Saturday 29th February 1936

Had the mornings leave today, so got up at 9 o’clock (unusual luxury) and caught the 11.15 from Staines GWR. Waiting for my connection at West Drayton I had the good luck to discover a book by “Bartimeus” – the sequel to “A Tall Ship”; actually
I should have enjoyed this week-end at home but somehow I felt beastly cold most of the time.

We went as far as Grantham by car then to Nottingham by train. Horribly bleak weather.