It's been a while...

Lexy and I have been woefully neglectful of late - this blog has been eerily silent! I'm afraid that's not about to change at anytime soon if I am being relied upon to do anything about it. You may, dear readers, (then again you may not) be relieved to know that Lexy and I are still alive - just! Of course, my co-blogger, being one of those intellectual types, is about to embark upon a long and lazy summer vacation (or research intense period as she calls it!) - as if we don't know what she'll be up to. I already daren't call her before 10am in case I awake her from a beautifying slumber, while the rest of us do battle on the tube at unholy o'clock, getting our pores clogged with the filth and grime that pervades the opressive and airless underground atmosphere and, quite frankly, in this weather, having to endure the unpleasant odours of fellow travellers who have less than hygienic habits or who at least ought to be introduced to the concept of showering and soap use. I have concluded, dear readers, that I was not born to travel on tubes - why is it that pupillage awards do not stretch to taxi travel? It's most inconvenient.

I feel a grump coming on...