The weather had been cold, misty and windless as we were in the middle of an area of high pressure as I could monitor between walking Sam and doing financial work.
Poor Daniel was still unwell after catching influenza and so I could only take the girls and Daniel's friend Gary to The Little Chef for lunch.
Later, watching England beat The All Blacks on goal kicks. A quick tea of kippers and then I took the girls out to see the film "Hocus Pocus" in Peterborough. Very corny and quite scary but we all enjoyed it.
I had been watching the weather with even closer interest than normal now that I had really understood how to receive weather charts by radio. By de-modulating the upper side band of short-wave broadcasts from Bracknell and Northwood. I am getting the same information as the regional weathermen. I could see why the weather had been cold, misty and windless as we were in the middle of an area of high pressure but now this was moving slowly eastwards and the Atlantic low-pressure areas were forcing there way towards the country.
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A long walk with Sam this morning and again this evening but I am not doing too much with him lately apart from gently quartering him and teaching obedience. Some financial work and then into St Neots to do some transactions just before the building societies closed at noon. Poor Daniel was still unwell after catching influenza and so I could only take the girls and Daniel's friend Gary to The Little Chef for lunch. Quickly home to watch the afternoon's sport. A historic Rugby Union match between England and The All Blacks with the home country up against the enormous task of halting the best team in the world after they had played a run of ten unbeaten games since arriving on these shores.
It was a tough and hard game and at times the Kiwis used rough and unfair tactics, but the good South African referee ran the game well and kept them in check. Both sides attacked but were stopped on the try line and the match was decided by goal-kicking as penalties abounded. Both goal-kickers were youngsters of 20 years and it was down to which of them could keep his head in the cauldron of Twickenham made more impressive than ever by a new enclosing stand. It was England that triumphed despite the young goal-kicker having his ankle stamped on and injured by the opposition in foul play. A quick tea of kippers and then I took the girls out to see the film "Hocus Pocus" in Peterborough. Very corny and quite scary but we all enjoyed it.