A day in Norwich with family without my Christmas vouchers, having lunch in Oliver’s and buying more Canary tickets.
Acute problems with the UK Prison's Service as one inmate dies through lack of supervision and many more escape from Parkhurst as officer's morale is at rock bottom.
A better night, with warmer bed-clothes and even three pairs of socks kept on until the bed was warm! Slept well until my organiser alarm awoke us as planned with a "reveille" type call at 7.30am.
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First after Di into the bathroom and then a long walk for Sam with Della accompanying me. She had been upset with me for killing the Muntjac buck last night but had now forgiven me with a kiss and cuddle.
The water was down and access to Ropes Hill Dyke a lot better. Once I settled Sam down in the back of the car, I took him and the family into Norwich for a day's shopping, parking the Discovery in The Riverside Park and Ride and taking the family on the bus into the City Centre.
First a refreshing coffee in Jarrold’s whilst the girls tidied no less than three milk baskets from ours and adjoining tables!
The fools had done less well and had both forgotten to bring their vouchers that I had given them for Christmas and so could not buy anything whilst we were in the city!
I scanned the Jarrold's magazine and book racks for any information on pocket computers and then went to sporting stores for woolly socks and Marks & Spencer’s for polo-necked shirts. All together again for lunch at Oliver's and then another hour in Norwich before it was time to leave.
I was hoping to get season tickets for the rest of the matches at Carrow Road but they were not selling them and so I just got the next match tickets instead. Back to collect the family and then home to walk Sam, play "Cluedo" with the others and then spent a quiet evening studying the remainder of my Psion manual.
News of the accumulation of problems with the Prison's Service as one inmate dies through lack of supervision and many more escape from Parkhurst as officer's morale is at rock bottom.
Home Secretary Michael Howard, like all other members of this Tory government, refuses to resign. The second young Norfolk child suffering from Meningitis dies of complications from the disease.
At last the England Cricket team start playing well in Australia and put the Aussie team under pressure.