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Bredonborough.
A cold & bright day. The pair of jade trees in the rear sitting room are growing well…
The glass bowl is by William Walker, formerly of Wimborne, then Poole Pottery, now Tollard Royal, on the mahoghany drop-leaf table left by the children of Lord David Cecil for us at the Red Lion House.
A gentle day with the Willcox family lunch, at a nearby hostelry, coming here for coffee; organizing bookshelves at World HQ; organizing is needed in the home study…
The 1920s roll-top desk came from my Father’s auction room at Welch & Lock, Wimbrone, in 1968 for £32. Dad was upset to take so much money from his son; I was happy to give it. I drove it to London in a hire van with Greg Lake, to the pad we shared in Leinster Square. It went to several locations in London, often being moved by roadies Dik & Vik, until returning to Dorset & Thornhill Cottage in Holt, near Wimborne, in 1971.
On the left & right of the desk are two bookshelves, recently constructed. The shelves on the left are for gardening books…
… and on the right, a variety of subjects…
"Better to be present with a bad note than absent from a good note."
