The appearance of Margaret Thatcher that livened things up the Tory conference but then she did not dare speak
The appearance of Margaret Thatcher that livened things up the Tory conference but then she did not dare speak

After the recent tiring days, a welcome day at home catching up with the gardener, my mother and the news. A dull and lack-lustre Tory Conference today with a debate on Northern Ireland and it was only the appearance of Margaret Thatcher that livened things up and then she did not dare speak

I was very slow to get going this morning and I really wanted even more sleep to recover from my recent late nights. Came down to breakfast in my dressing gown to be sociable and then took my time afterwards to get dressed and ready. Out to chat to the gardener and to pay him for last week's work and then, later on, I helped plan the position and shuttering for the new riverside path. The idea was to get things moving as the project seemed to have got stuck lately. I achieved this, although the foundations for the path had been excavated far too deeply and we will have to find quite a deal of hardcore or concrete to get it up to the level that I would like.

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Lunch and then the afternoon and evening watching the televised world cup rugby with just a few interludes for updating my journal and financial records. The weather was dull but mild today and I could have been more active if I had the energy. Also, I should have gone to another party meeting this evening but was rather too tired and weary of a number of meetings that I had been to lately. I telephoned my mother instead and chatted to her a while and was pleased to find out that she had been all right. A dull and lack-lustre Tory Conference today with a debate on Northern Ireland and it was only the appearance of Margaret Thatcher that livened things up and then she did not dare speak. Telephone calls to confirm my trip to Norfolk tomorrow and also to agree to go on a "shooting party" with Nigel which could prove interesting.