I'm trying to think. After all I get paid to think, reflect, ponder, ruminate, consider and then give the results of said cerebral activity in the form of advice and ideas. The trouble is that at this time of year the ambient noise seems to reach a peak; I've had what seems like a schoolgirl sports day going on in the park opposite - screaming and yelling - it sounds more like a massacre, then there's the holiday jets going overhead, wind and rain (where did flamin' June go then?), there's madmen out in the street shouting and cursing at each other and someone has one of those hand held circular saws going, the pitch of the noise rising and falling like some demented harpy...
Away for a couple of weeks and the ambient noise was a delight; the lapping of water, foreign languages not understood that you can zone out, etiquette and pleasantries, the swish of waiters and barstaff providing prompt service...
And while we're at it, did we stop driving on the left whilst I was away? In the space of ten minutes this afternoon I had a cyclist and a car drive at me on my side of the road - the left!
