Spoke to P briefly today: he saw B yesterday and said that he'd had a shower and was feeling (and looking) a bit better; had some more colour in his cheeks. Lung scan is to be carried out today - will probably not be able to post results until later tomorrow night.

I hope B's scan happens today as this city closes down tomorrow for a horse race - what a strange idea. I try to ignore the whole thing.

Dinner with DG last night - Elliot Golightly has scored a place in an Austrade fair in Birmingham in January (brrr). Five days on display should be great for European exposure for them; DG was originally planning some time in Istanbul afterwards but was told that the last few winters there have been frigid. He's decided on Morocco instead.

BN rang today for a quick catch-up. T(D)N has been out from Oxford. He was planning to see D, but C is trying to cut off access; says he's never been interested in D since he was born. Which is a load of...