David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
This month's summary will appear here at the end of the month 30 years after the relevant journal date, in accordance with the site confidentiality and security policies.
After a night disturbed by false alarms, down for breakfast and to exchange messages with Wiggly.
A day canvassing for her with others in Eynesbury and Priory policy meeting to follow. Late home after making love to Wiggly
I was quite groggy again this morning which was mostly down to the trouble of adjusting to European times but was also due to being woken up at 4.00am by one of our smoke detectors going off and setting the alarm sirens wailing.
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After staying away with Wiggly and shopping for plants and pots, I dropped her home and planned some canvassing, I went home to find the house in disarray but with Diana having visited the doctor for some antibiotic and the daughters having slept in to recover from jetlag. The evening copying across and updating my journal entries
A nice breakfast in the hotel restaurant and then having checked out, we took Sam for another walk up a bridle path where many other handlers were walking their dogs and Sam was by far the better trained of them.
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I was still heavily jet-lagged and therefore wideawake in the early hours but then spent several hours working at my desk and going through my papers and assessing the state of the campaign Chores which was not to bad.
Then away to collect Sam from Lincoln with Wiggly to spend the weekend together. We had a drink at the outside tables of a pub by Brayford Pool in the evening sun before checking in to the Marriot Hotel for the night.
It was not a satisfactory night. First, I was still heavily jet-lagged and therefore wideawake in the early hours and secondly, I was worried about Wiggly's rejection of campaigning and my own ready acceptance of other priorities.
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Arriving in the UK having lost a day due to the time zones and making our way home, contacting Wiggly to arrange to see her later.
I was jet-lagged, sleep-deprived and very busy trying to order competing priorities and was just pleased initially to take her for a Chinese meal at The Caxton Gibbet for a very enjoyable, if expensive, meal before having her in my arms and laying together after making love.
A good night followed after some initial thrashing around from me and coughing from Di and it was her that woke first and used the bathroom.
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Packing checking on the flight and letting the family have their last ride on the cable car before collecting them at Fisherman's Wharf travelling home via London During the journey, reading my backlog of shooting magazines, the Financial Times and Economist and even Byte Magazine.
One Debbie had replaced her, I sat on her bed and dialled into CIX for my messages and found one from Wiggly
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