A poor step count because I have stayed at home all day, tightness in my chest, it's cold and wet outside, and it;s also Bonfire Night, so lots of smoke pollution.  It's odd, because I was dying to go to the gym, getting my regular aerobic step fix has become ever so slightly obsessional with me.  But the nice doc at the clinic last week reminded me of all the things I should not do as an asthmatic.  So I pottered around doing laundry, keeping warm and trying to get as many steps as possible.

I have felt very humbled by the US election, seeing those long lines of people, waiting for hours to vote.  Like all other Brits, I have always been able to walk straight in and collect my voting slip.  Yet despite the ease of voting, at each UK election the turnout drops.  It's a wonderful day for America, and for the whole world.