Aug 2nd With Geoffrey on tour of Talisker distillery.
3rd Free Church then a drive by Eileen Donan castle.
4th First day of the holiday with perfect weather. Plonkton seal trip then to Applecross. Volve died at 2000' up on the highest climb in the country. No phone. Lift from Hamiltons, Aussies ex SIM Egbe. Small world. In my absence going to phone RAC, Geoffrey got the car going.
Beautiful peninsula drive.
5th Shopped in Porteee then round north of Skye to Store and the grave of Flora
sMacDonald. Great views of the Hebrides.
6th Highland games at Portree.
7th Otters at Kylesku. To Elgol and the most beautiful view of the Cuillins.
8th Our last day here clouded over again.
9th A dull day from Glenelg to the Scotts at Dalry.
10th Home via Appleby and battery on a hot misty day.
England loose Ashes.
11th Very hot and sticky. Invited again on BBC TV 'You decide' programme on legalising drugs.
12th Met Anne Atkins on TV debate about decriminalising drugs. At start 70+% against our side but at the end we had 55% on our side as the opposition had no real arguments.
13th Hot and sticky. A couple of customers had seen me on TV.
14th Dialed 999 when my assistant alerted me that a woman has added diazepam other prescription. Police were quick but she had scarpered.
16th Prayer with SC. Very hot.
17th SC on idolatry from Mat 6 then christology in evening.Paul Larson and Alysia at IPC.
18th Hot and sticky. Shopped for Larson wedding present.
19th Paul and Alysia to dinner. He has one more year of college. She has graduated.
20th Payer with SC. May be the hottest August for 300+ years. Took Deb to enrol at college.
21st Doctor examined my infected painful ear. Fair on Common. Ian Potts asked me if we win the next election will I stand for whip. Honoured to be asked.
22nd In pain at work. Antibiotic tablets prescribed. No relief until I took decongestant. Deb has B grade GCSE maths.
23rd David has a new girlfriend. French?
24th Now the antibiotics have upset my digestion. SC on the idolatry of religion then on death of Christ.
25th Wet so cooler. Ear no pain but still discharge. Sorting tax return. malts with Gordon.
26th Rachel took driving theory test.
27th Cooled by heavy rain.
28th Katy decorating Deb's room. Housegroup at ours.
30th Elders prayer. Rachel to Great Yarmouth.
31st Roused at 8am by a cry from deb that Diana was dead. On all channels all day but no-one said about excessive speed. Led for SC and he asked me to speak on Christology in the evening as their Ben was at hospital with asthma. On the way people were on the bridge over the underpass watching to see Diana's coffin come past from RAF Northolt. I was later relieved to hear from Larry in LA, that he had decided not to phone me when he heard the news . Pleased he had not woken me up for that.
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