David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
As Wiggly packed and looked after Sam, I attended forestry meetings with Forestry Meetings with Stuart Smith, the Area Forester from Lairg and forester Donald from Wick as we toured Thormaid and noted the thinning success and failures.
Once back, off to the Caithness Glass Factory and, after a light lunch of soup, toured the glassworks and shop.
Then the journey to Inverness and another night's stay at the Beaufort Hotel.
We tried a visit to the cinema to see a Dracula horror film but this was so gory that we had to walk out half way through.
I was tired after my exertions and excess alcohol and neither of us felt like a large breakfast to start the day.
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A cold, icy month with cruel storms and high tides threatening the Norfolk coast. Often, the days started frosty with cars covered in ice and we struggled with flood water in Horning and then experienced more snow and ice in Scotland.
This trip to Broubster with Wiggly came at a cost of my dog Sam injuring his foot but was enjoyed. Back home, he did well in training and field trials, learning all the while.
My relationship with Wiggly was accelerating and endangering my marriage as we went to parties, events and trips to London together. I made the effort to keep family life together with shopping trips, pantomime evenings and cinema outings and Debbie was trying hard to do well with her GCSE Mock Exams.
Nigel and I had a reverse over our Cambridge Street planning application and I had a difficult time with Freda and Alf, after they let the Redgrave property deteriorate in absolute squalor.
Norwich City were struggling in the Premier League but I continued to support them. Elsewhere, I sensed acute problems with the UK Prison's Service as one inmate dies through lack of supervision and many more escape from Parkhurst as officer's morale is at rock bottom.
The Tory government was struggling with NHS problems and their former allies were calling for changes to dogma.
Major Parker-Bowles, husband of the Prince of Wales’s former mistress Camilla, has announced their plans for divorce after a two-year separation leading to speculation that Prince Charles will divorce Lady Diana and marry Camilla.
A powerful 7.2 earthquake killed and injured thousands in Japan. Russian forces take over the rebel Chechen town of Grozny after 10’s of thousands die on both sides.
Twenty world leaders will attend the Polish commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Auschwitz.
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A single grouse shot for our morning efforts at Thormaid and then a recreational trip to John O'Groats to watch the harbour before too much whisky later.
With no alarm to wake us, it was after 8.00am before I stirred first and made a cup of tea.
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Poor sporting day in the snow after an early call when Sam ran well with his sore paw but nothing found to shoot.
Then some successful shopping for boots and breeks for Wiggly but it was wild, windy and cold outside and so and fell soundly asleep
Awake early to the call of my organiser at 6.30am and quickly dressed and out to Thormaid.
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