Work on The Hayling View lawns and compost heaps on a bright and sunny day
Work on The Hayling View lawns and compost heaps on a bright and sunny day

After a poor night irritated by Diana’s new hair oil and some heating malfunctions, I was a bit slow to rise but then got out to work on the lawns and compost heaps on a bright and sunny day. A Chiltern Radio interview over the Poll Tax cuts and then poor news from Ian James that seemed terminal for my training company investment.

I had trouble sleeping last night. Firstly, Diana decided to come to bed with her hair soaked with some oily and smelly concoction which irritated my nose and throat all night. I should have been suspicious when she covered the pillows with a protective towel! Then the heating seemed to stay on all night, and it seems that the house heating circuit comes on with the conservatory heating which is annoying. We shall have to get the engineers back to have a look at the controls. I was therefore a bit slow to rise but still made breakfast due to having already had my bath and hair wash the previous night.

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Breakfast with the girls and then, the weather being bright and sunny, I decided that I should have to go out and water the grass to dissolve the application of fertiliser and pest-killer in case the birds were affected by it. This took a lot of the morning and then, after a coffee that I made myself, I took an old pallet apart and made a series of interlocking wooden slats to enclose a compost heap extension. This was an overdue job now that I have so many leaves and grass cuttings to dispose of. This continued after lunch and then we had the rain shower that I had been waiting for all along! In late afternoon I recorded an interview with Chiltern Radio about the Poll Tax cuts and then, after tea, I made and received a host of telephone calls on political and investment business. I had a rather worrying call from Ian James about a mixture of domestic and management problems that seemed to be terminal to me. I managed to re-order my priorities and action list and can face the next couple of days in better shape than before.