Most of the spent in Norwich again after firstly quartering Sam across the fields again and flushing a covey of partridges. I collected Doris Vincent's photographs of the floods, and after lunch at McDonalds and upon finding the cinema full, we dropped the girls off for a similar time at the roller-skating rink.
Some tea for the children and then I took Diana to The Wroxham Hotel for dinner, The Riverside Restaurant being damaged in the floods, but the floodwaters of Horning were now continuing their slow but steady decline
For the second day we had to spend most of our time in Norwich as, not only did Mann Egerton need the extra day to get the hose and fit it, but also it was the day to collect my de-humidifier from Bonds. First, I had Sam to walk and I took him across the fields again and gave him some good exercise in quartering. Of course, he got out of control again and flushed a covey of partridges before I could stop him! He also saw his friend from the big house again but passing traffic put paid to any chance of a play together.
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The journey back via the village shops where I bought a paper and couple of cartons of milk. A nice chat with an old bumpkin from the main road as we commiserated about the road being dug up again. The last time was for improved drainage but now it is for telephone lines. Back for breakfast but first I had to use a big shovel to get all of Sam's mess from around his run. I shall keep him in the kennel tonight after letting him out late but must therefore be out early for him in the morning. The journey into Norwich, me leaving the Land Rover and joining Diana's car to get into the town centre. I collected Doris Vincent's photographs of the floods from Roy’s on the way and found them quite interesting.
The girls were dropped off for two hours of fun swimming whilst Diana and I shopped round a bit and then, after lunch at McDonalds and upon finding the cinema full, we dropped them off for a similar time at the roller-skating rink. I collected my car and then the de-humidifier before making my way home to walk Sam again. I spent some time chatting to Arthur Edmunds in his yard about the floods, the roads and the planning authority and we put all of them and the world to rights at the same time whilst Sam had the run of his yard. Some tea for the children and then I took Diana to The Wroxham Hotel for dinner.
We were going to go to The Riverside Restaurant, but we found it closed and gutted after flood damage and not due to open again until November. So many children around this week (the place was full of them) and the city had children and cars in equal and excessive measure. Some time reading Robert Malster's new book on The Broads this evening and then my journal and a bath before bed. The news is still full of terrorist bombings, but I refuse to listen to it. The floodwaters of Horning are now continuing their slow but steady decline but have a way to return to normal. I am now sure that they were caused primarily by excessive rainfall with the wind and tide factors a secondary factor holding the water back after the event.