I just got out of the shower to find that the sun is shining rather nicely out on the balcony, so I’m sitting out here drying and downloading Illustrator. You got to love long network cables. Although I would rather be airporting it, the cable is a much cheaper option.

Tullis came to stay last night, coming down at about seven or eight and has just left. It was nice to see him, I had hoped that he would be one of the first of the Norwich crew to make it down, given his road warrior spirit. He got a note on his car saying “Not a parking space. Please do not park here.” Which is strange because there seems to be cars parked out in the square pretty much constantly. I have no idea who or where it came from either and I’d quite like to find out. I want to get a feel for everybody else here, make sure we’re not aliens. Most people are pretty young, only two or three over 40 with the rest being about a third 20 somethings and two thirds thirty somethings I’d say. It’s a nice split. The people below us look reasonably young which hopefully means they won’t have a go at us for rinsing the bass. The Resident’s Association is a name that looms on signs but nothing else. We have not been contacted and have no way of contacting them, except via the landlady perhaps. I’d like to know what it is they do and how they feel about us really.

Dan, Nikki and JC have all been round as well. Dan has been here on and off since about Thursday I think. JC is like our nearest neighbour, so we should be seeing a lot of him. He was explaining the travelcard situation to me. Given that I can use it on a bus as well it seems like a much better idea than previously thought. It is quite expensive, weighing in at 77 a month.

I’m starting to be able to recognise planes from their silhouettes, although I’m pretty much guessing! Last night I saw a plane with it’s headlights on. I didn’t even know they had them but it’s a fucking cool sight. I highly recommend you come and check it out :-)

Oh yeah, our local offy, whilst not serving a particularly hot range of beers, does have a nice cold meat selection and some good cheese — better than Sainsbury’s in Norwich. It’s a testament to the posh level of the area. From what I have gathered from JC it’s a pretty swanky area and I see no evidence to dispute that. But then what can I say, I’m sat on my balcony with my laptop blogging in the sun. I’m trying to learn a bit more about the various bits of London as it’s all pretty much a mystery to me. North, South, it seems they all have their good and bad characteristics. I’ll just have to go and check them all out. Louise is up in Soho today for a meeting for Raindance, a film festival where she’s going to be helping out with admin stuff. I’m looking forward to getting my ass over there too and reminding myself why I have upped-sticks so dramatically.

So far, I’m really enjoying the great adventure. The prices are high, but everything’s cool.