All except two passengers and crew were saved from the fire-struck Italian cruise liner, the Acquile Laro.
All except two passengers and crew were saved from the fire-struck Italian cruise liner, the Acquile Laro.

Home to Paxton by mid-morning for some outside chores and then having an office clear-out. Watching a football match on Sky Sports 2 channel later.

The international consensus for Bosnia breaking down with talk of the UN Peacekeeping Force being withdrawn.

All except two passengers and crew were saved from the fire-struck Italian cruise liner, the Acquile Laro.

I got packed up and was back in Paxton by mid-morning, finding just the cleaner Suzanne there as Diana had gone off to Bedford for the morning to go shopping.

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I did the outside chores in the absence of the gardener and then, after unpacking the car, I relaxed with a mug of coffee and read all the outstanding newspapers and mail.

Whether it was my tidying work at Heronshaw or not I do not know but I was so put out by the state of my office that I decided to take most of the morning putting it straight.

Then at my desk, updating this last few day’s journal before getting myself a bite to eat as Diana had not returned by early afternoon. It was not only mild today but sunny too and I enjoyed that walk along the river and did not realise that the St Neots area had such good landscape.

I had hoped to take the family out to the cinema this evening but Di had arranged for Della to go and spend some time with a friend and so I stayed in instead, watching a football match on Sky Sports 2 channel.

It would have been nice to see Wiggly but that would have been three days running and so I let her go with Michael to the new live entertainment venue at The Old Falcon in St Neots and they enjoyed it. I opted for an early night.

News of the international concensus for Bosnia breaking down and talk of the UN Peacekeeping Force being withdrawn as there is know no peace to keep.

The government's plans for Local Government Expenditure have led to the need to cuts in services and they are not happy about it.

All except two passengers and crew were saved from the fire-struck Italian cruise liner, the Acquile Laro, and taken aboard a tanker and thence to a flotilla of other ships.