It was nice of the train to stop on the bridge long enough for people to take photographs!

Today I have been walking from Chiswick to Richmond. Only about five miles / 8km but the shoes were not really adequate for the stoniness of the path so I cut short my original idea to walk all the way to Kingston which would have been the same again. A lot of walkers and cyclists there also. Well, the original original idea was to cycle to Chiswick but then I found the Brompton has a puncture and as it is now my only bike I had no choice. Lunch at the Hole in the Wall, but only a crab salad, not the usual roast.

Yesterday, a fella in an authentically tatty LDV van helped me take the kingsize bed over to B's - I was glad of an assist, the bed was in bits but the mattress was heavy.

Of course if I'd realised the obvious course of action originally - replace the king size with a double in each bedroom - it would have saved a lot of money and aggrovation. As it is people are not renting the front bedroom because it's too small, and part of the being too small was that oversized bed. Replacement bed comes tomorrow as does someone who is 'crashing' there for a week. He is on his way now overnight from Scotland. However there is now far too much Stuff in the house as a whole, books, papers everywhere. Aim: there will be no papers / books on top of bookcases. In (where they're supposed to be) but not on top. And replace the wretched stair carpet! What people see when they come through the front door is a tatty carpet with a hole!

Went swimming and to the gym on Friday - felt much better after that. I usually do. I have tomorrow off but will be assembling new bed and welcoming the crash-padder.

I have missed out on tickets for the Mars Volta - it's sold out! I'd forgotten it was so soon. They were £25 each but still.

Current Location: back bedroom
Current Mood: nocturnal
Current Music: noises outside