I'm back. Trust you haven't missed me.
Over 2000 miles later it's kind of nice to be back in my seat not moving - but the vacation's been generally good - the weather could have been a bit kinder. But we managed to swim every day just about. Sometimes under leaden skies in a rather too much wind.

Now I'm just swimming against the tide of work that's piled up whilst I've been away. That's not gone anywhere. Although looking on the bright side I was able to connect my laptop wirelessly four or five times - twice through the auspices of a tiny but connected public library, the other occasions via a friend's server as we visited. On the downside my laptop battery seems to have given up the ghost and until I persuade a colleague who doesn't use theirs to swap, or my boss to buy a new one, I'm power supply dependent.