Here - After a run of lovely weather, today dawned grey, cool, and raining. The forecast was so adamant that it would rain all day that we canceled out proposed expedition with J. to Wakehurst gardens, Kew's Sussex adjunct. We were foiled a second time in trying to go to a movie - our local movie multiplex was unexpected closed for unspecified techical problems, and the Jubilee line wasn't running east of Canary Wharf, so going to the O2 for movies was more daunting than expected. The three of us gave up, stocked up on treats from Paul, and went home again for a game of Robo Rally.
UK academics have weeks left in their summer holidays, but here, online on a server in another country, I've been tweaking my course shells. Classes start tomorrow.