No full post today - it's been a long and sad one and I'm finishing the bottle of Cabernet I opened earlier in the week.

Funerals are odd things - the whole location is so normal and almost passe these days that it has little effect, but seeing even one single friend finally break down in tears is too much to bear for me.

I'll raise a glass to you tonight, Vera - it was great to know you - and sign off until tomorrow.