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Working in Horning on the shore-power facility and sorting out the garage and boat to improve the storage as Di tired herself out cleaning Heronshaw until mid-evening and then returning home to see how Daniel and Angela had managed looking after the girls. Lots of reading and telephone messages to cope with and then quite tired to bed
We had a reasonable night's sleep and Di went off to Roy’s of Wroxham to do some shopping of her own and also to get some storage bins for me and I connected up the boat shore power on a more permanent basis and started to turn out the boat-shed and re-introduce the equipment back into the garage and shed. I also towed Daniel's speedboat round and put that in the garage so that he could stand some chance of renovating it as he always intended. Then I sorted out the electrical stuff and the boat equipment and emptied the Paxton Princess lockers and re-filled them in a more logical sequence so that things could be found when needed.
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Staying on Paxton Princess whilst having meetings with architect and quantity surveyor to discuss and agreed plans for Heronshaw’s replacement which was for a smaller bungalow with less cost and complexity and also a boat-house in the dyke and new wet dock to retain the same amenity as before
We slept well enough on board the boat and awoke at 6.30am to the sound of the birds singing the morning chorus. Diana went first up to Heronshaw for a bath, and I got the table out of the locker and then followed for a bath and hair-wash myself. Breakfast back on board and then we sat and looked through the architect's information, deciding what to do about Heronshaw. To Wroxham and the shops, following morning coffee at the Riverside Cafe. Phone calls to the architects who we agree to meet this afternoon, and to a few other parties to keep in touch. Shopping until noon and then back for lunch where I met Jack who had come round to look over the property.
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Improving the garage electrics, commissioning the de-humidifier and running the Reliant before packing, loading up the inflatable and driving to Norfolk where we settled into the Paxton Princess. It stayed dry today and was sunny and warm at times and being clear, seemed to get cooler this evening.
I did not have to get up so abnormally early this morning and so had a more relaxed start to the day. Breakfast with the girls and then my morning chores whilst Diana went on her way to St Neots and her shopping and slimming club. I wheeled the Reliant out of the garage and set to work on the garage electrics. The task was to install power points at the rear of the garage for the battery charger and de-humidifier and on the outside for use there. Also to re-wire the lighting so that it could be switched from beside the garage door and to provide a light in the boiler room. I beavered away before and after lunch and ended up very pleased with the results. All I needed were a couple of accessories and I could complete the job another time. I installed the de-humidifier and put it up on top of the boiler room, grazing my chin in the process!
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An early start and journey to Cambridge again for my apparently successful live Radio Cambridgeshire interview concerning my anti-smoking campaign which was largely supported by the HDC Personnel Committee. Home to an earlier night than of late, sitting in the play-room with Diana and keeping her company as she watched her programme.
A very different start to the day as I was up early with Diana so as to get ready and have breakfast before leaving for Cambridge at 7.00am for my 8.15am Radio Cambridgeshire interview. I got there and found the studio in Hills Road with a quarter hour to spare and was actually able to read through the brief to get some idea of how the interview was to be introduced and conducted. It was a slightly daunting prospect as most of my interviews are taped rather than live and also because the journalist was concentrating on an aspect of my anti-smoking proposals with which I am back-pedalling (enforcement), but it was quite fluent and appeared to go well.
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