A good training day for Sam as we walked around Horning and stopped off at Horning Tea Shoppe for morning drinks and snacks. Shopping at Latham’s in Potter Heigham and off to Norwich for Debbie’s skin treatment as it rained for much of the day.
Margaret Thatcher’s memoirs confirm her Downing Street rule was a process of domineering dictate and the Sein Fein President, Gerry Adams, has angered all and sundry by helping to carry the coffin of the I.R.A. bomber
I had planned a haircut for today, but it was not to be for, when we arrived in Stalham at 12.15, we found that the barbers had already closed at noon for its early closing day. The day started with me just beating the alarm radio by waking before it turned on. I still had to wash and shave but got out in time to prevent Sam fouling his run. In fact, he had a good day of obedience and co-operation and was rewarded by spending much of the day in the car with us. As I walked him around Horning this morning, we were met by Alan Giddings who stopped in his mini and chatted for a while. He told me that both he and David were currently working on extending the buildings in Wroxham Barns where the petting farm idea had really taken off.
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We all rested after breakfast, and I finished reading my new book on The Broads whilst Diana rested and dozed and the girls alternatively read their books and argued in equal measure. It was for this reason that we did not get out early enough for my Stalham barber and because we had stopped off at Horning Tea Shoppe for morning drinks and snacks. We did not stay in Stalham but immediately left and drove on to Potter Heigham where we shopped at Lathams. Diana bought some clothes bargains for Della and I bought some fly-fishing tackle that I had wanted earlier this year but which would now be available for use next season.
Home for me but Diana had then to take Debbie to Norwich for her skin treatment. I spent the rest of the day working on updating my navigational charts in line with the latest Admiralty Notices. I got Della to join me for Sam's walk this evening with the aim of wearing her out. The girls had spent much of the day arguing and we could not stand it anymore. It was not too cold today, and the water continued to fall, but it was raining for much of the time. When passing Ludham, we could see the entire valley of The River Ant was flooded and only now were pumps being mobilised to try to get the water away.
Further reviews of her autobiography and the comments of her contemporaries show that the Downing Street rule of Margaret Thatcher was a process of domineering dictate. This, of course, after her use of The Falklands Crisis to force a war in place of a negotiation preferred by her Foreign Secretary and her overseas allies. It was the combination of the Brighton Tory Conference IRA bomb and the Westland Affair that eventually knocked the stuffing out of her government and started a series of problems over her leadership. The Sein Fein President, Gerry Adams, has angered all and sundry by helping to carry the coffin of the I.R.A. bomber who placed the bomb in the recent atrocity. This on the day that the last five of his victims were buried has just about ruled out the chances of his joint peace plan with the SDLP's John Hume being considered.