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After a fine breakfast, fully participating in the Liberal Democrat Party Conference on another very warm and sunny day whilst Di enjoyed shopping and relaxing in the hotel. Listening to the economic debates and sharing time between the conference and fringe meetings before a meeting for council group leaders where the ASLDC described their plans for local election support next May and asked for our views accordingly
We had the first of three very nice Royal Bath Hotel full English Breakfasts and, because it is included within the price of the room, we always feel obliged to eat plenty! I had tomato juice and melon followed by fried egg, bacon, sausage, tomato, fried bread and mushrooms (and toast & coffee of course) and Diana had much the same thing without the fried bread and mushrooms. Today, I left Di to go shopping whilst I was at the conference. She spent the morning in a bookshop and then this afternoon looking at the clothes shops selecting the design of coat she would like for this winter. She ended up by ordering some coffee in the hotel leisure club whilst laying out on the sunbeds. All before taking a nice swim and hot tub!
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After some trepidation leaving Della crying before going to school, Di and I took the Rolls Royce for a journey to Bournemouth for the Liberal Democrat Party Conference and stayed at the five star at The Royal Bath Hotel but unfortunately the room was somewhat noisy.
Having sorted out my conference registration I joined Diana for a swim in the swimming pool and hot tub walking before round much of Bournemouth and then settling for a traditional Chinese meal at the Mandarin restaurant
We had planned for some time to go to Bournemouth for the Liberal Democrat Party Conference and today was the day. Unfortunately, Della was fretting overnight about the start of her second week at school and this kept Diana awake. The performance continued this morning and Di had to leave her weeping and wailing at the bus stop which she found very upsetting. We talked through the problem afterwards and Di was all for calling off our trip; but I persuaded her that Della would be all right now that she had started back at school and so we agreed to leave as planned. We still had the morning at home for Diana to do some housework and shopping and for me to try to get as much paperwork out of the way as possible.
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Awake early on a misty start to a better day before Steve Bloom visited with tickets for the Southampton Boat Show Preview Day and stayed for a good chat about our past boating exploits.
Some morning croquet with Della after which I noted that Daniel and Angela had been having some sort of upset between them and she came late to the lunch table with eyes red from crying which was both sad and embarrassing.
Britain's Nigel Mansell beating Ayrton Senna into second place in an exciting Italian Grand Prix. News is all about Yugoslavian peace talks.
I was awake early today and still toying with the thought of driving to Heronshaw for the day but decided against it. Up early as well and enjoyed going down to the river to feed the doves and look at the fish in the gin-clear water. The weather was misty very early, but it had cleared by the time I was out. Just settling down for my nice fried breakfast this morning when Steven Bloom arrived unexpectedly and gave us a couple of tickets for the Southampton Boat Show preview day which was a very nice surprise. He sat and had a mug of tea as I ate my meal and then we chatted about our summer boating experiences and then ideas for riverside properties and boatsheds. He had to leave for home by mid-morning and so I played Della at croquet and then it was time for lunch.
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A slightly chilly autumnal edge to the latest warm and sunny day doing my usual chores and then enjoyed the morning air by the river. Small roach, rudd; a medium-sized perch and some chub of all sizes which could be easily seen now amongst the reeds.
A visit to the gypsies at Samuel Jones and then some televised cricket and World Featherweight Boxing before taking Di to the cinema in Bedford.
The news is of the EEC-sponsored peace talks for Yugoslavia stalling as both Croations and Serbs continuing the fighting and ignore chairman Lord Carrington's appeal for a cease-fire.
As ever the day was warm and sunny; but there is increasingly an autumnal chill to the air first thing in the morning and we woke up quite cold in bed this morning. After breakfast, I did my usual chores and then enjoyed the morning air by the river. There were so many fish to be seen amongst the reeds. Small roach, rudd; a medium-sized perch and some chub of all sizes which could be easily seen now that the water is gin clear. There was quite a lot of mail and interesting papers to read, and it was some time before I had finished and then I had some transactions to do.
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