The Diary of Real Britain

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Monday. Another ordinary day. I do the housework, then I ring my union-dedicated solicitors. I contact them about my pay issues; they tell me to contact my specific union. Other than that, it's an ordinary day. Tuesday. Back to work, and it's nearing my booked annual leave. I wait for 10.30 to inspect the building and then head for Market Square. I fear for the lads who work for the punt companies, as I know there are hardly any tourists around. Other than that, the buildings remain clean. Wednesday. Today is a Carbon Copy of yesterday. I drop off my keys at Lion Yard at the end of the day and head home. Thursday. It's another carbon copy of yesterday. I go home tired. Friday. It's the end of the week; nothing to write about as the buildings are still clean. I then head for home and I have my dinner then change and head out for my evening gym session. Come home and then get into bed. Saturday. I chill for the day, but in the evening I go to my friend's house for dinner. Sunday. Its a normal Sunday. Sunday politics East on T.v and then to Bar Hill for the weekly shop. Home and then at 4.30 its time for church. 7.30 home again and I watch some T.v and then to bed.

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Monday. Just an ordinary day. After breakfast, I get my payslip It seems very low as to what I'm used to so I intend to ask my boss for my P60. For this morning I do nothing just slowly come round and get the housework done. Tuesday. Back to work and another chance to collect keys for Drummer Street. The day is normal, as there is not a lot of cleaning to be done. Wednesday. After I collect the keys for Drummer Street, I ring my boss about my P60's. He is very evasive, but after 40 minutes he relents. I am £2000 short for the year. I then have a normal day. Thursday. It's the same sort of day as yesterday; all the buildings are clean. Friday. The working week ends on a quiet note. I then return home in the evening, change, have my dinner and then go out for the evening gym session. Saturday. Today is the village fun day at the Sports and Social Club. I have my breakfast, do some paperwork, and then have lunch. I then enjoy myself at the social club. As I have something to eat at the event, I return home, watch some TV, and then go to bed. Sunday. It's back to the normal Sunday Routine. Sunday politics East on T.V, then to Bar Hill for a haircut and then the weekly shop. Home, and then on the computer until 4.15, when I get a lift to church. 7.30, I'm home again, watch some TV, and then go to bed.

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Monday. I am looking forward to Saturday as it's my first Co-operative Party Conference. It's very hot, but first I need to get through the usual Monday activities. Tuesday. It is still hot as I return to work. During the morning, it clouds up, and by 11 am a storm arrives. But I carry on and continue with my work. Wednesday. It's the same type of day I had yesterday. I then return home and have my dinner, watch some TV, and then go to bed. Thursday. The same happens today. I have never known it to be as quiet as this in Cambridge since 1987. Friday. Another quiet working day. I return the keys at the end of the working day and week and go home. In the evening, I go for my next gym session. Saturday. I'm off to the East of England Co-operative conference in Witham. I get lost at a massive Roundabout outside Stansted Airport and am late. I enjoy the conference. On the way home, I do the same thing at the same roundabout but take less time to go in the right direction. Sunday. It's a normal Sunday. In the morning, it's Sunday Politics East on T.v and then to Bar Hill for the weekly shop. Home, and then at 4.30 to head for church. Then home, and then some TV, and then to bed.

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Monday. It's a normal Monday morning. Just the hoovering to do and then the bills. In the afternoon, it's the usual gym session and then home after the hour. Tuesday. It's the 39th year of employment and only 12 months to go until I can retire. Although I am apprehensive about retirement, I am looking forward to it. At work, it's all the same issues, and nothing has changed. Then, at the end of the day, I go home from work. Wednesday. It's the same routine. Thursday. It's a repeat of both days. Friday. Last day of the week, and again the same routine disaster happens. At the end of the day, I hand in the keys and head for home at last! Saturday. I book a ticket to go to the East of England Co-Operative Party Conference and then chill. In the evening I go and get my fish and chips. Sunday. Today I watch my usual Sunday Politics East on T.V and then go for Sunday Brunch to celebrate a win for Labour in East Chesterton. I then return home, and then in the evening I go to church and then return from church at 7.30, watch some TV, and then go to bed.

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Monday. Today it is raining, so my uncle comes, picks me up, and takes me to Ponko. We then have a long wait and settle down to do the paperwork. I get in the new car, drive off and bring it home. Then, when I get home, I do the housework and then do some bills. In the afternoon, I do my usual gym session, and then after the hour I come home and get ready for work. Tuesday. It's a joyous day back to work... not. The usual long wait for the keys, and then I discover a large amount of graffiti. But time is short, and I have to head for Market Square. After a long, challenging day, I head for home. Wednesday. It's the same mess as yesterday, but the only difference is the keys arrive earlier. But very little cleaning needs to be done, and therefore I have a better day at work. Thursday. Today is just a repeat of yesterday. Friday. It's the end of the working week, but the keys don't arrive until 10.15 by which time there is very little time left for cleaning. I head off to Market Square and then to the rest of the buildings I clean. Then home at the end of the day. Saturday. It is a quiet day, and I just chill, then later I get my fish and chips. Sunday. Sunday: politics on T.V and then to Bar Hill for the weekly shop. Then home and off to church in the afternoon.

