I was tired, after all the driving yesterday and so relaxed first thing this morning by feeding the carp in the conservatory, who were doing well. Then to my office working on correspondence and evaluating my printing bids before Nigel arrived for coffee and discussed his plans for moving to the West Country. This afternoon working on my Manorial Chapter and finally completing the relevant charts. The M1 air crash investigation found that the working engine may have been shut down in error and that into the Lockerbie Pan Am air disaster has found that a bomb made of plastic explosives was detonated in the No 1 cargo hold
I slept soundly, even though Diana had heated the bed by electric blanket despite a 70°F room temperature! This morning, I was still tired after all the driving yesterday and I first had my breakfast and relaxed by feeding the carp. It was good to see all the fish feeding well, including the small Doitsu Sanke. Then to my office where I worked on correspondence to each of the printers who had submitted quotations; informing the shortlist of three and asking some final points – as well as giving details of the successful bids to the printers whose quotations were unsuccessful. I was ready for an early lunch when Nigel arrived to see how my plants were getting on. We had a coffee and a long chat. He is considering selling up and moving to the West Country.
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This afternoon, I worked on my Manorial History chapter, incorporating much (but not all) of Rosa Young’s suggestions. Then this evening I was trying to key in a complex 1871 manorial chart before time ran out. It was warm today but turned cold this evening as the skies were clear. I got to bed by 10:30pm. The investigation into the M1 air crash as found out that the first engine shutdown may have been in error, leaving the faulty engine to fail during the aircraft’s final approach to the East Midlands airport. The wreckage is being lifted in three pieces from the M1 embankment as the crash inspectors anticipate taking until the weekend to finish the search for clues. In the meanwhile, in the Lockerbie Pan Am air disaster enquiry, the bomb was traced to the front No1 cargo hold and consisted of plastic explosives.