A lay in and breakfast courtesy of Freda on a hot and sunny day as I successfully completed a day of varnishing but there was no sign of builder Amis. Freda's daughters went to Great Yarmouth today and then thoroughly enjoyed it with young Sharne enjoying the rides at Joyland which left only Freda and Alf at Heronshaw for a sandwich lunch.
A combative chat with Alf, one of life's elderly "angry young men" and somebody who is full of ideas but of no thoughts as to how they could be implemented. Alarmingly, he regards the Redgrave venture as being totally down to Freda and wants to play no part in it and, as she also cooks and house-keeps for him, it will depend upon Chris to help Freda succeed. I tidied the boat before going home tomorrow.
An IRA car bomb attack was thwarted today when a Semtex bomb was spotted by a police officer under his car and Boris Yeltzin has seized the leadership of the Russian Federation and Gorbachev now has a serous domestic problem on his hands prior to his summit with U.S. President George Bush
After the efforts of yesterday, we all had a lay in on but were together for breakfast courtesy of Freda again. Today was hot and sunny for most of the time. There was a slight smattering of a shower later but not before I had successfully completed a day of varnishing. I first took some time stripping off and sanding the retaining blocks on top of the cabin roof, and then, after lunch, gave these their first two coats of varnish and a further two more for the rubbing strakes. I had waited in vain all day for the builder, Mr Amis, who did not come and I could only assume that he is not interested in doing the work. Freda's daughters, after some argument, agreed to go to Great Yarmouth today and then thoroughly enjoyed it after all. Young Sharne enjoyed the rides at Joyland.
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There was therefore only Freda and Alf at Heronshaw for a sandwich lunch and Alf and I had quite a voluble discussion on Education. He is somebody who is full of ideas but of no thoughts as to how they could be implemented. He is one of life's elderly "angry young men" but I gave as good as I got, and I think that he found this quite stimulating. I was a bit concerned to hear that he regards the Redgrave venture as being totally down to Freda and wants to play no part in it. The way that she also cooks and house-keeps for him means that something has got to give when they take over the business if Chris does not throw himself whole-heartedly into things. Later in the day, after my varnishing, I hauled the inflatable ashore, cleaned its hull, varnished its oars and topped up the outboard engine with fuel into the bargain. During this process, I took a couple of trips up the dyke and saw for myself just how badly weeded and silted it had become. At the end of this day, I rested and relaxed a bit and tidied up the boat a little. Jane and John went home today, and I will be going tomorrow.
News of another IRA attack today as 30 people had to be evacuated from their homes in Antrim when a Semtex bomb was spotted by a police officer under his car. This takes place whilst the Northern Ireland Office is speaking optimistically of getting some political progress and cooperation across the divide. It is now confirmed that Boris Yeltzin has seized the post of the Russian Federation, despite Gorbachev's support for the other candidate and has thus given himself a power base. Gorbachev now has a serous domestic problem on his hands prior to his summit with U.S. President George Bush.