So I've now been "resting" for 6 months, and its just 3 weeks till I take off for New York. I made a list of the bits and pieces that I still need to do before I go, and it now has about 20 items on it. However, there is no big stuff left on the list. The biggest item that I've recently ticked-off is selling my car and am now driving a small hire care which I will drop off at the airport on my way out.

Most of the stuff left on the list is to do with getting the flat in a reasonable state before I leave. I've already taken maybe 4 car loads of stuff down to the rubbish tip. This includes things like old phones and about a dozen assorted chargers for things that I don't have anymore - you know, the stuff you hang on to "just in case". Well it's all gone now, and it feels really good - very cathartic.

On the getting fit side, I've now lost about 35 pounds and few of my clothes fit me now. It really paid off when I went with my parents for a week to the Lake District. I was able to get two fairly strenuous walks in; one of which was up Helvellyn along Striding Edge. Magnificant.

It struck me that I've be so focused on stuff to do before I set off, that I've really very little planned for what I will do when I'm travelling. This is fine, in that I don't want to plan to far ahead, but I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for what to do in 4 days in New York? If you have any ideas, please let me know.

Cheers,

Steve