To Norwich for lunch in the new Castle Mall before back to Horning with oversized throwing dummies for Sam’s retrieving training.
News of Irish terrorist outrages; with bombs in the Shankill Road and then more disrupting public transport in England. Jo Grimond, the former Liberal Party leader, has died after a stroke.
The Conservative government in Canada loses office after many years in power but now the Liberals must find the answer to the calls of the French Quebec separatists.
Somewhat disoriented after the clocks went back last night. I was awoken by the radio that thought it was still 7.00am but it was actually 6.00am now. Late out with Sam and I walked him over the road and across the fields and met the old lady from the big house over there and her dog. They had also suffered from flooding after the heavy rain. Back for breakfast and then a rush to get to Norwich in time for Mann Egerton. On arrival, the service manager could find nothing wrong with the door lock and nor could I. Strange how it could be faulty and then fix itself but I was told that it was probably water getting into the lock.
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Some time finding the hose for replacement and then they did not have the spare and so we will have to go back to Norwich again tomorrow. The normal watering holes and distractions in the city except that the new Castle Mall was open and we had lunch there. We found it impressive architecturally but stiflingly hot and with only a small fraction of the retail units occupied and countless murals veiling the others. Bought some oversized throwing dummies for Sam at the gun shops and then came back to do some retrieving training with him and extended the session into his evening run. He is good at retrieving but insists on holding the dummies by their ended and even by the throwing toggle and cord which habit I must correct.
This evening, the family watched a video hired from Excell and we enjoyed it. The news these last few days has been of Irish terrorist outrages; first the demolition of a property in the Shankill Road with much loss of life and even more serious injury and then a series of bombs disrupting public transport in England. These have forced the Irish problem up to the top of the political agenda again but I doubt that it will be tackled in John Major's term whose only answer is condemnation.
Jo Grimond, the former Liberal Party leader, has died after a stroke inspiring a number of tributes from across the political divide. He virtually saved the Liberals from extinction and was still making speeches in The House of Lords until the end. The Conservative government in Canada loses office after many years in power but now the Liberals must find the answer to the calls of the French Quebec separatists.