David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
A short run for Sam in the rain before driving off to the Woodall Park Spring Pointing. Both Jim’s Ben and my Sam ran poorly. Home via our election district to hear that Norwich lost another football match.
We heard that the Bosnian Serbs seem to be pulling back from a final assault on Goradsne following the latest UN/NATO threats of air strikes
It was after 7.00am by the time Diana called me with my morning tea because she now takes the view that Debbie can get herself up for school on a Saturday. I was troubled to see that it was pouring with rain and had some difficulty finding a dry spell to give Sam a small run before I had eaten my breakfast and loaded him into the car ready to go.
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After leaving Sam out in the cold last night, I started organising the Offord’s election and dog training early this morning.
I saw our old pony "Sundance" at Fitz Farm this morning who was still very sound.
The news is of a NATO decision to issue an ultimatum to the Bosnian Serbs - withdraw from the edge of Goradsne or have their supply lines and forces bombed
I had been so preoccupied with my telephone calls last night and staying up late to receive and collate canvassing statistics by telephone that I completely forgot to put both the car and Sam away last night. The poor dog was curled up under the rear porch and locked out of his kennel and I only realised when I heard him barking at the milkman when he should normally have been asleep!
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Organising the LibDem local elections on a warm and sunny day giving out advice and instruction sheets to the helpers for all of the processes.
We were doing surprisingly well in the new wards of Buckden and Eynesbury, we were sadly lacking as far as canvassing in the villages making up The Offord’s. Then A good long run with Sam in the afternoon
The weather even better than yesterday being both warm and sunny which made a very pleasant surprise. The same morning routine as yesterday so that I was able to join the girls with Sam for the walk to the bus stop. Then on with him to the gravel pits where I achieved a slightly better entry into the water for him which was progress.
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Getting the girls back to school after their Easter holiday on a milder day and giving Sam for two walks today. A good visit to Cambridge Street where we are converting the derelict Victorian cottages into modern one-bedroomed flats with three of the four already reserved.
This as Debbie is creating about the arrangements for her birthday and as I took Diana to the cinema to see the historical drama about the Beatles called "Backbeat".
We were all up early today and there was much ado as the girls got ready to go back to school after their Easter holiday. I got out early with Sam so that he was toileted in time to join the girls for the walk to the bus stop. Debbie took his lead as I carried her bag and then Della made a big fuss of him as they were waiting for the bus.
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With the weather much improved, after updating my computer journal for these last ten days, I returned to election organising making a number of long telephone calls to our four candidates resolving campaign problems and organising the next stage in the campaign, even chancing upon both of the Tory candidates, Terry Hayward and the young Normington. Also, time for two good sessions with Sam today. The news is still of Bosnia as the world community tries to decide what to do in response to the latest Serb actions.
The weather today was bright and the best for some time and this helped my outside work with Sam and the work of those campaigning in the local elections. But first, after seeing the family off out for the day, I spent the morning and was glad to finish this by lunch time.
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Getting back to normal and catching up with friends and transactions and then collecting Sam from Trevor Rigby in Lincoln who had been doing well.
I had expected a period of readjustment but we went straight back into our routine and he obeyed me well and was quite steady for me at least.
It was hard getting back to normal today, but I started by showering and washing my hair and then having breakfast as the others struggled to get up and join Diana and I. Some time returning telephone calls and then going through the mail to gather together cheques to pay in and urgent bills to pay.
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