On a slightly less cold day with a slight drizzle, yesterday, I walked Sam and then finished fitting out the storage ‘larder’ before Daniel visited to work on his boat.
We sat and chatted a while about Angela and then I sorted him out a piece of teak for his boat and the necessary tools to cut, shape, dowel, glue and fix it to fill a section that the previous owner had cut in his transom. John Major is in the U.S. meeting new President Clinton against the background of a number of embarrassments.
I retired after midnight which becomes a habit up here but slept well and was woken by my "Teasmade" before 7.00am. Walked the dog early and then returned to tackle one of the lawns before Daniel arrived. This was the strip by the boat-dyke which I had to clear of scrub, rake and level and then seed for the coming season for the lawn to grow. I had finished this, cleared up and was resting with my morning coffee when Daniel arrived. We sat and chatted a while and then I sorted him out a piece of teak for his boat and the necessary tools to cut, shape, dowel, glue and fix it to fill a section that the previous owner had cut in his transom. This done, we fed and exercised Sam and then drove into Wroxham for lunch at the cafe and then ordered the necessary parts from Norfolk Marine to make a new steering system.
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I learnt that Daniel had a bad cold, was not planning to go home this weekend, had lots of course work to do and was expecting his final degree exams in three months’ time. He needed to do quite well in his exams as the first year's work would only give him a lower second honours when an upper second was desirable. He was still in touch with Angela, but the position has not changed. The rest of the day working on the larder again, trimming round the outside of the base unit and fitting the sealing strip to finish the work surface. It was bedtime before I had finished, reorganised the kitchen storage and cleared up but I still had a relaxing bath and did my chores before retiring.
There was a slight drizzle, but it was just a little less cold than yesterday. John Major is in the U.S. meeting new President Clinton against the background of a number of embarrassments; non the least of which is the fact that two officials from Conservative Central Office had been over there helping his rival outgoing President Bush in the election campaign!