Some time paying our dues and chatting to the Norwich harbourmaster and then the walk to Jarrold’s for coffee and a look around their book store, before a fine salad sandwich lunch at Oliver’s. A taxi to the Norwich Sports Centre for recreation and then the steady cruise to Brundall as the rain returned.
Neil Kinnock has resigned as leader of the Labour Party and IRA bomb explosions, that rocked the Baltic Exchange in The City of London on the day after election day, killed three including a 15-year-old girl called Danielle Carter which news unsettled our Della.
A good and quiet night and then a couple of chores before we went shopping. I walked up to visit the harbourmaster and pay my dues whilst Di went along to the grocer's shop. He did not bring his cart along the moorings this morning as we used to get but I suppose that the season is yet young. I chatted quite a while with the harbourmaster, putting the world to rights. The number of boats visiting here is well down on previous years with the recession the reason. Then we walked up to the city and had morning coffee at Jarrolds before spending a happy hour looking around that department store. I chose the book department and got no further than the books on building, but I did first get some foam inserts for my shoes.
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The ball of my left foot is causing me much distress at the moment. I then let Di do some shopping as I took the girls to the library. My present interest is wherries and I found a couple of books that helped me. Lunch of fine salad sandwiches at Olivers and then we got a taxi to take us to the Norwich Sports Centre on the ring-road, after stopping off at the yacht station to load and unload some things. An hour's recreation and then back to the boat and to cast off. We got a pump-out and fill of water at the quay on the way and then cruised steadily to be at Brundall before dusk. At this point, the rain began to fall steadily and so we just shopped in the riverside shop, had tea and then sat and read for the evening.
I had bought a pint of winkles in the market square today and the girls were fascinated as I picked and ate them with a needle. Neil Kinnock has resigned as leader of the Labour Party and they now have to elect another to lead them before the end of June. IRA bomb explosions, that rocked the City of London on the day after election day, killed three including a 15-year-old girl called Danielle Carter. Tomorrow is forecast even colder if that is possible. I struggled to get Della off to sleep tonight as she has a real fear of the dark.