First big Romance 1993

13^th of June – met Lynn at Whale Walk on south bank. We chatted, seemed to get on well, and I invited her to one of our meetings.

14^th June – went out for a drink with Ed, and was thinking about Lynn

15^th June – half day from work

16^th June – Lynn came to our Greenpeace meeting and I asked her out.

17^th June – rang Lynn from work and she was in bed.

18^th June – pizza hut and comedy store – got home at 5am

19^th June – rang Lynn and went to her flat. Got it into my head that she wasn’t interested.

20^th June – Lynn turned up at Oxleas Wood walk, cup of tea in hand: “none shall pass”; David Bellamy; taxi woman.

21^st June – Lynn went to see Bruce Hornsby; Lisa C. came round – Frank (?).

23^rd  June – philosophy night – evening class

24^th  June – rang Lynn; Lynn came round and spent night; pizza hut; smoked marijuana; Cocteau twins moment in bed. 

25^th June – round to Lynn’s place near Hampstead Heath

26^th June – transport demo “rail not roads” then to my place.

27^th June – Camden Lock – Lynn said she wanted to live with me and suddenly marriage started being discussed. “I used to be a Vampire”.

28^th June – Lynn came round

29^th June – met Lynn after course

30^th June – Lynn’s grandmother died; met Lynn after course

1^st July – met Lynn after course

2^nd July – half day met Lynn, Ed, but not Nik. Our Twyford Down trip failed.

3^rd  July – hung around Brixton

4^th July – hung around Brixton

5^th July the funeral – Sugar gig in Brixton with Come in support. Bill. Lynn turned up just in time.

9^th July – Lynn stayed night

10^th July – Plymouth for 3 days

15^th July

Woke up nxt to Lynn this morning. “Hi” she said.

 I ahd a dream. I was on a tube train in an open station. The doors opened and I got out, although I couldn’t, for some reason get off onto the platform. So I got off between the tracks. Very careful not to step on the live track. Other people got off with me. Backpackers, all of them. Then I had to wait until trains had got out of the way. Separate cars going up on one side and down the other, just like a road. But there never was a big enough gap. I walked along and when a gap presented itself the latform was too high – I couldn’t climb up it. It was about 10 to 15 foot high. So along I went, back in the direction I had come. By this time I was alone. A grassy hill was ahead. Track curled round it. Glimpsed a 125 hiding round one of the corners. I was a bit scared but up it (only a small hill), crossed a curved bit of track, and faced a small cliff. The ground up the cliff was overhanging and cracked, as if it was going to fall at any moment. But I climbed up it, got to top and appeared in an anticeptic, shiny, clean building. Looked like a micro-chip factory. People walking about in all the gear – plastics suits, plastic head things, gloves boots. I asked for help and they looked at me scornfully. As if I was a cockroach that had scuttred acrosstheir floor.

16^th July – Lynn moved in

17^th / 18^th July – Lambeth Country Fair –

19^th / 20^th collection for Greenpeace, door to door. Gave notice to move out.

21^st – half day to start flat search + Greenpeace meeting

22^nd – found flat and Lynn’s birthday

23^rd / 24^th - Lincolnshire with Lynn

25^th back home

28^th Green Party meeting

30^th Waterloo collection

31^st Oxleas Rally and Deptford Free Festival

4^th August – didn’t go to Greenpeace meeting

6^th – Lynn’s wrestling trip

7^th – Lynn back and stall at Streatham Odeaon.

9^th – propsed

11^th saw Bhundu Boys

12^th Crystal Palace for chips

13^th saw Ian Hunter

14^th – Hackney march

16^th – flat fell through but we found new one

17^th – half day; got married “passport to pimlico”

18^th “Ladykillers”

19^th saw Bjork

20^th night in

21^st went to see Jane and Danny; shopping in Balham.

22^nd “Rutles”

23^rd “Life of Brian”/”Brazil” – Hammersmith?

25^th Benefit café

26^th – half day and shopping

27^th – Reading Festival – Porno for Pyros

28^th – The The

30^th back home on bank holiday; came down with cold and started packing.

31^st – I was ill – off sick.

Got Fang from cattery; got kittens, played with kittens.

2^nd / 3^rd September we moved house

1^st – packing. First night in new flat.

2^nd – moved. Pissed Lynn off and she went out for a couple of hours. Calmed down when she got back. Unpacked. Went to get Fang.

Friday 3^rd – went to work. Unpacking.

Saturday 4^th – unpacking – round to Jane’s to get things from Lynn’s gran.

Sunday 5^th September – unpacking and feeding Lynn’s sisters’ cats while theyre away.

6^th September – went to 51 claverdale road to get my bike. Back to work. Bess not at all well, but Fang is happy. Phoned Mark and Ed, both due to visit. My diary reminds me we had a pretty good sex life through this period. On this day we shared a bath together.

7^th – September Bess was ill and we took her to vet. Cost £54 but she began to recover. Friend of Pedro died from aids. Rained very hard. Went to bed about 11.00.

8^th September – Bess ate [she’d stopped eating] seemed better; card from Mark