w.atching the w.orld unw.ind

This bright, warm, sunshiny day is what the capital should have woken to last Thursday, buzzing with excitement about the successful bid to host the Olympics.

While there is no longer the sad, surreal atmosphere, the mood is still sombre, and just a little downcast. Obviously, while there are still people missing and unrecovered following the appalling atrocities, there will be no overt celebration, which is a great shame because whenever it happens, it will always be over-shadowed.

There was a visibly increased police presence at London Bridge's mainline station, but with 90 percent of commuters toting bags, rucksacks, holiday suitcases etc., you know that it's an impossible task to thwart determined terrorists - with or without ID cards.

But life, people and London all move on.

And so, on a lighter note, what happens when pets grow to look like their carpets..