7 July 2014

It's only forever, Not long at all, Lost and lonely

Nine years ago today, 52 people were killed on public transport in London. 700 were injured. Doesn't seem real it's nine years ago, feels like...months, maybe. Sometimes far far less.

And, as with all such happenings, as people ran, shocked, injured, horrified, other people went to help. Tube staff, police, bystanders. Some people who were down in those tunnels, injured themselves, didn't run, didn't leave, even though they could. They stayed and they saved lives.

I was at work, not one of the first responders, but once it became clear the scale of what had happened, teams were dispatched.

I worked on the Piccadilly, where the most people died. It was a long, painstaking investigation, with pressure to both explain who had been responsible, how they had done it, why they had done it, and also - and it is important, no matter how mundane it sounds - to get the transport system back working. And to allow the friends and families of the dead to mourn and move on. And that's hard, when the damage to the bodies is so vast. You don't get to see a body, have a final moment, say a proper goodbye.


Anyway, been thinking about that a lot today, as I've spent the day with John, and waved Mycroft off to work, and thought about a lot of things.

And now I've been writing this for bloody ages and still not written anything. I don't think I'm 100% back to normal. Or maybe I'm just examining everything I do too closely now. I feel like I keep sort of...zoning out. Or forgetting what I was doing/saying.

On Saturday, we were...well, I still can't say too much, but I'd been in communication with this man. On a Gay Sex Chatline. Because that had been the one link in a series of cases.

We expected him to try and talk me into going back to his. We didn't expect him to slip a drug in my drink. Or...well, I still don't know how he did it.

Luckily I had a wire on, and there were other officers in the club. So when I stopped talking, Sal could call up someone to get a bit closer, check up on me, and they knew something was up.

Ketamine, when you take enough, paralyses you. Your mind still works fine, or mine did, to begin with, except...yeah, well, before I even knew what was happening I was in trouble. The music was immense, I could feel it, it was as if it was slow motion, washing over me, and the lights were all...instead of strobes, they were wrapping around me, like something sci-fi.

I don't really know how to describe it. And it felt like it took a long time, hours, days maybe. Even when John arrived, it took me hours to reach him, because the noises and the lights still had me. I thought I was reaching out to him, but I wasn't. And anyway, he wasn't real.

The most lasting thing, I guess, the thing I still feel, in an odd way, was that I was incredibly lonely.


Upshot is, I think it's for the best that I don't go to the boat. Mycroft and I will have a nice night in, John can cope with what will seem like hundreds of tiny banshees all refusing to sleep, in a confined space, and we'll think of him as we relax with some gourmet food and maybe a bottle of wine ;)

107 comments:

pandabob said...

You're right it is hard to believe it's nine years ago, time moves so quickly and yet so slowly all at the same time.

I'm sorry things went wrong on Saturday night, I know you weren't overjoyed about the idea of the op in the first place but I hope that eventually the guy is off the street and it all feels worth it :-)

However much fun John and Sherlock have on their boat I am sure you and Mycroft will match it with conversation, music and cooking :-)

Greg Lestrade said...

To be honest, the worst part was the chatline stuff. Talking dirty to a stranger with a team of coppers listening in. I can't tell you how bad it was.

I mean, being drugged was no fun, but...well, I didnt know much about it.

pandabob said...

That sounds horrendous!! The things you have to do to try and keep us all safe are way beyond anything reasonable :-(

Greg Lestrade said...

Certainly felt wrong, given my lovely husband waiting at home for me!

John H. D. Watson said...

If nothing else, I'm sure you and Mycroft will have a much more civilized evening than I will.

Anonymous said...

John. You were in the Army. ;-) You'll enjoy it, you understand how to let go of any presumption of reasonable comfort or, intermittently, reasonable behavior. Once you've done that it'll be fun.

Mycroft and Lestrade exercising their appreciation for good food does sound pretty nice, though.

As usual when it's brought to my attention I completely deny that that much time could possibly have passed since any event.

fA

Becca said...

I recently learned that it was 21 years since something had happened, I don't remember what (I'm going senile) and it really seemed like something that happened not that long ago.

And regarding the larger event, yeah, I don't know what to say. I just remember holding my friend's hand at a similar event, while she tried to figure out if her mother was alive.

Greg Lestrade said...

But you'll be on a BOAT.

REReader said...

(I'd choose the boat, too.)

(Then again...)

