I have very fond memories of my time at Guy's Hospital so here are a couple of photographs in honour of the place. I know Guy's Tower is not the most elegant of buildings but it is now part of my personal history.

Jubilee Line Blues.............

Last weekend (as usual) some part of the Jubilee underground line was suspended for engineering works which means that I had to take the bus to work instead. From Jamaica Road I caught the 381 to Waterloo and walked the rest of the way to St Thomas' Hospital.

On Sunday the bus journey was dominated by the banter of a small group of youths who permeated the atmosphere with vulgarity and menace.

I prefer the sullen silence of the tube journey!

7/7 Bombings.

Today is the fourth anniversary of the 7/7 Bombings in London in 2005. Three tube trains and a bus were bombed killing over 50 people.
I heard this on the news in the late morning of 7th July 2005 and phoned work saying that I was available if required.... I do have an 'Adult' qualification as well as 'Paediatric' and wondered if the PICU might have to act as an overflow from Adult ITU. I was asked to help cover the night shift - with the transport system closed down it was probably going to be impossible for a lot of our staff to physically get in to work anyway on PICU. I even volunteered to put up people from the day shift in our house if they couldn't get home.
As it turned out the transport system was up and running by evening, and everyone who was due in for work turned up. I wasn't actually needed. I went in anyway.
I never felt so proud to be a Londoner!