David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
Sam did well in Working Tests today, coming 8th of 35 Novices at Laverstoke Park after which I managed a visit to Wiggly before Diana allowed me home. Daimon Hill won the Portuguese Grand Prix today and with it enough points to get back within one of Michael Schumacher.
The Travelodge gave me a comfortable night and I did get some sleep after the long and tiring journey.
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In Norfolk out of Diana's way in Norfolk on Wiggly's Housewarming party day whilst planning to go dog training but Jim was too sick to see me and so I caught up with local Norfolk football before travelling with Sam to the Basingstoke Travelodge.
I found out the next day that Wiggly had a good party, with her parents down and staying locally joined by friends from work and also from St Neots Players
I walked Sam first thing at The Coneygear, and it was interesting to see the network of footpaths by the river and in amongst the trees there which is a good place to go for a walk with a dog.
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Diana and I managing our martial issues away from the children as she remained in shock and anger and so I keep out of the way of her and help Wiggly get to the clinic and use of a car. Ostensibly off to Norfolk, I stay overnight with Wiggly in Eynesbury.
An armed break out of IRA prisoners from a Cambridgeshire jail is now being followed by the discovery of Semtex explosive smuggled in but the Home Secretary still refuses to resign!
Della was selected for three small walk-on drama parts in the school play, Debbie is going through an extremely difficult and uncooperative phase as a teenager and driving Diana mad, but Daniel is doing his best to help.
I got myself up from the spare room and then went upstairs to shower and dress, joining the other members of the family for breakfast. Diana was strained and obviously upset but managed to put a brave face on things and I prevented the rest of the family from prying so that we got through breakfast all right.
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Marital Crisis as Diana reads my journal notes concerning my affair with Wiggly as I watch television coverage of the Liberal Democrat conference with Wiggly and other colleagues appearing in news coverage.
Then I was just setting up my rifle and lamp at Molesworth and preparing to shoot rabbits there for the first time when Diana called and accused me of having an affair with Wiggly which I did not deny.
The matter was complicated by Wiggly being late back from the conference and then I had to tell her that Diana had found out and she was expecting me to end our relationship. Back to sleep in the spare room pending developments
The day started calmly enough with me walking Sam for a particularly long and energetic training session and talking to the gardener.
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Shopping in Bedford with Diana and to see the film "Clear and Present Danger" and then to take the family to the Kimbolton Statute Fair and I wait in vain again for a call from Wiggly
The morning was spent working hard on a range of paperwork and bills and then in summarising my journal for August but there were no calls of note.
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A visit from old Bill Clarke today and walks for Sam both in the pouring rain. Then working on paperwork at home and I wait in vain for a call from Wiggly from the Liberal Democrat Brighton Conference.
I had received a call from Pauline last night, the daughter of Bill Clarke who used to own one of my riverside plots, and I agreed to see them this morning.
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