(No, boat. It's REALLY hot here. ;))

Greg Lestrade said...

Dunno, a boat is just a big metal box that's been sat in the sun all day. Can't imagine it's going to be that cool!

Small Hobbit said...

I'd love to do a sleepover on a boat. It sounds wonderful.

Hope that as the drug finally works its way out of your system you feel back to normal. Given that it takes time to get over a general anaesthetic (correctly applied) I'm not surprised you're still feeling the effects.

REReader said...

On Manhattan, it is noticeably cooler on or next to or even over the river than in the city proper. So I'd choose it!

REReader said...

(Very true about the anesthetic, SH. It takes a few days for me, I know.)

Greg Lestrade said...

I don't know if Nicky is taking the piss or not...she just sent me this for you, Danger:

https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/140707/FedererTear.gif

John H. D. Watson said...

Is that from this year? I didn't watch the ceremony because...well, because Djokovic won.

Greg Lestrade said...

You're asking me as if I'd have the faintest idea... we didn't watch the ceremony, because Djokovic won ;)

Come and have a hug before he makes you cry.

John H. D. Watson said...

I'd never say no to that.

Greg Lestrade said...

You can take spider with you to the ship. Seeing as I'll be trying to deal with her ladyship on my own...

Becca said...

He apparently shed a tear when Djokovic dedicated the win to his fiance, future child, and dead first coach.

Anonymous said...

Djokovic was complimentary to Federer and a bit sentimental in his remarks. I think he did his best to live up to the standard anyone who's not an idiot is aware of when standing next to Federer.

fA

Joolz said...

Hi all, hope everyone is having a good day.

We still need 3 entries for the football for Sally, mag and Desert Wanderer please. If you can get them in before 9.00 pm then you can be including for tonight's big game.

The predictions for everyone else are split pretty evenly with 8 choosing Brazil and 9 Germany. So we'll have to wait and see whether the loss of Neymar will affect Brazil or whether the home crowd can lift them to a win despite facing the skills of an on form German team.

Brazil v Germany
Joolz 1-0 Brazil, Lestrade 1-2 Germany, Lancs Anon 2-2 Brazil, Small Hobbit 2-1 Brazil, MT88 1-0 Brazil, kholly 1-1 Germany, Z 1-2 Germany, anonybob 2-2 Germany, graham22 0-1 Germany, Paula 0-2 Germany, Nameless 1-1 Brazil, Sherlock 1-3 Germany, REReader 2-1 Brazil, ro 2-1 Brazil, KT 0-3 Germany, Piplover 1-1 Germany, John 2-2 Brazil

So we could be looking at a change at the top depending on the result tonight. Good luck everyone. :)

Greg Lestrade said...

Seen the police doc and given my statement this morning.

Seems the guy was working in cahoots with the bar tender. Which we didn't know.

Anyway, police doc says I should have the rest of the week off, so...who am i to argue (okay, I did argue. Then John told me I was ridiculous, so I stopped. Afterall, if it had been him saying it I would've listened in the first place).

Anonymous said...

I happened to turn on some of the Tour this morning. I don't think I've ever watched it before (even though i ride my bike everywhere I don't follow racing). I had no idea the support crew that followed along right there with the riders. Doctors in cars and team cars with extra bikes and motorcycles and cameras, oh my. I'm used to watching foot races where the racer is more or less on their own for the duration.

Are you off again, lestrade, or back to the office?

Ella

pandabob said...

It's good, in a way, that it was the bar tender because as you say you didn't know so it's not that you or your back up missed something at the time.

A week off seems like a very good idea, plenty of time to recover and to look after yourself a little :-)

I hope the rest of your day goes well :-)

Unknown said...

so, that means the bartender is also going to jail, for a long time, I hope? because that is beyond creepy.
Having the week off to recover with your special Doc and the boys sounds to me like just the ticket. I'm so glad, all over again, that you are safe.
S

Greg Lestrade said...

Well, he'll be charged. Oddly we think it's the first time he's been involved. Perhaps he realised what was happening and wanted in? We don't know.

And now I've resigned myself to time off I'm quite looking forward to it. Always kind of nicer when your officially told to take it.

Anonymous said...

Enjoy the time off! You have more than earned it. This one did injury to you emotionally, mentally and physically, even if the injury seems minor in the long run because it's not permanent.

I hope the bartender can be charged with something that will be a red flag in his record, if an employer cares to look. And that he can be scared silly. Not the person I'd want serving food or drinks.

