Sparks

The day started bright, sunny, but cool. Gorse Fox checked out of the hotel and strolled along to Olympia station to pick up the tube. Now Olympia isn’t like most stations with train running every 3 or 4 minutes. It is on a branch line and only gets a train 3 or 4 times an hour. GF had evidently just missed one as he had long wait and was quite chilly by the time the train arrived.

Crossing the Thames over the footbridge running alongside Hungerford Bridge GF could help but admire the view of London in the early morning sunshine.

The day was interesting. Lots of serious writing and nearly five hours of estimating using some new estimating tools. What was nice was seeing the Chief Exec of Starfleet’s UK operation queuing in the coffee line for his own coffee, not once but twice during the day. What was better was that he recognised the Gorse Fox and stopped him as he walked by, shook his hand, and had a chat about old times… when we used to work together back in the mid-90s.

The offices were almost deserted by late afternoon. At 5 o’clock we had our usual end of day meeting. As it started the heavens opened, there was lightning, there was thunder and the Gorse Fox was not looking forward to his walk back to Embankment. Umbrella at the ready he slipped out of the Starfleet offices and splashed along the Southbank, crossed the River, and arrived at Embankment tube with his feet damp and his trousers soaked.

When he got to Victoria the Tube station was crawling with Police and cameramen to record a piece regarding the recent murder that was perpetrated at the station last week. Everyone was being filtered out through the small exit into Victoria Street. This was like emptying a sack of porridge through a syringe. GF was delighted to finally see daylight.

A couple of hours later GF arrived at Angmering. The Silver Vixen collected him from the station, and he was soon home. Urban-cub poured out a glass of wine as GF settled down to a plate of Sushi.

Tomorrow is a “Bank Holiday” so though it was a short week, work-wise, it was a good and hard week.