Across with Sam to see Futerra near Mount Pleasant, where we had a wonderful session with Soli (Townsend) and Natalya (Sverjensky). Then back to imperial College, where I had a Trustees session with Peter Head and The Ecological Sequestration Trust (TEST). I seem to have come full circle, with my first proper job, from 1974 to 1978, having been with another TEST, John Roberts’ Transport & Environment Studies.
On the way back to Volans, I passed the new ghost bike nearby. Have been sorely conflicted since my last accident, incurred avoiding a Russian family in Oxford Street. My elbow is still giving me a fair amount of grief six months later, but I miss the experience of open-air London and the incidental exercise. Was also depressed to hear that my favourite bike shop in London, Holdsworth‘s in Putney, had closed some time back. But have a sense that I will get back into the fray at some point …
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