Especially sweet you get time off when Mycroft's home. Hope the weather's good.

fA

Anonymous said...

Ella - I know a number of bike racing super-fans and amateur riders. It's a fascinatingly technical sport, but at the level of the big pro races, it doesn't appeal to me. The racing teams are a weird amalgam of corporate infrastructure, team dynamics and individual winners/losers. It's super intense and the dynamics are weird up to duplicitous because individuals and sponsors supposedly working and training in a team are, in the end, judged mostly individually.

Of course a lot of this is probably true in other pro sports, I'm just not aware of it. But it makes it hard for me to really get into the big bike races.

fA

REReader said...

Sensible police doc! Enjoy the time off, L.

I know every bit as ittle about bike racing as I do about soccer!

Greg Lestrade said...

I enjoy le tour. It's like watching a huge mechanical animal snaking along, when the peloton is a tight bunch. Amazing stuff

Anonymous said...

It was weirdly interesting. I think I'll try and watch tomorrow morning too, when they're apparently on cobblestones.

I'm kind if anti-tech about bikes. I think it's a barrier of entry for a lot of people who would otherwise be interested--they think they need an expensive bike and spandex and a heart monitor and shoes and clipless pedals and all this silly stuff. All you need is a bike and a helmet. Get on a bike that fits you and go nuts. Don't buy the rest until you find you need it.

Also, this conversation just happens (for context, I work in a public library):
Coworker: Wow. Someone was so mad that this DVD doesn't come with subtitles that they wrote it in marker on the cover.
Me: What do you want to bet they just don't know how to turn on subtitles?
Coworker: IT'S. BRITISH.
Me: ...Ahh.

Ella

Anonymous said...

Ella, your work conversation made me laugh!

fA

Anonymous said...

They still could've solved their problem with subtitles, methinks. Deaf people watch British movies too.

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

So...were there no subtitles? Or could they just not find them?

Sally said...

Sorry, I've just done the football thing. Been busy, I hope you understand.

Glad you're feeling better Boss, gave us all a scare.

Hope your back is feeling better, John. Sorry to pass the boss onto you and leave you dealing, but we did have our hands full. We're lucky you're around.

Greg Lestrade said...

You were brilliant, Sal.

I think Maf's sick of the footy. I'm lying on the sofa, and was talking to Mycroft about who might win, when she walked up my body, sat on my chest, and rested on little paw on my mouth...hint taken!

(Of course, when John emerges, he says 'What are you doing to her?' to ME!)

Greg Lestrade said...

what a beaut!

Greg Lestrade said...

This could be really messy. I actually feel sorry for Brazil.

Greg Lestrade said...

...so none of us got the score right then :)

pandabob said...

Please god let the final whistle go now, this is embarrassing enough!!!

Greg Lestrade said...

It is...and we're not even 30 mins in yet. At this rate it'll be 15-0

Anon Without A Name said...

Oh, god, it's getting worse...

Anonymous said...

This game is so sad. I just got a chance to look at it for a few minutes, but now I'm not sure I want to. So painful.

fA

Desert Wanderer said...

Sorrry I missed it Joolz, dealing with movers. I'm back where I was two years ago--sitting on the floor with my internet to keep me company.

Lestrade, Saturday sounds absolutely terrifying. Thank goodness you've a good family to go home to--that's not something you'd want to be dealing with on your own. And thank goodness for a sharp, well-trained team and a good sergeant!

Can I put my bet on Germany now? ;)

Anonymous said...

Yeah, did anyone get confused and enter American football scores as their prediction? Because that's the only possibly accurate metric right now.

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

We're always here, DW, at the other end of the wires to keep you company.

You can still get 90/1 on it ending Bra 4 - 5 Ger :)

And thanks. It's worse in hindsight, to be honest. I really didn't know what was going on at the time. Now I keep getting cold sweats about it, and the 'what ifs'.

Sherlock said...

I don't want to go to bed.

Greg Lestrade said...

(He has gone to bed. I bet Brazil's team wishes they could go and hide under the covers too.)

Greg Lestrade said...

bloody HELL

Lancs. Anon said...

Wish I'd had a tender on that!

Anonymous said...

I hope that was about not wanting Brazil to score at all...?

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

No, sorry, it was Germany's 7th going in - just couldn't believe it!

Didn't mean to worry you.

Anonymous said...

No worries! I forget that sometimes phrases like "bloody hell" are not always said in anger/frustration.

