Peter and Jo-

We are certainly giving it our best! Hope you are all relaxing in sunny Barcelona.

I've also provided Martin with a file for the CFS Anthology. There's a Grimsby poem he's interested in as well as one about a country fiddler. He may even be intrigued by my setting for "Old Fiddle."

This morning everything looks bright with sunshine. I'm all packed while Judy is more systematically doing her packing.

Our trip back to London should be quite leisurely. Our goal is to be there before major rush hour, and drop the rental car off in Hampstead, in North London, and then get a cab to our nearby hotel.

Tomorrow I meet Chris Roche in London's old sailortown, and we'll see what we can find of old taverns, dockyards, shipping offices, and junk shops. Probably not much but we both have active imaginations and a lot of literary and musical leads to follow up. I wonder if "The Locker" is still there? Or "The Mahogany Bar"? Or "Tiger Bay"? Or Nan and Pol?

Then we'll all (Judy and her friend Pat) have dinner at an Italian restaurant in Camden Town a block or so from Sharp's. We plan to be at Sharp's early in an attempt to get a good table.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, preparing for the road!