At leisure visiting Cambridge where we scaled the church tower for a grand view of the City and then at home watching the test match where England duly beat Sri-Lanka by over 100 runs before another good game of croquet.
Worries over the control of Soviet nuclear weapons in each of the former USSR republics and of the territorial claims of Yeltsin’s Russian Republic with regard to Russian-speaking areas of the Ukraine and other states as the West are now ready to recognise the independence of the Baltic States who were only taken over in the 1940's.
The day was scheduled to be warm and sunny again, though thankfully not quite so much as yesterday. I was up a little slower than of late and read this morning's Financial Times before shaving and showering. Breakfast of croissants and then all ready for our trip to Cambridge. I decided that we should still continue our holiday mood as tourists and so, after meeting Di's parents with the girls for morning drinks at Eadon Lilley's, we shared the shopping and then met to scale the church tower for the best panoramic view of Cambridge.
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Then lunch at The Copper Kettle followed by a tour in the open-topped bus around the city before making our way home. We relaxed a while this afternoon; with the girls watching a Grease video, Diana putting things away and me seeing the end of the test match where England duly beat Sri-Lanka by over 100 runs. Then it was out to the croquet lawn where we had a good game together with Diana and Debbie beating Della and I narrowly (although I did give them a helping hand). This evening Diana let two small boys fish our river frontage and the Law children swim in our pool but I am less keen on these disquieting intrusions as we always have to keep our eye on them and clear up afterwards. The news is of mounting concern over the control of Soviet nuclear weapons and that each of the former USSR republics could become nuclear powers. Also, over the territorial claims of Yeltsin’s Russian Republic with regard to Russian-speaking areas of the Ukraine and other states. The West have now fully-recognised the dangers of an untidy break-up of the USSR, but are now ready to recognise the independence of the Baltic States who were only taken over in the 1940's.