Tuesday 6th September 1938

Eventually took a trial order from Soulsby for PHG, ceiling distemper and some quaint miscellaneous items – amounting altogether to about £14. It’s been a long trail, as I remarked to his secretary before being ushered in. “You’ve been more persistent than the others!” she smiled.

Lois and I walked along The Broomway with a rising tide. A moon nearly at the full… Where the path disappeared into the sea we suddenly realised sinister, silent water rushing in on either side. The tide rises fast on the flat coast.