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Fishing Tragedy for Norfolk Shrimps
The only skipper who has been fishing the Wash and Norfolk coast to provide local vendors in recent times with fresh brown shrimps (as the alternative to the pre-frozen pale substitutes) had an accident at sea in his engine room the other day. Lost one leg and the other is endangered after getting caught up in his prop shafts. I have been trying to persuade other local fisherman to take over his unique rig to keep supplies coming and also contribute something back to him whilst he recovers.
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Day at home with the children and my steamer chairs before a family BBQ that Daniel and friend s missed whilst working on Brampton Lock as UEFA bans English soccer teams and the traditional Stonehenge pop festival is banned for the first time
Awake early, but back to sleep and wake heavily at 7.00am to some morning tea. I read yesterday’s Economist, got The Sunday Times from the front door and went into the dining room for breakfast for the first time in a few days. A splendid meal of fried egg, bacon, sausage, mushrooms and bread. I finish the paper, get showered, dressed and shaved and go out to feed the doves and collect 9 eggs only from the ducks. I settle to the task of continuing the preparation of the first of the folding steamer chairs and Debbie comes out by the river and helps me a lot by stripping the varnish off with a scraper. She is not allowed to call for Amy on this Sunday morning and was at a loose end. Morning coffee on the riverside garden lawn and I moved around during the morning to stay in the shade. Another sunny and clear day and the breeze less cool to make the day the warmer for it. Daniel played in the outboard motor dinghy and soon had Gary and Paul across to join him.
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Happy and sunny day securing my steamer chairs at auction, visiting the Buckden Towers Fete with my family and then enjoying my riverside aspect whilst starting work on the chairs as England lose the three match series against Australia
Awake on another gloriously sunny morning and with my cup of tea. I opened the doors to the balcony, fetched my paper and read it in bed. Diana brought my breakfast up again, which is becoming quite a habit. Up then to shower, shave and dress and out to the birds. 11 eggs again. Then to set off to St Neots to move some money around and to Bedford for the Peacock auction. Parking in Luke Street multi-storey car park, I arrived on time and monitored the different sales. I picked up a couple of old radios for £3 (including a Roberts one that needs attention) and then the doll’s house and accessories for £8. I took these back to the car and brought it round to the auction hall whilst I waited for the folding chairs to come up. Eventually, and late, I got them for £95 the three. I discovered that they were Edwardian, made of 40-50 shaped pieces of mahogany each, and are called steamer or veranda chairs.