evening all, or possibly tomorrow morning... well, I spent my 2 days in Paris mostly asleep... slept on the train, had 3-hour kips both afternoons, must have been out of it for 9-10 hours each day (my usual is 6-7). Bit of a waste, but I woke for meals and to go to the exhibition I wanted to see. My back was killing me and the French don't seem to bother with chairs for aged exhibition-goers, which was a shame. And my thermostat was up the spout so I was hot one minute, cold the next, and could never tell how many layers I'd need... odd couple of days, really; this elderlyism can be very trying sometimes. Anyway, happy birthday Vinny (it seems to be still on the front page of AB Suggs, by the way), and hello to you Kit... lawks, this is looking like a veritable Miss World contest in here with all these dazzling young lasses.
One Q for you Kit... how do you guys cope with the short winter days? I was once in Leningrad (as it was) in mid-December and couldn't believe how little light there was. Living through a whole winter in those latitudes must be really hard work.