Gone are the days when you can buy just a normal coffee. My Nana would die if she knew how much a drink costs these days, though I have to say when I went back to Chesterfield not so long ago and bought 3 cups of tea and took out two £5 notes, the comment from the cashier was "Look at you Rockefeller".

My usual drink of choce if it's not diet coke would be an Americano, with one shot and hot milk. Little did I know that today, on the Victoria line, I would get the opportunity to wear one.

To the lady who seemed incapable of holding onto anything when the train slowed down, I thank you for the superb stains on my shirt, my cuff, my tie and my suit.(Amazingly I don't think she could ahve done a betetr job if she tried) No I don't think I will be needing the grotty hanky you offered me by way of an apology.

When trains are full, why do people insidt on reading their papers in your face, or not holding onto the handles when the train or tube is slowing. Sometimes people don't use the common sense they were supposedly born with!

PS - Why does it take about 3 people to stand by the metal shutters at the entrance to the tube at Kings Cross, who are seemingly being eployed to bring about some sort of crowd control , but every day only serve to create more of a crush than if they weren't there.

Rant over.... for now.