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Monday. Although today is a Bank Holiday, I have to pay off my new car. I came up with a solution. Then it's lunchtime, I have my lunch and head for the gym. After an hour, I go home and have dinner, cook my work food and then go to bed. Tuesday. Back to work! Getting the key to the place is late, and I have minutes to check the building. I then head on my round with further delays. And then home. Wednesday. Late with the keys again. I get the keys and have enough time to pay Ponko the second instalment on my car. I then proceed with my round, with all buildings being clean. Then home, dinner and then cook my second lot of work food. Thursday. This is the first step of my new future, as I go and service and M.O.T my old car. I then get to work; I get the keys and clean the buildings. I then head back to get my car and then go home. Friday. The end of the week! I do my rounds, and they are all clean. At the end of the day, I head for home and then have my evening session at the gym. Then home, and I switch the insurance to the new car and terminate the Direct Debit to Lex Autolease. I then go to bed. Saturday. Today is just chilling. I pay to attend a conference at the end of the month. In the evening, I have my fish and chips and then watch some t.v and then go to bed. Sunday. Is different today, as the first part is that I watch Sunday Politics East and then go and do my shopping in Bar Hill. I then return home, and at 4.30 I go to church. I come home, watch some T.v and then go to bed.

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Monday. The last day off before I go back to work. In the morning, I do the housework. And then in the afternoon is the usual gym session. Then, back at home, I get myself ready for work tomorrow. Tuesday. I return to utter chaos. The keys are not at Lion Yard, and so I go to Drummer Street, only to walk back to Lion Yard an hour later. I get the keys, and then it's like an ordinary day. Wednesday. It's like yesterday. I go straight to Drummer Street and wait 90 mins. I then go to Lion Yard and find the keys, and then I return to Drummer Street. I get home on time, have my dinner and then cook my second lot of work food. Thursday. It's a carbon copy of yesterday. Friday. It's the same issues that occur today as well. But today is the last day of my first working week back. Then home, and then it's my first evening gym session. Then home. Saturday. I just chill and relax, watching TV, videos, and YouTube. Sunday.  No Sunday Politics this week, so I just read the papers. And then I drive to Bar Hill for the weekly shop and then home. Have my Sunday Roast in the evening, then watch some T.v and then to bed.

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Monday. Today was meant to be another Medical review. But it has been suggested that I should now return to work. So I have asked my boss for permission to take some annual leave. Tuesday. In the morning I chilled, and then at lunchtime I met up with Chris and then went home afterwards. Wednesday. I did nothing today. Thursday. Again, another day where I did nothing. Friday. I did nothing in the morning, and then in the afternoon I went to the gym. Saturday. Another relaxing day, and in the evening my usual fish and chips.Sunday. Sunday is the same. Watched Politics East then did the weekly shop, and then went and saw my mum. Then home, and then in the evening had my Sunday Roast Ready Meal.

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Monday. The week of my wife's funeral. I have Cancelled gym as my mind is not on everything except the funeral. Tuesday. Nothing Specific except rest and reflection. Wednesday. The preperations begin as I go for a Haircut. I return home and relax and spend the day contemplating my future. Reflection and hymns playing in the background. Thursday. The day of the funeral. I start by making sure the house is clean and then as guests arrive I have a cry. The hearse arrives and we wait for my in laws but they never turn up. The funeral procession makes its way to the church where my in-laws are. My in-laws do not wait and they enter the church as we wait. The service begins as we process into the church. The singer sings the processional music and then we have a welcome and then a hymn the first part of the eulogy is delivered by the chaplin and then my younger brother reads " A letter to Sarah". Then my older brother reads a passage from the bible. And the chaplin plays the AI cloned voiced of my wife reading "When tomorrow starts without me". We then have prayers and then music for reflection another hymn and then the exit music. My family and I head for the Crematorium but my in-laws don't follow. I have a surprise My cousins are there to support me during the committal. Then its back home and the wake. In the evening I go to my mums for a sleep over just to make sure I am ok. Friday. I return home and spend the day in quiet reflection and then I go to bed early. Saturday. Is a day just watching videos. t.v and Youtube. I have my fish and chips and then watch some more t.v and then to bed. Sunday. I do the usual watch Sunday politics East and then to Bar Hill for the weekly shop and then home. I then in the evening cook sunday roast and then watch some more t.v and then to bed.

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Monday. The first thing I do is to go shopping as I do I bump into my Cousins wife. Then I head for home And then there is an afternoon session in the gym. The I relax for the day. Tuesday. There is nothing more to do. I took my wifes clothing down to the Funeral Director some weeks ago. Wednesday. Just a plain ordinary day. Thursday. In just a weeks time is the funeral and I have to say goodbye to my lovely wife. I will miss her no end. Friday. The last day of a normal week as next week will be the day I don't want to happen. Saturday. Just spent a whole day watching Star Trek videos. In the evening I had my usual fish and chips and then some t.v and then to bed. Sunday. I am not in the mood for t.v this morning. I get and go to bar Hill for the weekly shop and then home. Then in the evning I cook Sunday Roast.