Our book signed, we were suprised to see that the queue still extended into the street as we left.

MP looks at the number of people in the queue and smiles as he realises how much his little jaunt to Bath has added to his bank account.

"In all of the book signings I have done, I have never seen Maurene spelled that way."

Michael Palin

I have always love the work of Monty Python and especially John Cleese and Michael Palin. Years have passed, and Michael Palin is now most noted for his BBC travelogues. He was in Bath today at a book signing and Maurene and I decided to go. Maurene had seen Michael on the street in Hampstead when we still lived in London.

He was quite talkative and friendly, even at a book signing, which in typical British fashion was run to precision. He was fascinated with the spelling of Maurene's name and when she told him we were envious of all of his travel adventures he commented that it was never too late to start. I wanted to tell him that I'd be happy to travel all of those places if the Beeb would pick up the tab.

The one photo is a bit blurred. The bookshop prohibited flash photography. I will also include Michael's famous rendition of 'I'm a lumberjack' in the next post.