Normal Service Gradually Resuming

I haven't managed to write anything for over a week - and what a week it has been. Unfortunately on 8 August I found out that there is little prospect that my injuries from last year's cycle accident will ever fully recover - and that the Royal London hospital, which has been so good in proving care up to now, has decided I have to wait until the end of the year to find out whether I spend the next forty years in constant pain.

Understandably, it has been extremely difficult to come to terms with, hence my inability to think about the momentous events elsewhere in London. Many thanks to all my mates for their support in what has been a particularly tough fortnight.