This was me - yesterday on the right when I caught the river taxi to Battersea and this morning on the right after I alighted the notoriously dangerous District Line at Sloane Square…

Let’s see her as she really is, rather than this bright-eyed, butter wouldn’t melt, clear complexioned innocent

I’m definitely an arachnophobe, but isn’t this wasp spider stunning! Found on a Paulownia tree in Norfolk

Meanwhile in SW London…

In a spot of good news, I’ve been loving watching the English Para Surfing Open @thewave Bristol. Some incredible athletes with disabilities of all kinds. Puts my measly efforts to shame…

I am so with you there, Mrs VB

Today’s deal with the universe: donated plasma for the first time today - in return for no phone calls/ emails from my wonderfully independent-minded son’s school for the rest of the term/ week 🤞