David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
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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Letting Diana go to Cambridge on her own and to her parents, after taking the girls to the bus stop, I took Sam for a walk across the common on another cold and frosty morning.
Then struggling with the planning officer over Cambridge Street parking, I drove from Paxton to Horning where the water was still very high and heavy rain and strong winds tore at Harnser as I work inside during the evening.
The death toll has risen to over 30 in Los Angeles and the earthquake has been estimated at 6.6 on the Richter Scale. Five freeways are blocked, and hundreds are left homeless
I had rather too much to attend to this morning and so I let Diana go to Cambridge on her own and she met her parents as usual. I was first up for breakfast but was finding it really tough to wake up around 7.00am on these cold winter mornings and would really have liked to lay in bed. I got out with Sam as the girls went through their normal fuss about getting ready for school and then took a walk across the common on another cold and frosty morning.
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Arguments with the planners over parking provision for our Cambridge Street development wrecks the day as a stressed Nigel visits with a bad cold after losing his gardener and housekeeper.
News today of a huge earthquake in the San Fernando area near Los Angeles in Southern California with 20 dead and freeway flyovers collapsed at junctions. At least today, Diana was happier having settled for a long week at EuroDisney
The weather continued chilly and I let Sam off of his swimming for the second day running. I then spent more time in my office working on my computers so that I now have a full range of spreadsheet and graphics software installed and available on my portable PC-compatible computer. But most of the day was tied up with two visits to Cambridge Street and efforts to try and get the parking spaces approved without preventing the further development of the site.
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A good obedience training session with Sam on a colder day which was then spent working at home with the girls. Daniel was at Jason’s most of the day helping him commission his speed boat.
The Queen suffered a fall from her horse after it stumbled at Sandringham yesterday and has broken her left wrist.
The normal Sunday lay-in and then out with Sam who does not recognise the Sabbath and wants walking just the same. The weather was getting colder and so I excused him any water retrieves this morning, but still put him through some special obedience work and was pleased with the result. His long-drops in particular are coming along and he executed his best point on a pheasant yet and the only real one since the grouse in Scotland.
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After more overnight rain, a long walk with Sam across The Common and then to work stripping off floor tiles in the downstairs shower room.
Another abortive day trying to find an alternative supplier of Daniel's computer motherboard but success in importing my investment files so that I can process these on the portable from now on. T
his evening watching TV football highlights and a Channel 4 Programme about Fiesta's Readers Wives.
More overnight rain in case we had not had enough but at least it had stopped by the time I was ready to take Sam for a walk. Just Debbie off to school and the rest of the family slow to rise but we did manage to have breakfast before I went out. A long walk across the common and, even though the water had subsided, I found some good spots to get Sam swimming across the ditches and dykes.
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The combination of unsettling telephone calls and computer supply problems spoiling my day of outings.
I took Diana and the girls off to the cinema tonight to try to get my mind off things but the girls were a hand-full and she did not enjoy the film.
Attempts to get John Major's "Back to Basics" message on the rails were thwarted again.
Another session getting Sam to enter water and retrieve dummies across ditches this morning as the floodwater subsided and things began to return to normal. The weather was brighter generally and my thoughts turned wistfully to exploits out in the countryside in time past.
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