The floods from the swollen Mississippi and Missouri
The floods from the swollen Mississippi and Missouri

Some time walking and worming Sam and then coffee in Jarrold’s and lunch in the Pizza Hut and shopping in Norwich with Diana and the girls.

The floods from the swollen Mississippi and Missouri still worsen and man-made flood barriers collapse making thousands homeless in the Mid-West after homes were built in the flood plain.

Sam woke us a little later this morning and then had a very good day of obedience and cooperation. We had a trip to Norwich and I bought him some more worming treatment and retrieving dummies and he was very good with the dummy retrieves after some time away from the technique. He was also steady to falling dummies and could be stopped and sat whilst in full flow; coming to hand.

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Morning coffee with Diana and the girls in Jarrold’s and then lunch of pizza salad at The Pizza Hut before completing our shopping and dropping by at Mann Egerton for a new petrol cap to replace the one that I had lost. On the eve of The House of Commons debate, Lord Rees-Mogg, former editor of The Times newspaper, financed by Sir James Goldsmith, has obtained leave in the High Court to challenge the government’s plans to ratify The Maastricht Agreement.

The floods from the swollen Mississippi and Missouri still worsen and man-made flood barriers collapse making thousands homeless in the Mid-West but why do they ignore the flood plain needs of these two great rivers and build homes there in the first place! Ian Botham retires from cricket with his last match for Durham against the Australian tourist side.