A few of my favourite things

Back to the early morning dog-walking routine. Sammie is completely on form and no sign of the arthritis which crippled her at the beginning of October. She dragged me all the way to the farm and back again. Took a walk up to Canary Wharf for lunch and a spot of shopping – saw more human beings in a few minutes than I’ve seen the whole time I’ve spent in France.

An evening’s stroll along the Thames to Island Gardens with Sammie to gaze with awe once more upon Wren’s floodlit Royal Naval College, followed by sirloin steaks, French & Saunders and Jonathan Ross on the telly. Nice.