David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
A hot, thundery and oppressive month of weather, marked the start of climate change but also the notable personal election success for my Liberal Democrat colleagues.
It re-enforced our party’s control of St Neots Town Council and also heralded the start of a passionate personal affair with ‘Wiggly’ which was to change my life.
It was a big family month with our Norfolk Broads boating holiday and for my youngest daughter Della's 10th Birthday, and thus also the 10th anniversary of my sale of the company that I had funded, Comart.
We had very many theatre and cinema outings, sight-seeing trips and amusement arcade rides. I found time also to spend with Nigel, solving the remaining problems with Cambridge Street and hearing of his personal revelations as he was separating from Lynne.
I completed the sale of the Rolls Royce that I had helped friends get married in it and buried both parents using it in the entourage. Sam had to struggle for attention and also suffered in the sweltering heat which these active dogs do not like but had his longest period afloat and was also a good 4th position amongst 24 Novices at the Hungarian Vizsla Working Test.
Horrific genocide continues in Rwanda, sending the world community into a huddle deciding what to do. There were several bomb attacks on an Ulster Police Station by Irish paramilitary and on the Israeli Embassy by Hezbollah or some other Arab Terrorists. I
t was a busy sporting month as world cricket was resumed, and Robert Chase of Norwich City makes the good decision to accept £5m for Chris Sutton and will buy several players to strengthen the defence and have money left to develop the South Stand.
The most poignant sporting achievement of the month was the victory by Daimon Hill in the British Grand Prix Formula 1. His father, who had died in a plane crash, had never managed to do this in his career.
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Stokesby to Burgh Castle via Great Mouth of the River Yar. This after the night of a worst thunderstorm imaginable with constant lightening, loud thunder and continuous heavy rain.
A relaxing time for us in Yarmouth with me having some seafood, the girls enjoying time at Joyland before we took the cruise across Breydon Water as the rain started again to moor up at Burgh Castle
Our overnight stay in Stokesby was accompanied by just about the worst thunderstorm imaginable with constant lightening, loud thunder and continuous heavy rain. Up in a brighter spell which looked set until it showered again as I walked Sam before breakfast.
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Aboard Paxton Princess for a full week, making successfully for Stokesby where I enjoyed my crab and prawn salad after stopping at Acle for lunch.
Then a long walk for Diana and I with Sam for which we went right over to Muck Fleet to see this old dyke that once linked the Trinity Broads with the main river.
Telephone arrangements with Wiggly to decide what sort of relationship she wanted with me, and she has accepted a future date to stay a weekend in Norfolk
After our few trial days on the boat, we had decided to get on board for a full week and had stocked up the larders and conducted our maintenance accordingly. The girls had never left the boat for sleeping all this time and so this was no change.
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To Norwich Shopping for ‘harvest pattern’ crockery on a much less humid day than of late and then back to perform more Paxton Princess maintenance.
The news is of explosions at an Ulster police station, killing several, and of yet another airline hi-jack in Russia where this time passengers were killed with a grenade.
The weather was much less humid than of late after the rain of yesterday and there were quite a few people in Norwich shopping now the weather was more comfortable.
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Eventually managing some Dog Training with Jim and Martin around St Bennet’s Abbey on a rainy day after meeting up with and entertaining my guests.
Then serving tea for the Sullivan's who had enjoyed their day and then off quickly to see "The Flintstones" at the Cromer Regal where we had booked for the 8.30pm performance
This was the day allocated long ago for a joint dog training day with Jimmy Bird and Martin Sullivan. Martin and family were travelling up to Brancaster (where they have a caravan) to stay for the week and planned on dropping his wife and two girls off to Coltishall at a Brownie camp for the day.
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We cruised from Stracey Arms via Stokesby for a fine seafood lunch and then on to Horning in the hot sun with the breeze to keep us cool. Pledged to return to cruising after a couple of days’ shore leave.
The night passed as peacefully as could be expected considering that this part of the Bure was a bit like the M1 motorway. I did have a problem with the refrigerator running down the alarm battery so that the low-voltage alarm kept going off but overcame it so that we were not kept awake.
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