Charlie and Chrisula have had another baby girl - their third
Charlie and Chrisula have had another baby girl - their third

A day of gardening , clearing undergrowth and having a very smoky and unsociable bonfire as Di collected her Mum and brother's children from Sandy to play here for a while and we heard that Charlie and Chrisula have had another baby girl - their third. Some rain later after all the dry weather as I planted more bedding plants in what had become helpfully damp soil.

Bush and Gorbachev have agreed on substantial nuclear and chemical weapons cuts but are still far apart on the tricky question of whether a united Germany and now West Germany join the boycott of British Beef. The IRA mount a further attack as they gun down three young soldiers at a railway station in Staffordshire, The first Poll Tax protesters were in court today for refusing to pay and Diana informed Fiona that we were going to be taking Sundance away from the stables

I was up and out early to get going on the gardening today. I decided that, as I already had far too many hedge cuttings to dispose of and the branches on the riverside lawn were far too entangled with the undergrowth to be easily cleared, I would have a bonfire. It was a pity that the breeze was towards the house, but it had to be lit today to get the gardening work done. It turned out to be a very smoky bonfire that attracted Diana's wrath and probably did not do neighbourly relations much good either. This was after the noise of my chain-sawing yesterday as well! Still I carted all of the material across and just about got the thing over with by lunchtime. I could not start the chain saw again and had to give it up as a bad job despite having a close look at it. It seems to flood with fuel far too easily. Diana went out to collect her Mum and brother's children from Sandy to play here for a while.

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Charlie and Chrisula have had another baby girl - their third. Everyone is trying to be very brave about it, but they all wanted a boy so much to keep the Jackson family name and Coat of Arms going. After all of this dry weather, we actually got some rain this afternoon and so I came in glad that I had got my bonfire out of the way and took the chance to write up some of this last week's journal. This evening, I planted out some more bedding plants in what had become damp soil which should give them more of a chance. At the super-summit, Bush and Gorbachev have agreed on substantial nuclear and chemical weapons cuts but they are still far apart on the tricky question of whether a united Germany should be a part of the Western Alliance or Nato. At home, another blow for the government as West Germany join the boycott of British Beef.

The IRA mount a further attack as they gun down three young soldiers at a railway station in Staffordshire, killing one and injuring the other two. The government has decided against helping the Channel Tunnel endeavour with a cash grant for the London-to-terminal link and the consortium is on its own now as far as the Parliamentary Bill is concerned. The first Poll Tax protesters were in court today for refusing to pay the new tax, but the justices ruled that the summonses were premature as they had not had long enough to pay.  Diana informed Fiona that we were going to be taking Sundance away from the stables and she took it reasonably.