Thursday 14th May 1936

I received a letter at the works – a short note from Gwyn. “I am bored. Shall we be friends again?…” I wrote back, “Yes”.

Feel myself coming under feminine influence again. There’s a most attractive girl whom I meet every morning on the way to Egham, by the riverside…

Evening: John phoned and later came to supper. First of my friends to visit the new home.

There is a heat wave. How my feet burn at the day’s end! At lunchtime I sit on the riverbank, eating sandwiches from a folded napkin.