Cleaning The Lady’s hull after a fine English breakfast and then watching Nigel Mansell forced out of the Belgian Grand Prix by Ayrton Senna before Mum and Dad arrived in the rain with Mum playing scrabble with the children but tired and irritable at the end of the visit. The papers are full of election smears as all the politician were on the election trail today. In Fiji, a number of leading judges have ruled the military coup and regime illegal.
A sound night and slept well until 7.00am when Di brought in the tea. Listened to another farming programme on the radio – Lord Plumb (formerly President of the NFU, now the President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg) was hosting a breakfast interview. After my shower and shave, our own breakfast of delicious fried eggs, bacon, tomato, mushrooms and bread, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Out after to The Lady, which I turned round carefully and cleaned the starboard hull section off from the dinghy. It looked really nice when I had finished, but it was tiring working at water level and so, after feeding the ducks and doves, I went inside for a rest. Sat in the kitchen reading today’s Observer and yesterday’s Financial Times, until lunch. After, the Belgian Grand Prix was televised and so I watched the start. Much incident and collision and the unfortunate Nigel Mansell had to retire after a crash with the careless Ayrton Senna.
At this time my Mum & Dad arrived in the rain and we all sat together in the lounge for a chat. Soon Mum was playing scrabble with the children and, after tea, it was monopoly. I took Dad around the gardens for a chat and to see our works, of which he approved. A nice visit, but Mum obviously still finding her feet. Being tired and irritable at the end of the day, she started an unfortunate argument with Dad over a new roof for their home, but I pacified them and saw them off. Daniel ran the tables programme for Debbie today and she did quite well. Otherwise the children were rather badly behaved on a wet day. The news today is of Liberal leader, David Steel, being supported by all party leaders in deploring the personal smears of right-wing Tory papers. Elsewhere, all politicians were on the election trail. Four Britons died when their light aircraft collided with another plane over Belgium. In Fiji, a number of leading judges have ruled the military coup and regime illegal