I have had a number of you contact me by various means recently asking whether I'm OK. I was very busy in my job at the local council until early September, and then my wife and I 'escaped' to the Lake District for a week - getting home earlier today.
I am well, though I got rather wet on a couple of occasions when we went walking in what was forecast to be bright sunshine but turned out to be 'mizzly' wet stuff all day.
However, thanks for the concern - which again shows that this place is a real community, and folk keep their eyes open for folk dropping off the system.