Its been ten days since we've heard news of Neil.  Then two emails in quick succession:

'I have aligned my chakras and cleansed my aura.  When I get back its all reiki and chanting, all day for everyone.

Go in peace.'

'Sabbatical great.  I'm sitting in a filthy shed in Ladakh trying not to catch cholera.  I've had blazing heat, torrential monsoon, and now frigging cold!  But I'm on a journey….'

Alex writes:

Always ahead of some curve or other …the account management department decided to have a Pimms party on the roof last night, to celebrate er…well, to drink the many bottles of Pimms that had been hanging around for quite some time.
It was cold, but we pushed through it in a very british fashion and it was actually rather beautiful when the sun dipped.
We then had a bit of a departmental quiz night downstairs in the warm and on the copious bean bags – questions ranging from “which account manager can lick her own nipples” to a particular highlight – “which account manager was a ‘Puzzle Week’ cover girl?” In fact they are the same person…..