Concentrating on Comart Company management and personnel issues as the subsidiaries take second place on a much cooler day before an evening working on The Lady

A much cooler day today; the overnight minimum of 56degF rising to 72degF today. The barometer up to nearly 1025mb, which is surprising. Another hard day’s work personally catching up on personnel matters and paperwork. I draft Peter Kings contract terms, complete the minutes of recent meetings and work closely with June to maximise our efforts to catch up with the personnel backlog. I am conscious of not spending time with Peter and Geoff although I am managing to get round the Comart Directors to monitor their problems. Ian Nickson off today to view a £100,000 automatic test system with Colin – a sobering thought. Accounts struggling hard to consolidate the Byte Shop results on this fraught holiday and early year season. I am concerned late today to hear that Peter King has a stomach upset, more because I am conscious of the strain he is under – the new job, extensive UK travel, Nottingham’s David Slater with a breakdown, and a deal of concern over his new baby, moving house and all the rest. Perhaps I am unduly concerned – I hope so.

Tonight I get home early on a dull evening and paint the rear cabin roof of The Lady. Diana also cleans the windows and I leave the battery charging. We still hope to take next week aboard The Lady, job problems allowing.