I drive down to Basingstoke as I have arranged a morning to inspect Berry Brother & Rudd’s purchase ledger from the 1930s as research for my Pomerol book. It is fascinating looking through the entries all written in fountain pen, notes of wines, prices and comments. Particularly interesting is the old champagnes: Krug 1928, Pol Roger 1929 and so on. After a morning’s work we go for a quick pub lunch, during which Tomoko texts me to let me know that the Natwest said “Yes”!!!
My fish and chips suddenly taste even better.
This house move is going too smoothly…there must be trouble round the corner, surely? C’mon…tell me when the sewage works are being planned for the back garden.
I drive back in the afternoon having gleaned some useful information (not only for the book) and spend the rest of the evening writing. In fact, I am still there past midnight typing away. I am a man on a mission.
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