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A chilly start to the day for the girls to play on the nearby equipment and then for us to walk to Cambridge town centre to Eden Lily’s coffee shop after which the others went shopping and I went to the ‘Cambridge collection’ part of the library and researched information on the history of Banham’s and our Discovery craft, ‘The Lady’ which was built in 1968. The weather had become a little chilly and we cruised down the Cam and along the Old West River to the Twenty Pence Inn with our sliding cockpit forward and the weather kept out.
News of the IRA attacks on two British soldiers off duty in Germany and now of an attack by two Ulster Volunteer Force men. In South Africa, another attack by the security forces on Cape Town demonstrators
We all slept well and Daniel and I caught up on some of the sleep we had lost the other day. A bit chilly again this morning and the heating came into its own again. After breakfast in the morning routine, we walked together into Cambridge town centre. Girls at a high time playing on the nearby equipment and we all enjoyed the walk. We went to Eden Lily’s coffee shop before 10am but did not find Diana’s father, Mr Jackson there, and he must have decided not to come.
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We cruised to Ely on a fine day after a cooler night, stopping there at Ely marina for suppliers and then morning at the quay opposite. Daniel and I looked around the Chandlers and the girls around the town. After meeting back at the boat, we cruised up to Cambridge on the river that was very quiet but clogged with the weed cuttings. Daniel and his friend Gary met in the city and went to the cinema is Di visited the launderette and I walked around the city. A madman threatened to spread rabies by inoculating and releasing animals if a ransom is not paid.
A rather late night and we were then tired this morning, but we still had to get up early for the cruise to Ely. The weather was quite fine again, but we needed the warm-air heating to heat the boat up after a cooler night. Once we arrived, we stopped at Ely Marina to fill up with water, petrol (for the small boats) and looked at the boats that they had for sale. None of them were of interest. At least I found the latest leaflets from International Paints, which were very good describing the various processes and the products that they have for them.
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