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Della's Swimming Sports and Prize Days as she finishes school for the summer.
The Tokyo Summit of G7 industrial countries today agreed substantial tariff reductions on a wide range of goods under the GATT.
Controversy over the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Justice set up after the wrongful conviction of the Birmingham Six.
It was the day of Della and her Preparatory School colleagues and the weather was fine and sunny to greet them. The morning routine that had Sam already attended to as Della and I took him to accompany Debbie to the bus stop. Then I understood that we had until 10.00am to get to the Kimbolton School swimming pool area with Della and so completed some urgent letters in the meantime. I was to find out that the gala actually started at this time and so Della was late changing but fortunately she was not needed until later!
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Another lazy day watching England draw at cricket on television. Two good long walks for Sam who is progressing quite well.
I saw Daniel off to Norfolk on his own and gave him £25 petrol money on condition that he mow the lawns at Horning in return.
Another dry and sunny day but the breeze became quite fresh and blustery than of late.
A very similar day to yesterday as I made the decision not to leave for Norfolk tomorrow so as to be home for Della's school swimming sports day tomorrow. This took the pressure off me achieving a great deal and, as I had been working hard lately, I decided to spend most of the day watching the Third Test Match. This was a gripping spectacle as England added a lot of runs in the first forty-five minutes and then declared, subsequently getting six Aussie wickets down with their "middle-order" and "tail-end" batsmen having to survive the last session without losing the last four wickets.
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Monday 5th July 1993 - Watching cricket and films on another fine, warm and sunny day after a satisfactory eye test and day with Sam.
England batted through the day against Australia with the loss of only two more wickets. Debbie was brave to make a speech to her class in a political debate and propounded the cause of the Liberal Democrats.
Another fine, warm and sunny day and one on which I should have got quite a few chores done. In the end I just managed to archive this last two months' journal as I spent most of the day tending the dog and watching the cricket on TV. I was taking care with Sam to ensure that he was obeying the "come" and "heel" commands and also gave him a few more "water retrieves" and he was good in all respects. The trick is to get him to come to his "heel" and "sit" right beside me with his shoulder virtually touching my leg which is quite difficult as he always tries to stay one pace in front.
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A breakfast rebellion as I cooked myself some scrambled egg and bacon on Sam's Training Class day in Harlow which was very hot and uncomfortable but otherwise went reasonably well.
The journey home finding Di's parents had come over for tea and to give Della their present.
The day was hot and sunny again and so Diana opened up all of the doors and windows early and gave the house the best chance of remaining cool. I did not wake up until 8.00am and it was some time after this that I managed to get out to Sam. He was very understanding and patient for his food and his run was clean as well. A good long run in the hay meadow opposite and Sam did not trouble the anglers who had gathered there for an "Inter-pubs" Fishing Match.
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