Well I'm still here. I finally got round to going to the library today but guess what, it closes at lunchtime on Fridays. I knew it closed on Wednesday but I suppose considering an earlier government policy we're lucky to have any at all. Having got as far as Kenton with no more than a camera I headed for some green space and ended up on Stanmore Common where I took some nice pictures of the pond (in today's forum). Working tomorrow afternoon and the rest is a mystery. But a week ago I was in a similar position and by Monday evening when I'd totally run out of material and was little on TV the latest sign turned up. I am now hoping the next items I need turn up one by one the same way as the signs have, as if one area can be covered so thoroughly (if you look at a map of London and randomly scatter about 20 on literally any old road you like) that is what I've been up against. Direction signs are nearly all on main roads but the others are not. So each one found is like dropping your pearls out of a helicopter and then looking on the ground for them.

I do plan to go to bed a little earlier tonight so I don't have to rush tomorrow, but blogs are my form of conversation with no actual people here. Having no cat/s around does mean food and papers can be left unattended with no chance they will be gone or used as litter boxes when I return, but other than that one small hazard just over a year ago I would at least have had a cat sitting on the desk opposite me now, and following me up to bed. She slept on me sometimes and woke me up at all hours scratching and washing herself but maybe that's not so different from being married. One day another will turn up somehow.

So next week is only just coming into view, it was too hot for any gardening this week so have to catch up, and just borrowed more hedgecutters although they have a different plug from mine and may not have any way to connect them. I'll probably make it to the library again and that's all I know. There are also barely any other signs left for 50 miles unless there's a great surprise, but if I've got most of them then at least I can stop running around all the time. I've got some more publicity work to do as well, although there are only a few local papers now as they are all owned by the same people so as they've all ignored all previous attempts may be on the ignore list. But one's very near me and I may just turn up and try and work on them in person. I expect the unions would also be up in arms as I work free, but unless you're an established journalist it's the only way I'd get anyone to take me on. And how on earth does anyone think they should get paid for writing? If I was I'd be a multi millionaire by now, and that's without doing any actual work.