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Had a trip down to the river. Started off at HMS Belfast, which was splendid. The best thing we found out is that the Belfast's forward guns are trained on Scratchwood services, about 12 miles away. This just gives you something new to think about at Scratchwood.

Then off to the Design Museum, which, as always, was disappointing. Every time we go we vow never to go again. It costs a fortune and the features always look great on paper and let you down when you get there. Today was no exception. An exhibition on surfboards and shapers which told you very little, seemed only to scratch the surface and was visually unthrilling. Which seems hard to do with surfboards. The only decent thing there in recent years was the Thomas Heatherwick collection for the Coran Foudation.