There was a lethal combination of gales, lashing rain and sleet and snow that greeted Sam's first pointing test during a month that came in like a lion and went out like a lamb as Spring arrived. But it was same bitter northerly wind did not cease and set the scene for a miserable EuroDisney trip.
My time was split between Paxton, Paris and Horning, organising the LibDem campaign in the former as we battled on in Priory and the Offords. There was plenty of practical tasks as I erected a pole-cote and cleared up Harnser’s garden.
A good month for Sam’s progress, with plenty of training and experience for him, taking part in his first Spring Pointing Test and earning a ‘Good’ grade.
A cold and disappointing holiday with the family to EuroDisney but we did appreciate our trips to the Paris Latin Quarter, Les Halles, Eifel Tower and a Pont Neuf boat trip on the River Seine; shopping trips to Torcy; and a rail and bus outing Parc Asterix with its themes, rides, and Dolphin display. Also Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show was a highlight.
We had a nice trip to the Theatre Royale whilst in Norwich to see Harry Secombe and cancer victim Roy Castle in their version of "Pickwick” and many other outings besides.
Elsewhere, the month started with the three-day Easter cease-fire announced by the IRA, but real conflict of the month was in Bosnia where there was another Allied air strike that succeeded in its direct aim but failed to stop the Bosnian Serb army from advancing on Goradsne.
A bomb attack by right-wing extremists on Johannesburg International Airport failed to stop the first universal and free South African Elections. It was mechanical failure or pilot error that was responsible for the latest of a worrying series of civil air crashes; this time at Schipol Airport.
England did well at cricket in their 4th Test against the West Indies, but they suffered a massive defeat in the final Test and the ignominy of Lara scoring 375 runs against them; the most ever in a single test innings.
