Fresh Air

As many of you know, as of Thursday 19 March, I now work for Speed. No, I haven't moved company, Lighthouse and Rainier are now one and the same under a new brand along with Mantra, BMA and Custard. We have also moved into some rather lovely offices in Leicester Square.

Now that the sun is shining a little more often I have decided that rather than stuff myself onto a packed tube train in the mornings I'll walk from Blackfriars. So far so good, the walk takes me along the river and then up through Covent Garden and it's a lovely way to start the day - aside from the bit outside the Walkabout bar on Embankment where I have to side step piles of vomit from the night before!

It's actually surprising to see how many people run, cycle and walk to work. Surprising in a good way. Unlike my counterparts on the tube, these people smile, don't walk into you, help each other out when items get dropped and are just generally much happier. There is a small part of me that will miss the stories of the people on the tube who stand in the middle of the doorway refusing to stand aside to let me off, or the person who stood with their elbow in my back for two stops, but as I'm still getting the overground train I can still enjoy the people who stand in front of the ticket barrier and look for their tickets.

Ah the benefits of fresh air and sunshine, I'm nearly not grumpy in the mornings.