Chairing Comart meetings and then off on The Lady following her repairs for the start of a weekend trip in cooler weather than of late

A cooler day, but hot when the sun was out, but ending very cool with a refreshing breeze under a clear sky. A very early start with John Lamb who collected me at 7.45am for a resumption of the Board meeting at the office at 8.00am. Then to the Finance Report an investigation into the loss of £20,000 Work in Progress stock value which is explained by inadequate monitoring methods and inefficient routing. Then to the personnel report and my complaints about timekeeping and housekeeping and present action of the absence and holiday report.

Then, after the meeting,  to quickly review the mail before resuming to chair a Product Introduction Meeting which was a very useful and productive session reviewing all known problems on new product launches. Lunch time catching up with paperwork and both meeting minutes before a session to agree reviews with Ian Nickson. Later to clear up outstanding action items before hearing from June that both car and boat had been fixed.

Home to prepare The Lady for the weekend trip; first by mending the main toilet – an essential facility!

News today of infiltration of British Leyland by political activists, continued hostilities in Chad, hunger in America as the recession affects the poor and the games at Helsinki are well under way.

The Offord Marina engineer checks back with us before we set off and  moor again at St Neots Riverside Park. Two 13 year old girls lock us through The Paper Mill lock with all the energy in the world. Tea of bread, tomato soup and marmalade and the evening news on our portable television. The engineer makes yet another call and I wonder whether I should tip him.