Maybe Eastern Sydney in the middle of autumn.

Summer Dress in Knightsbridge for Ladies of Leisure: there is no outfit so glamorous or elegant that it can't be utterly sabotaged by wearing flipflops. I realise this is the District of Inelegant Footwear, but WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

redcountess will be going into the IND in person to get her application to stay in the UK put through quick smart. So I got some photos done. I look like a criminal who is particularly pleased with himself. Which means it will look like my passport, on which (so my mother says) I resemble the third Kray twin.

redcountess and I had a lovely weekend in, despite both being ill. The back yard is actually nice to sit in now. Lunchtime visits from arkady today and tomorrow, and then off to St. Albans in the evening, health permitting.

Given the prospect of this, may I just mention my air-conditioned office, with a server room that is climate-controlled at 20°C and 39% humidity. Even if getting here does involve the Victoria broiler. British industry needs to realise the Australian lesson that air-conditioning is a plot to get people to show up at work.