Iraqi Scud missile attack on Tel Aviv
Iraqi Scud missile attack on Tel Aviv

To update yesterday's journal and get some paperwork done as Debbie and Della get off to school and Daniel reports a £1,200 estimate for his car repair. My work on the LibDem FOCUS has to wait but I visit Robin Martlew in the evening to review his forthcoming May South Cambridgeshire District Council election campaign. Another Iraqi Scud missile attack on Tel Aviv which sounds like a direct hit with much damage and casualties.

A bit if a lay-in this morning after the late night, but I did not feel too bad. I searched around the house and eventually found some anti-dandruff shampoo and used it before completing my shower and getting down late to eat breakfast on my own. Debbie and Della were off to school and, after reading the papers and post, I settled down at my desk to update yesterday's journal and get some paperwork done. During the day, I managed to reconcile and update my financial affairs and then undertake a range of correspondence to get it out of the way. This left the work needed on my political activities and, although I managed to do some, I have the major task left of starting the layout of FOCUS for the forthcoming March issue and the enclosed advertising sheet.

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The builders were back again today, knocking out the new area and preparing it for the false wall and then fitting the door for the new utility area. The weather was still cold today, but a slow thaw had set in and the roofs and some paths are now clear. I heard from an upset Daniel today who had found out that repairs to his prize car will be some £1200, well beyond his means but in line with my expectations. We agreed that he would try to drive it home to DAB autos tomorrow afternoon to see if they can do another cheap job in getting it fixed again. I could then take him back to Norwich when I drive up there on Wednesday morning. Poor Daniel; he is learning the lessons of life the hard way. The news today from the Gulf is of another Iraqi Scud missile attack on Israel; whose military censors will not allow the location and extent of the damage to be broadcast, but it is undoubtedly Tel Aviv and it sounds like a direct hit with much damage and casualties. Tonight, I went out to Comberton to see Robin Martlew about the forthcoming Liberal Democrat campaign for the South Cambridgeshire District Council elections in May where we have much still to do. Though milder today, it was then quite icy this evening as the temperature dropped and everybody had to take care on the roads.