Day 126

Notes for new readers - as this is a diary the first entry is the last, so you get to know 'who done it' before the crime is committed! This is a pain but can't be helped. After a week of entries the scrolling will stop and if you want to venture further click on 'OLDER POSTS' and read until you get to the first entry 'The Day Before Day 1.

It rained on and off for most of the day but Jasper and I managed to get out and do some shopping and have a walk. We met Sheila and her grandson Cameron. They were off to The Yard for a Pizza.

Worked a bit on the scrubs. Not done the amount I set myself but should get them finished tomorrow. 

Accidentally spilt some tea on to my number 1 computer. It still works but the touch pad is erratic. I may have to take it into the Gadget Master in Cowbridge on Monday. No I have just messaged a Jacob Davies who fixes computers  I will give him a try.

It's Alison's birthday today. I have sent her an ecard. I can't get my head around the idea that NZ is 12 hours ahead of us. I was expecting to do it tomorrow when it would have been late. 

Update: the computer went to be fixed by Jacob. Got it back today (Thursday) Cost a few £££ - I shall watch my teacups in future. I have had computers since 1984 and its the first time I have done that to one. 

Snippet from the News

Angela Merkel’s government has called for more realism from the UK in the ongoing trade and security talks, after the EU capitals were given a “sobering” update by Michel Barnier following the recent round of Brexit negotiations.

After a presentation by the EU’s chief negotiator to ambassadors from the 27 member states on Friday, a spokesman for the German government, which holds the rolling EU presidency, said the bloc was ready to move negotiations quickly forward but “expressed the need for more realism in London”.

The comments will be a blow to Downing Street, where it had been hoped the resolution of the EU’s internal budget and recovery fund debate would allow Merkel and the other leaders to intervene and unblock the negotiation following a month of little progress.

“With the [budget] now wrapped up we hope member states will become more engaged in this process in Brussels and get them moving forward politically in a helpful way,” a UK source close to the negotiations said.

The two sides completed their latest round of negotiations in London on Thursday without being able to agree on the basic outlines of a deal to reassure businesses about the future, which Boris Johnson had said in June should be possible.

But despite publicly warning on Thursday that a deal by the end of the year appeared “unlikely” given the British position on fisheries and Brussels’ demands for a “level playing field”, sources said Barnier had not been overly pessimistic in his presentation on Friday.

He warned the ambassadors that he believed negotiations needed to be wrapped up by the beginning of October due to the lengthy ratification process.

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Random Photo

This my late sister-in-law, Irene. She was the first wife of Leslie and they married in the December of 1958. Originally she was a nurse but went on to qualify as a midwife and health visitor. A lovely lady full of common sense and kindness. Jim and I enjoyed her company and she came on several holidays with us. This photo was taken about 1957.

TOT ZIENS! Stay Alert! Watch your teacup!