Snow in Surrey the other weekend – one of a few pictures I’ve posted on Flickr. I’ve also started a photo page on my own website, and the NCMC one has gone live. Amazingly, I think it makes sense of a kind, and I put three of my poems on it to give it a bit of class. Just kidding: I was merely filling a gap in the Resources section.

Had a really nice time with Stella, who has now departed for Yorkshire. She very kindly gave us a signed hardback copy of Legend – which will replace our own paperback, now much fingered and the worse for wear. We’ve been trying to track down the rest of Dave’s books. I’m sure we once had all of them, but there are gaps now. Obviously we recommend them to everyone and must have lent them a little recklessly.

Still very cold, though sunny. I’ve spent a large part of the afternoon sorting out the travel, health, card assist and document-registering services that come with our Alliance & Leicester current account. I’ve been reeling out numbers over the phone, then going through a health screening (Dot too) to see what exactly our travel insurance will cover. Aargh!

Still, tomorrow in hospital should be restful, especially the bit when I’m unconscious, though I don’t like the way they warn you to bring pain-killers with you. I shall be glad when it’s over. Of course.