Quiet catchup in Portsmouth

After the extreme day in London yesterday its a relief to be having a quiet catchup in Portsmouth. One of the major goals of this trip was to be with Andrew on his 18th birthday - tick, done that - we had coffee this morning in Palmerston Road or Palmy Rd as he calls it. Birthday presents duly delivered to a very pleased boy who is now much richer than yesterday - he was overwhelmed with everyones generosity. Each Wednesday he is on duty from wakeup until lights-out with the morning off for 2 weeks out of three - luckily this week was one of the off weeks. We have made plans for our road trip.
Sadly no iPhone. The people in the Apple store in Regent street couldn't have been nicer - they really looked after me and squeezed in an appointment with one of their tech gurus despite being fully booked until tomorrow. They were preparing to replace the phone until consideration of the locked status for UK iPhones - if I received a replacment phone here it would need to be provided locked to a provider and then I wouldn't be able to use it in NZ. Instructions for what to do when I get home were duly imparted and many apologies for not being able to fix it for me. So, my £10 Nokia will be doing good service for the remaining week of my stay. Must remember to turn it off at night though, as I was woken at 3am with a client phone call.
BTW - another gorgeous day here where I don't need a coat!