David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
An early morning foggy session trying to go pigeon shooting at Molesworth and then nurse-maiding the girls.
News today of the Dublin Government having to quickly reconsider a major policy announcement concerning the early release for Republican IRA prisoners after a violent raid by three republicans on a postal depot where a man was shot and killed.
I had stayed up until after midnight but it was me alone out of the family that woke up first and called the others.
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Keeping in close touch with Wiggly as I see Diana off to her health farm slimming course and then driving to Norfolk to see Wroxham Builders to arrange for a Heronshaw demolition and then taking Jim Bird to see Norwich finally win their cup match against Tranmere Rovers 4-2 after being 0-2 behind.
This was a different day in many respects, but mainly because Diana was off for a three day/two night stay at a health farm and I was going to have to look after the girls whilst she was away.
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To Cambridge with Diana ordering a new double bunk-bed and mattresses for Della and then back to my office whilst making three calls to Wiggly as she lays ill in Sheffield Hotel slowly getting better before I spend the evening dog-obedience training.
News is of the government's climb-down over their previous plans to privatise the Post Office and the reaction of the Tory right-wingers who are very unhappy about it.
A good and sound night's sleep and so rested and relaxed to start the day. Di woke me up quite early and this let me walk Sam well before joining the girls for their walk to the bus stop.
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Struggling to get used to my new sleeping arrangements with Diana and then to buy new dish washing machine whilst finding some time for Sam quartering at Molesworth.
Then a message from Wiggly to report that she was heavy with cold, she was sick at 3.00pm and spent the rest of the day in bed. Being quite hopeless and pitiful and did not know what to do and wanted desperately to speak to me.
News of horrific floods and storms in Italy, the worst for a century with 43 people known dead and another 50 missing as buildings collapsed and bridges swept away. A trawler is missing in the North Sea with its crew of twelve.
It was a night of adjustment again as Diana and I slept together in this huge bed of ours. Even with the seven foot width, I still managed to get over her side as I was too close to the open doors on a cold night.
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Struggling with Wiggly in the aftermath of her boozy evening and walking Sam along the sawdust roiad before driving from Norfolk to Paxton via Barton Mills and Hail Weston on Nigel's birthday.
Daimon Hill and the Williams team outsmarted Michael Schumacker and the Benneton team to win a rain-soaked Japanese Grand Prix.
More Sunday Times revelations about the Prince and Princess of Wales and now ex-minister David Mellor
I was first awoken by Wiggly pulling off my covers, running her finger nails down my back and stroking my silk shorts and I thought that she had not realised she was doing it but later found out she may have been annoyed with me for sleeping and not attending to her.
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Running Sam and then working on Daniel’s boat before off to Norwich for shopping and football which was a poor match with very few goal-scoring opportunities and both Everton and Norwich City's tactics of hoofing the ball forward did not help.
Then a splendid seafood meal at Brummell's Seafood Restaurant. The journey home and there Wiggly was well gone and no trouble to satisfy.
I was not in too much of a hurry to get up this morning, but Sam was whining and needed his run. I took him to the fields opposite Horning village but just exercised him and did not do any training.
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