In BearingAway Live I take you on a journey with me. We may not always know where we're going but hopefully it will be interesting along the way.

I leave the Sofitel hotel and head through Heathrow Airport terminal 5 to catch my flight to St Lucia.

In just under a week I'm due to be heading on holiday. But I'm nervous. It's nothing new, but this time there's COVID to contend with, a clear PCR test to obtain, a few frantic days of work to complete, before I can travel to Heathrow Airport and begin the adventure.

I take another walk with my long cane, this time through the hustle bustle of Waterloo station.

On the fourth day of Octaver I play a bit of Petty. Just because.

A podcast of two halves, starting with a minor grumble about the inadequacies of PayPal customer service, but getting on to a much more enjoyable subject, the beginning of Octaver See

I pull out my trusty "plastic dog" as the real McCoy goes back to school for a week.

I've lived here for around a decade and I rather love the place. Here I Muse on some of the things I will miss as and when I move away.

Magical mystery tour • Finding my way surprisingly successfully