David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
After a quiet night at Burgh St Peter Marina, up early with Sam for a long walk on a day that was cool early on for a change but then reverted to another hot and muggy day with the barometer rising again after the storms such that August started promising to be as warm as July.
Off to Beccles, after which a cruise on The Jolley along the water front so as to eventually moor at Church Walk, near the town centre.
After the cruise back via the swimming pool, Diana and I embarked upon a long walk across Beccles Marshes which exhausted us but kept Sam well exercised.
The evening ended with the daylight at 9.00pm which was a sign that the summer is passed its peak
It was a quiet enough night at Burgh St Peter Marina and an early awakening with Diana up and about keen to go. Out with Sam for a long walk; first quartering him across the harvested pea field and then walking him along the ridge which I am sure must have been a cliff top in ancient times.
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After a quiet and restful night with no thunder and lightning this time to disturb our sleep we pulled alongside Burgh Castle Marina and filled up with the water hose before cruising from Burgh St Peter and then cruised across Breydon Water to visit via Pettit’s at Reedham on a dull but humid and close afternoon.
Then then cruised back under Reedham Bridge and then Somerleyton which both swung for us to pass under without need for folding things down.
On to Burgh St Peter Marina where we moored up for the night. Plenty of time on my computer later back on the boat, using the plentiful electricity to type up the day's events as well as charge it fully for the days ahead.
A quiet and restful night with no thunder and lightning this time to disturb our sleep. Once up, I set off on a long walk with Sam and ended up going into Burgh Castle village and out of the other side which meant that we were out for a full hour!
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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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