The End?

27 Oct 08, 10.48am
Thank God It's Monday? With a weekend's pyro warm-up already behind us there is a feeling this Monday morning that we are peering into the foaming white water knowing that somewhere downriver, about two weeks hence, there is calm water.

Two weeks of early starts, very late finishes, thousands of logistical jigsaw pieces, frayed nerves, laughter, sometimes jovial, sometimes hysterical. And the very best way to prepare for this period? Well I type this with a dongle internet connection viewing rolling Somerset fields in a crisp autumn sun from the comfort of my motorhome enjoying my last day off before the energy mountains and stress valleys. So this week Tuesday is my Monday, so to speak.

It was Churchill who said as D Day unfolded "This is not the end, nor even the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning". Welcome to the end of our beginning.