David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
A good training day for Sam, retrieving well, and a steady work day for me, comforting Di with regard to her extended bleeding she has suffered before periods since the summer.
Just my journal this evening and then I watched a thrilling game of football on TV where Norwich City drew 3-3 away to West Ham in an open and skilful game.
This must have been one of the best days for training Sam that I have had for a while. During this morning's run, he was obedient and undertook a few water retrieves and then later he was proficient at retrieves with the dummy launcher and from hand into all manner of terrain. To cap it all, he finally managed to leap a high stile that I had been encouraging to do and leapt back again with the dummy soundly in his mouth as well.
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On a dry but cooler and cloudy day, I concentrated on an office day to catch up with my correspondence and work on my late Mum’s estate and my children’s trust portfolio. Also a nice time with Diana and lunch of beef teriyaki.
The death of Radio 4 Today Programme's presenter Brian Redhead and, following the death of Brian Johnston, B.B.C. radio has suffered a double blow.
A tough day catching up with another host of correspondence and I noted that there were nine letters to post at the end of it. The most difficult were those concluding my instructions for the purchase of our third children’s trust investment property, where my solicitors were making rather a meal of it.
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A slow start after a late and cold night and then Debbie off to school as I get out with Sam for some waterwork on a milder day before taking Diana and the girls to The Happy Eater as their choice for lunch. There an unfortunately bad service.
Back home this afternoon to see some good Rugby League on the TV with Wigan being soundly beaten for once by Leeds in the Trophy Cup Final. We had a new satellite aerial, tuner and decoder installed this morning and the picture quality was much improved.
I excelled myself last night and stayed up even later than usual and was then too cold to get to sleep easily. This until I switched my electric blanket on to maximum, fell asleep and then found myself waking up so hot that I was like a cat on a hot tin roof! Diana was not best pleased. A shower and then dressed last for breakfast. Debbie off to school and me out with Sam.
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The weather stayed fine and mild today and the wind and rain held off until after dark. I was creosoting the far side of the Heronshaw garage, setting the alarm and then walking Sam before driving from Horning to Paxton.
Membership details on the British Deer Society awaited me on my return together with the latest version of P.C. Maritime Navigator. I tried this new software until far too late with Della watching me for company.
Another reluctant start after another late night but I eventually got shaved, dressed, had my cereal breakfast and got out with Sam for a long walk across Crabbett's Marsh road. Quite tired after getting back and so chose to do the final set-up from the alarm system for which I could just sit on a stool. Then out to creosote the far side of the garage as I had got permission from Doris Vincent to get on her drive for that purpose. Chatted to her also about the property and road maintenance as well as the recent floods for the water level had been up high again with the northerly winds.
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On a very cool day with a hard frost, two walks for Sam today during which he seemed not very much under control. A chat with Arthur Edmunds about repairing the road and Jack who updated me about former flooding events.
My first meal of grouse shot my me on my Scottish estate which tasted good. I collected my Discovery from Mann Egerton which appeared to have been correctly repaired this time.
Word from Andy Carmichael who agreed with Dave Evans that we could park our Cambridge Street vehicles near to the sycamore tree which was a slight improvement.
The legendary Matt Busby, saviour and inspiration of Manchester United Football Club died today and the game will miss him. The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the replacement of Lord David Owen as their special mediator in Yugoslavia.
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After putting my Discovery in for an electrical repair, I just had time to go home to set mole traps before Daniel visited me to buy his Rover 825i car before he took Dawn roller skating.
The Lord Chief Justice and The House of Lords oppose the government over its planned reforms to the criminal justice system and magistracy.
My visit to Norfolk had been planned to put the Discovery in for the repair of its electrical fault and the rest of these three days planned round it to use the time to work at Horning. My automatic radio gave me my morning call at 7.00am after an unsettled night trying to keep warm and comfortable in a different bed. I was reluctant to rise and the more so as the sky was clear and the day cold.
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