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This month of February started fair and Scotland was still cold, but gales followed later in Eastern England with many trees down.
I visited my forest of Broubster at Caithness to discuss management issues and enjoyed a break therewith Wiggly, meeting up with her sister in Newcastle on the way back.
Still maintaining family life at home with Di and the kids, with lots of cinema trips and meals out, commissioning my new Psion 3a for mobile communications.
Also arbitrating on many LibDem squabbles, welcoming new members. Meeting up with Jim and Nigel to share relationship issues and for dog-training and shooting outings.
The Tory government still bad news and being hassled over teachers’ pay and national health failures as their anti-Europe sceptic members pull them apart.
The EEC President, Jaques Delors, introduces a draft directive to allow free passage of individuals between the fifteen member states but Britain will try to veto it. This, as we heard that Labour won the South Wales by-election.
A serious and deepening financial crisis as the City of London was hit by its oldest merchant bank, Barings, failing after losing £400m on foreign exchange dealings in Singapore.
The worse sporting news of the month was of the Ireland vs England international football match at Lansdowne Road being abandoned after violence from a hard core of English thugs.
Norwich City was losing form and doing badly, Talks between the PLO and Israel have led to hope that the present stand-off can be solved and a return to the peace process made.
February started with some fine weather and fresh air for my visit to Thormaid to review my management issues with Fountain Forestry.
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