Shopping in Bedford and then the cruise back to Tempsford on another hot sunny day as Diana suffers
A later start to another brilliantly clear sky. The barometer has risen to 1017 and the night cabin temperature only dropped to 60*F. A slightly irritable opening to the day as the kids are running amok and Diana, nursing a stiff back, is not sleeping very well. She finds the hot weather very tiring and my remarks about her overweight do not help. As we rise, we see a film unit recording some pop ‘star’ or other recording sessions around Mill Meadow for a pop video or something similar. This latest craze improves on the normal role of the recording artiste by allowing recipients to see as well as hear him or her.
Off to town in Bedford and there to shop in W H Smiths, Boots, Halfords and also a department store. We rendezvous at McDonalds fast food shop for lunch and then retrace our footsteps to the boat. Off we set on ‘The Lady’ and cruise through Cardington, Castle Mill, Willington, Great Barford and lastly Roxton Lock before stopping at the Anchor Hotel at Tempsford. The children enjoy immensely the riverside playground as I read the ‘Observers book of Heraldry’ and learn that any gentleman including myself can apply for a grant of arms.
Later to the restaurant with Diana, noting that the wind has kept up all day and risen to a strong breeze. The same breeze that saw Daniel’s Red Indian Kite first flown on Mill Meadow. The end of the Helsinki World Athletic Championship and Great Britain a creditable fifth. The Lady’s saloon cabin temperatures today ranged from 60degF overnight to 86degF in the shade. Night time barometer pressure had fallen to 1013mb.