An early walk with Sam on a warm and sunny day before dropping off the Discovery for service in Norwich and then welcoming Frank Reader to make the Harnser pump repair.
Diana off Cromer with the girls in the evening to see "Mrs Doubtfire" whilst I watched TV football and listened to radio coverage of the Third Test.
John Major was humiliated in the House of Commons today as he announced the cabinet had decided to accept the new E.E.C. voting terms.
It was mild overnight and my bed seemed a little creased and uncomfortable but I still slept well for a good rest. The alarm clock woke us at 7.00am and, after a quick wash and mug of tea, I was out with Sam for a short walk to get back for the other things we needed to do. Diana and I drove in separate cars to Cromer Road, Norwich, where I left the Discovery for a 24,000 mile service.
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I got a lift back in time to be at home for the electrician, Frank Reader, who came to mend the sewage pump. He was a little later than arranged which gave me a chance to eat my breakfast and clear the things away. It did not take him long to establish that it was the pump itself that had failed and seized but, despite him disassembling it, it could not be freed up and we could only conclude that it had been run dry, overheated and the windings swelled inside it.
Luckily, we had the pump in the old building sewage system and so, by removing that and using it as a replacement, we soon had the system up and running again. I gave him £30 for his trouble and then chatted with him a while before taking the family back to Norwich for the afternoon. The day had turned warm and sunny and was quite the best this year. I did not have very much to do but the others did some shopping and went to the library. I did try to get to see a copy of the new North Norfolk District Council Local Plan Draft but there was none on deposit. Then to collect the car and pay a rather large bill in consequence.
Diana off with the girls to Cromer for the evening to see "Mrs Doubtfire" whilst I watched TV football and listened to radio coverage of the Third Test. From a very strong position, England managed a typical collapse and look set to wrest defeat from the jaws of victory as they lost six of their second innings wickets for some thirty-odd runs! Earlier, I had taken Sam out in the car, intending to take him for some quartering over at St Bennet's Abbey but had to return to Crabbett's Marsh when I could not find it!
John Major was humiliated in the House of Commons today as he announced the cabinet had decided to accept the new E.E.C. voting terms. Opposition jeers were joined by a call from one of his own party back-benchers for him to resign as Prime Minister but, as with his colleagues in the last few years, I doubt he will. More of the appalling news story from the day before when a madman burst into a school classroom and stabbed three girls: killing one and badly injuring another.