To continue a spate of frequent entries in contrast with the usual fortnightly trickle.

In another deviation from character, I went to the gym today, as dearg reports. Just an induction today, the second part of which will be on Saturday, so I'm not feeling overly exercised. But I'm looking forward to going regularly; perhaps I will not be regularly looking forward to going, once I get started. Time will tell.

Apparently George Bush has fallen off his bike. No, really. I did wonder whether a bicycle was perhaps a little... enviromentical. Perhaps Bush lost a bet, or is this perhaps some form of alternative to signing Kyoto? In fact it seems that he cycles regularly (at least that's my interpretation of "seriously"). It must be a bit of a bugger when the whole world finds out every time you fall off your bike, trip up or choke on a food item.

I suppose I've got to mention that London got the 2012 Olympics, the main news story today. In G8 news, they eventually did march in the general vicinity of Gleneagles, and unsurprisingly there was trouble throughout the day (BBC story). Excitement of riot police in a Chinook. I got a phone call earlier from my mum who could see mounted police out of the bedroom windows. It's strange seeing Auchterarder on the news.

For all the violence we see on TV, I think the policing for this summit has probably been handled more sensibly than it would have been in other locations. Hopefully the rest of the week will go smoothly and we'll actually get some not overly weasly commitments from the G8.