Off to London for a long family weekend on another hot and sticky 80degF day after John briefs me on the industry news and then a stroll in Regents Park on arrival to cool down as The Fox, the rapist, strikes again
Up early and a hair wash and shower before reading The Financial Times. John Lamb had dropped round last night and delivered a large number of computer magazines and updated me on Kode. He is gradually settling the modus operandi with Peter Smith and putting many of the unsettling ideas to bed. This morning I wrote to many of the computer magazine publishers to ask for regular free copies, but I have still to contact Computer Talk and Computing. A fair time this morning getting ready and then off to St Neots with a car full of kids and luggage for a week away. At last I remembered to drop off three suits for dry cleaning and we were soon on our way to London. Another hot day in the 80s, but we had our Jaguar’s air conditioning to keep the drive cool and calm.
Morning coffee at South Mimms and on to the Holiday Inn at Marble Arch to check in and have lunch in the coffee shop. As we arrived the Liverpool Football Team were leaving (and they lost the FA Charity Shield to Everton later today, 1-0). General supplies of fun bags, trip tickets and vouchers and, after a hot and sticky afternoon in Oxford Street, we took a taxi to the boating pool in Regents Park. London is chock full of tourists at the moment with Asians, Africans and people from the Middle East staying on the way back from Los Angeles and taking advantage of the cheap sterling exchange rate. Hot and tired, back to our hotel after a nice open air tea in Regents Park and stroll through the gardens. An evening writing up my journal as the family watch a prehistoric monster film. News tonight of the latest attack of ‘The Fox,’ now in South Yorkshire, raping a women after tying up her husband. In Northern Ireland, the third night of riots, arson and violence, and more disputes between the NCB and NUM over damage to coal faces.