Hope y'all sleep well.

Ella

Joolz said...

Well that was a bit of a shocker, I don't think anyone expected that. The nearest we got to that were Sherlock and Sally who both had 1-3 so no-one gets the full 3 points unsurprisingly ;)

The table today is as follows:

Z, anonybob, Joolz - 60

REReader - 59

ro - 58

Sherlock, Lestrade - 57

Small Hobbit - 56

Nameless - 54

MT88, Paula - 52

graham22 - 51

kholly - 50

John - 49

Desert Wanderer - 46

Lancs Anon - 40

Piplover, mag - 38

Sally - 35

KT - 27

The fixtures for tomorrow are as follows:

Joolz 0-1 Argentina, Lestrade 1-1 Argentina, Lancs Anon 3-2 Netherlands, Small Hobbit 1-2 Argentina, MT88 2-1 Netherlands, kholly 1-2 Argentina, Z 1-1 Netherlands, anonybob 2-1 Netherlands, graham22 1-0 Netherlands, Paula 2-1 Netherlands, Nameless 1-1 Argentina, Sherlock 2-1 Netherlands, REReader 2-2 Netherlands, ro 1-1 Netherlands, KT 3-0 Netherlands, Piplover 2-1 Netherlands, John 2-2 Netherlands, Sally 2-2 Argentina

The scores at the top have tightened up with that win for Germany so it's going to be a close run thing and we could see more changes tomorrow with the Argentina/Netherlands game with a 6 to 12 split in favour of Netherlands. It's getting exciting isn't it. ;)

(You still have time to enter for that game DW if you manage to get back online again before 9.00 pm GMT)

REReader said...

I think I feel better with my score not being on top anymore--it's less improbable, anyway! ;)

Greg Lestrade said...

It was no more improbable than me doing well in the tennis. I think in the big competitions it helps not knowing anything. As we saw last night, anything can happen!

REReader said...

Maybe a little more improbable--you have seen a tennis match or two, even of you didn't so much watch them! But, yeah, total ignorance does not appear to be a disadvantage. :)

Anonymous said...

Watching le Tour...apparently a guy in the lead car waves a white flag to alert the peloton that the cobbles are a certain distance away. He did that, and the front of the peloton responded by starting to sprint, trying to all break away from each other and spread out so that when they hit the cobblestones a falling rider won't take down as many people with him. I sort of see what you mean about the peloton being a big weird animal, Lestrade. It was really pretty to watch.

Also it's raining and windy there today. Looks completely miserable.

Ella

Becca said...

I'm going back to see my surgeon this morning. Hopefully it will go better than last time, where he threatened exploratory surgery. My opinion is that my foot just hates the boot I'm in so getting out of it (which is tentatively scheduled for today, pending his approval) will help relieve the problem.

Anonymous said...

Aww, they took out two of the four cobblestone sections because it's so wet. I wanted mayhem. (I may also be a terrible person.)

Ella

Anonymous said...

Good luck, Becca!

Ella

Small Hobbit said...

Hope all goes well Becca.

Anonymous said...

Adding to the good luck wishes, Becca!

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

Good luck Becca!

REReader said...

Adding my good wishes as well, Becca!

Anonymous said...

Well, so far everyone's doing fine on the cobbles and falling down on the regular roads. And there's more cobblestone sections than I thought. The defending champion has fallen three times in two days and is out. (I'm getting sucked in, can we tell?)

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

Froome is out?

Anonymous said...

Ella - yeah, I recognize the getting-sucked-in phenomena. Go for it!

fA

Anonymous said...

Phenomenon, not phenomena. Corrected in case Mycroft is reading. I know he has to be resigned to the collective imprecision encountered in daily life, but I *try,* really I do.

fA

Anonymous said...

Yeah, he's out. They didn't get his final crash on camera but he was holding his arm in such a way that I was wondering if his wrist was broken. He had to get in a car.

Ella

Joolz said...

Hi everyone. How has today been. Is your back easing at all yet, John. Is it going to survive a night in a hammock. ;) How are you feeling, Greg, has spending some relaxing time with John given you a chance to sort through some things and know that you never need be lonely with your husband by your side.

