David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
On another sunny and warm day, a run for Sam along Crabbett's Marsh road after which a dinghy river trip with Sam and property work then the journey back from Horning to Paxton to update my journal this evening and also get reports from the latest canvassing.
The first results come through from South Africa but the confusion remains due to the teething problems with this first universal poll in the nation's history.
Another sunny and warm day and this one came early as Sam was awake and whining from 7.00am onwards. I told him to shut up a couple of times and made him wait until I was washed, shaved and breakfasted for his normal 8.00am walk.
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Driving from Paxton to Horning after a some good retrieving with Sam and via Jim’s house for a meal and finally to Heronshaw and the new Harnser which Jim saw for the first time.
Off to join the Norwich & District Wildfowlers Club who ease a lot of duck and goose shooting on the banks of the Bure and in the Halvergate marshes and to be welcomed as a full member in view of my experience.
The warm weather continues but with some chance of change soon. A nice run with Sam this morning where he was entering the water nicely. The main trouble that I have with him is the incorrect way in which he holds the dummy but at least that is not a major fault. A few election enquiries but not much I could do before preparing to leave for Norfolk this morning.
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Collecting my upgraded air rifle from St Ives and noting its poor planning policy destroying its market place aspect.
Triumphing with Sam finding his lost whistles and then more election work as I and sort out my office. T
he South African polling has been extended a further day in some key areas which is good news.
The fine weather continues but for how long we shall see. It was about time that I collected my air rifle from the manufacturers in St Ives where they had been upgrading it to firearm-standard power. I was intending to take Diana this morning but it was her slimming club and so it was this afternoon when we went.
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After getting out with Sam to do some quartering and waterwork, helping with the re-erection of Percy's destroyed posterboards, noting Derek's problems and so helping Terry canvas in Buckden.
The South African elections go on despite a large bomb at Jo'burgh's International Airport
Into a nice spell of settled weather with sun and warm south-westerly air making it very nice. Out with Sam to do some quartering and waterwork but did not do too much because of the heat. Back to make some calls to review the election returns and was disappointed to find that Percy had some posterboards down and nobody to help him get them up again.
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After a brief walk for Sam and a host of financial chores, more Election work in Buckden and Offord on another nice day, supervision canvassing and reconciling styles and objectives.
The first day in the South African elections today which was a poignant and historic event. This day the elderly, infirm and security forces vote in the first of three.
Another nice day for the election and I started it by contacting Derek with a further briefing on Buckden issues. A quick run for Sam after which I left him in the garden sun whilst I drove into St Neots and spent the morning there.
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Taking Sam to the school bus stop with Della on a nice, sunny and warm morning and then working him at Molesworth, checking in with fellow LibDems on Election work and hearing of Nigel's mistress revelations.
The UN/NATO ultimatum to the Bosnian Serbs has worked and now they must withdraw even further from Goradsne.
It was to be a full day but nice, sunny and warm to make it worthwhile. Out with Sam early and to the bus stop with the girls where Della enjoyed making a fuss of him now he is much calmer and more steady in her hands. I took him on to Molesworth and ran him across the fields there; keeping him under much closer control and using a variety of tactics to keep him watching me and taking notice of my instructions.
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