Manic Monday Morning

So today I have...

• picked up the passport from Scott's agency with the Belarus visa in it
• bought a personal locator beacon because for the last week or two most people I've talked to have been helpfully advising how I may die on this trip but apparently a PLB might help
• visited the Vietnam Embassy again and got the dates changed as needed
• done a TV interview for ITV about my pothole crash two years ago and recent reluctant payout by Surrey County Council (6pm ITV this evening)
• picked up five different currencies at Best Foreign Exchange: US dollars, Euros, Polish Zloty, Thai Baht and Malaysian Ringgit (I got Russian Rubles yesterday from a local parkrun friend who had some left over so we cut out the middle-man)
• got an email from the clinic in Berlin where I was planning to get my second jab for tick-borne encephalitis... to say that they do not stock this vaccine
• launched a new continental search via www.istm.org for tick-borne encephalitis vaccine
• released a stressed pigeon trapped downstairs in the lounge... and closed the back door

Now I am going to have a cup of tea!