OT: Checking in here

[Neil Ward]

Hi everyone,

I'm fine, for those of you who haven't picked that up elsewhere, and 
I hope everyone else based in London is safe.  Thanks for all the 
good wishes to us Londoners and let me add a "me too" to Ali's 
earlier message.

In these situations, I always count my blessings.  A couple of the 
bombs were a little too close for comfort this time: the first went 
off near my office in Liverpool Street and the second one was on a 
tube route I could very easily have taken to Covent Garden, where I 
was attending a training course.  Not so much a narrow escape though 
as a reminder of the risks of living in London.

Training aside, I spent most of yesterday checking in with friends 
and family and, later, doing some impromptu data recovery when my 
home PC crashed on me (brilliant timing, under the circumstances).  

Everyone I know has proved to be safe and well, with the closest 
shave being a business contact who was in Tavistock Square when the 
bus bomb went off (he was not hurt at all).  

Neil