I had my best night's sleep so far at the Jerry's house at West Yarmouth at Cape Cod. The body clock seems to be back on track, thank goodness. The 3am to 5 wide awake periods were getting a bit wearing. Today is 9/11 - the anniversary of that searing wound on American consciousness - and indeed world history. Regardless of what you think about the response of the US and its faithful allies - like us! - there can be no denying the horror of the original event. ...

A chance to look around today. Jerry had kindly offered to take me to their house at Cape Cod, picking me up at 1, so I thought I'd make the most of the morning, taking the T into the city and going on the Boston By Foot walking tour. From coming down for breakfast at 8, to getting into the city was exactly an hour - pretty good going! I had a wander around the waterfront - now open to the rest of the city after the completion of the Big Dig - which put the old...