I have my first free day in two weeks, an intense two weeks of induction and training and meeting the squillions upon millions of people I will be working with this year. I’ve forgotten precisely every name, I think it’s some sort of condition - possibly inherited from my father, who didn’t know my mum’s surname when they got married. I have learned from this things and will write down all important details as soon as I get engaged.

Anyway - free day. I did have high-minded plans for this blessed occasion, but as three o’clock rolls around I’m still sat in my pyjamas and trying to fix my mp3 player, which appears to have developed a hormonal cycle, and as you will no doubt read in upcoming blogs is crucial to the sanity of anyone who commutes. If I can’t close my eyes and pretend I’m Andy Williams at quarter to eight in the morning whilst being violated by several bleary-looking business types I’d probably hurl myself off the train. I was going to nip into town and perhaps visit a museum, or something, which I suppose is still viable. It’s very exciting, being having such cultural delights at your disposal - in Bangor an afternoon’s exposure to cutting edge modern art and perusing what the world has to offer meant a trip to Tesco.

But wow - a new blog! Isn’t this exciting. Technically it isn’t really new, I’ve just changed the name and deleted lots of stuff, but you’ll allow me the indulgence. I chose No Added Succour a) because it sounds fancy and b) because it describes how I feel about London. It’s a curiously soulless place, devoid of emotion in the same way that an aging Hollywood film star can’t move her face. I think London has had too much botox and I intend to find out why.

But seriously, so much to do and so little time. I’ve got to find myself in a year, whilst I find myself in a city rammed with 8 million people. I’ll be leading somewhat of a double life as there are many things I can’t share on here, but the fundamentals stay the same. Here goes nothing…

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