[Continues from Tuesday 14th January, 1964]

Had a job to start car this morning in spite of the fact I gave it a run yesterday (in garage). Mr Bushell was home so called him in and between us got the engine running almost immediately. Went to library and after return put charger on battery and shall remove later when I take Mum down to T.G.

Both Roy Hewitt and Bill Aston came in later in the morning for a chat. Bushel remained in field cutting branches off the Jersey Beauty tree for Logs. No frost or snow this morning but a nasty wet atmosphere and very dark. I’m enclosing a very rough sketch of the position of the resited garage to give you a better idea of proposed layout if the existing garage is eventually moved.

Roy Hewitt has got hold of the tale that Clevedon station is to become an unstaffed fault in due course. This could be of course one way of satisfying the locals. Presumably our contact for coal, firewood etc would be Yatton.

Both Roy and Bill Aston were interested in hearing of your visitor from Scotland and his connection with Clevedon. It is a small world after all. How many days did you have with Lang? As you perhaps remember the Royal Naval Medical School commandeered the Walton Park Hotel for the duration of the war. Or I think this was the section that took it over. Incidentally with the opening of the pubs in Monmouth on Sundays the influx by boat for the care hotel has ceased.

Ought to have a trailer really this afternoon as have to take Mrs Marshall’s and mum’s Madeira cakes down to the T.G. meeting place for judging – by Mrs Hewitt.

Well once more this is about the lot for another week. all our love to you both and lots of kisses for the girls.

Mum and Dad