With all the trials at the weekend we never went any further with the prediction discussion re Le Tour. Were you serious about wanting to do that, Greg, or just a passing comment. We also have the Commonwealth Games coming up, does anyone fancy having a go at that maybe. We could predict who we think would get Gold/Silver/Bronze for each event or something like that. What does anyone think? I'm happy to set up entry forms for anything anybody fancies - we could even try other stuff like the Oscars or Baftas or that kind of thing too, it doesn't necessarily have to be sport. I've certainly really enjoyed doing this with the footy and the tennis, it really has brought the whole thing to life having a personal interest in the results.

Anonymous said...

As someone who doesn't really follow many sports (the only reason I can watch any of the Tour is because I'm housesitting this week at a house with a television), I personally would prefer it be an occasional thing. But I recognize that a lot of people did it and found it fun, and it's not hard for me to skim past comments, so if people want to continue doing it I'm not opposed and don't want to ruin it for anyone. (And, of course, it's not my blog!) Just throwing my two cents out there.

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

I think the tour would be too hard. There are stage winners for each jersey, then which team the person belongs to... And none of us know anything about it! So maybe just stick to a few major events that enough people are interested in? Anyone else have strong opinions?

REReader said...

It's biking. My only idea about biking is that I learned how to ride a bike on a mis weighted bike, so now if I ride one, I fall over. So whatever people want to do is fine.

Greg Lestrade said...

I've no idea what a mis-weighted bike is, but I think Le Tour is way too complex to even work out a betting system - plus two of the favourites for things are out already, which would have skewed everything a long way.

Joolz said...

Yeah, I know nothing about it either, which is why I was asking if you meant it. :) I don't want to push things if people have had enough, I'm happy to go with the flow, but the option is there if anyone wants it either for the Commonwealth Games or anything further in the future if you want to give it a break. :)

Mycroft said...

Would either of you - or indeed Mrs Hudson or Anthea - like to go to The Proms at all? I think I would quite like to.

Becca said...

Back from my surgeon's! He did not mention the ominous words of exploratory surgery today, but I am getting a ridiculously expensive custom brace that will let me get out of this damn boot. Yay. Hopefully it'll come next week, before I have to get on a plane.

Anonymous said...

Yay! When a surgeon does not mention surgery it's a pretty sure bet it's not on the table. (At least yet.) Hope the custom brace is worth every penny.

Mycroft - I had to look up what The Proms are, but I give you tons of credit. At your age I was too . . . unsophisticated? self-focused? Basically too young to think of taking advantage of cultural/entertainment opportunities available to me. Someone else was nearly always the initiator.

fA

Anonymous said...

No strong opinion on setting up competitions for future events. I'm good either way. I wouldn't always participate, but enjoyed doing so for Wimbledon.

fA

Greg Lestrade said...

Err..yeah? But you'd have to pick, I've got no idea about classical, really. Except I like big orchestral pieces, powerful ones.

Glad it was good news, Becca.

John told me I was rubbish at doing nothing today, as I cleaned the kitchen top to bottom (inside the drawers and cupboards - he does the outside regularly!) and re-stacked all my pastry cutters/reclassified some parts of the cutlery drawer. Decided we probably needed a new hanging rack for yet more utensils...

REReader said...

L--it was a very heavy, old, used bike, that was heavier on one side than the other, somehow, so I learned to lean to the other side to keep it going straight. Now I can't ride at all!

I'm a bit ready for a break from sport, but I don't at all mind if other people want to go ahead with whatever games are on, up to you all.

Mycroft, the Proms sound like great fun, I'm more than slightly jealous!

Greg Lestrade said...

Just get one pannier, RR - millions of people do it every day! No one would ever think you were trying to purposefully weight the bike ;)

Mycroft is looking through millions of Proms. Sherlock is playing lots of YouTube clips of the music. I'm rooting for the Dutch and John is brushing (and talking to) Maf.

Greg Lestrade said...

I feel my grip on the sweepstake slipping...

Greg Lestrade said...

Ah well.

REReader said...

It sounded like a lovely domestic evening until that "ah, well"... ;)

Greg Lestrade said...

John is being all sneaky now and trying to check what Sherlock's packed for the boat without waking the dread pirate Holmes...

Joolz said...

Unlucky on losing out on the Met sweepstake, Greg, but you're 2 points closer to the top of our table so there's every chance you could win this competition. Nobody got the exact correct score today but Greg, Sally and Nameless all guessed a draw for Argentina and get 2 points each.

