the Soviet Union. The CBI say that industry's order books are at the lowest level for 8 years.