David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
GSP Club Annual Working Test success for Sam at Eastwick, a long telephone call to Wiggly on the way, talking about last night and she apologised again for being moody and depressed and then a quiet evening in front of the TV with my feet up.
The Sunday Times started a serialisation of the official biography of The Prince of Wales, written by Jonathan Dimbleby on the eve of The Queen's historic visit to Moscow
I was very late back last night and sat up even longer with my Bournevita, listening to the news and reading teletext match reports of Norwich City's draw away to Aston Villa.
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Morning shooting with Sam in the mist and fog and then Back home via St Neots where I bought a bunch of flowers each for Wiggly and Diana. Spending some time with Wiggly on her 24th birthday as she was stressed with ptoblems.
More mist and fog overnight and it refused to clear. I had decided to go out early and have a go at the geese opposite if they showed up but, what with the fog and cold, I laid in instead as they would not be flying in that visibility.
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Enjoying a lunch of roasted Canard Savage after the family had left and I had spent time training Sam and then the evening watching Rugby League on the TV.
The weather continued with mist and fog overnight only clearing to give warm sunshine in the afternoon and so I again delayed my walk with Sam.
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After another tough night suffering with a cold and bronchial infection, resolving to work with Diana to deal with our difficult daughters. Then a quiet day of catching up and dog training at Molesworth who found a pheasant, two hares and a rabbit.
News today of the Loyalist Paramilitary forces in Ulster announcing their cease-fire to take place from midnight tonight.
According to Diana, my snoring was not so bad last night; having been terrible the night before. In truth, I am still suffering greatly with this cold which is more by way of a bronchial infection that seems to affect the lungs very badly.
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After a good morning walk with Sam on Little Meadow managing a good blind fetch with the distraction of anglers and finally the longest ever memory retrieve.
News of plans regarding the Little Paxton nature reserve as I spend an otherwise quiet day catching up and watching England struggle against a World Cup Quarter Finalists Romanian football team and only just manage to draw the game 1-1.
62-year-old Arthur "John" Cornhill has become the first person to be implanted with an artificial heart and is doing well after a four hour operation at Papworth.
Britain and the United States now seem to accept that Sadam Hussein's troops are pulling back from the Kuwaiti border and the US have dropped their demand for a military exclusion zone after pressure from the French
I was awoken early again today in my bid to be ready in time for breakfast with the children but again my cold got the better of me. I waited until later to take the dog out in the hope that the fog would clear but it stayed with us all morning.
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To Cambridge with Di to see her parents on another fine and sunny day after morning fog.
Successful shooting morning and afternoon, returning home with a drake and hare and then evening obedience dog training as the girls come home with good school reports and Wiggly collects her car and goes to her first pantomime rehearsal.
The Tory plan to avoid discussing Europe at the Party Conference by leaving out any motions or debate on the subject was blown apart.
I got out early this morning to accompany the girls to the bus stop and there heard of their regular daily mock fights and battles from the other children there.
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