The table after the semi-finals is as follows:

Z, Joolz - 61

anonybob, REReader - 60

Greg, ro - 59

Sherlock, Small Hobbit - 57

Nameless - 56

MT88, Paula - 52

kholly, graham22 - 51

John - 50

Desert Wanderer - 46

Lancs Anon - 40

Piplover, mag - 38

Sally - 37

KT - 27

The final is set, it'll be Germany v Argentina on Sunday with the 3rd Place Play-Off being Brazil v Netherlands on Saturday so there are only 2 more predictions for everyone to make. If we could have the forms done before the kick off at 8.30 pm GMT on Saturday please, that'd be great. Thanks.

http://www.carryon.org.uk/worldcup2014/index.php/survey/index/sid/586636/newtest/Y/lang/en

Anonymous said...

So much more than average vigilance is required when one is raising a child both smart AND energetic. Hope Sherlock can be prevented from re-packing anything unneeded in the no doubt ample time between when he wakes up raring to go and when John & you are up.

A good night to all.

fA

Anonymous said...

Everyone has a different definition of relaxing. If lying down means you start stressing and fretting over the state of your drawers (literal or figurative), sometimes getting up and doing stuff is more relaxing and healing than lying down doing nothing.

Ella

Anonymous said...

That's underground
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here!!

~EchoOfMe

Greg Lestrade said...

It is. I thought it fitted both parts of the blog rather well.

Ella - i'm definitely not good at doing nothing, so.... Spending today thinking that as Sherlock's away for the night...maybe something could happen with his bedroom?

Anonymous said...

"Something" being along the lines of rearranging furniture, or of filling the room with packing peanuts?

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

He's still after some sort of bed with a small cave underneath, in which he can...well, best not to think what he'll get up to. Invent a cure for cancer or concoct the smelliest thing ever to exist?

I could maybe do something about modifying something we could buy.

Anonymous said...

You'd send your variable [with Sherlock] reputation to the positive end of the scale if you pulled that off in one day, that's for sure.

He'd probably enjoy the room full of packing peanuts, too.

Though they'd not be nearly so enjoyable when it came to removing them from all corners of the flat.

fA

Anonymous said...

If I came home and somebody had turned my house into an enormous ball room I would be ecstatic.

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

I wouldn't do it in a day! But could get most of the chaos done, then it's the weekend so not the end of the world if he sleeps in the sitting room.

Anonymous said...

Not the end of the world? The possibilities for parlaying "sleeping in the sitting room" into "staying up late" "watching television late" and/or "sleeping in a bed/fort on the floor made up of all the cushions and pillows in the house" sound a good bit better than not the end of the world!

Or maybe I'm just projecting based on the things we got up to when my kids were younger and slept in the family room occasionally. Unless it was because someone was sick/hurt, it always felt just a little bit like a party.

fA

Anonymous said...

...Is there room in the sitting room for a tent? You should definitely pitch a tent in the sitting room.

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

Not the end of the world for the other inhabitants of the flat - he would obviously love it. The rest of us...not so much, and especially not on a school night. But I think we'd survive the weekend.

Anonymous said...

Oh Ella, you're right! We had a small tent that the kids used to "camp" in the family room. Not much like camping, but they enjoyed it. Sherlock might be getting a bit old to find that exciting, but you never know. And it might (grasping at straws) help contain the generalized chaos.

fA

Anonymous said...

Well. Here's...a thing that exists.

http://www.demilked.com/hot-mess-motocorsa-ducati-panigale-1199/

Ella

Greg Lestrade said...

I've seen that before, Ella! I think it's great. Although none of the men (or women) are quite my cup of tea...

Hope it's going well, John, Sherlock, and that you're having loads of fun. It's...quiet here.

REReader said...

It's...quiet here.

But have you gotten any better at resting? ;) (Me, when I have real, genuine time off--I start going through closets and such, throwing things out and organizing what I keep. I find it very soothing!)

Mycroft said...

It is not quiet here. Lestrade has power tools out.

I also think he has forgotten that most children will have been in bed some time ago, Sherlock is probably prowling the ship alone. Beware, those visiting London Gateway Services.

Small Hobbit said...

Mycroft, I feel you may have misunderstood the concept of a sleepover. No-one even thinks of going to bed until two hours after their usual bedtime. And they won't sleep for a further two hours. So Sherlock will probably fall asleep just before breakfast.

Anonymous said...

I am anticipating the report from John and/or Sherlock on this outing. I think it sounds like a lot of fun.

As do power tools, actually! Living life to the fullest.

fA

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