Saturday 10/02/07

The day started with the Coastguard helicopter flying slowly over Goat Island at low level. It is very windy, an easterly wind force 6 to 8, which makes the 4C feel even colder. Big hoohah about turkeys from the farm in Suffolk, where birdflu was found, entering the food chain. The sea looks very choppy, bearing in mind it's an on-shore wind. Head for the shop to get a few bits and pieces, but the wind is absolutely freezing cold. Dinner tonight is a microwaveable chicken tikki massala. Watch some TV and win nothing on the lottery. David Cameron, the Conservative Party leader, is criticised for not denying or admitting to taking cannabis whilst a teenage student at Eton. He says it's a private matter. Up to a point.