20-6-1992
Dear
Bill,
I
am writing this in our caravan on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Northern
Italy. Mary and I are on our annual holiday and so I am using the free time to
catch up on over due letters to old friends.
It
was good to hear from you again, and especially from your son David re your
combined efforts on Pekin standards. I was pleased to be able to be of
assistance.
You
must be pleased that your son has returned near home and is interested in your
hobby too. In the words of one elderly local gentleman It’s
not too often the chick brings the broody hen a worm. So when it does
happen it must be all the better.
These
academics get moved from job to job and probably forget all about their last
project, hence the absence of a reply from Dr West. That was the main reason I
did not go into the academic life and did the research I wanted do privately.
Hence I could do what I wanted since I was paying for the food.
The
sight of a good bird is something special and once instilled into a Fancier
cannot be erased. I sincerely hope David gets them good enough to make you
feel really pleased with them.
I
have cut back this year with the pressures on my time, but there seems a
chance of something good amongst the chicks I have. So need you may be I will
increase numbers again.
Best
wishes with your endeavours.
Sincerely
yours,