The understatement of the week. Paris’ two airports have been closed down for the last 12 hours, I’ve had to pull all my window boxes in for fear of flying off their perch. The wind is howling around our little apartment in the sky, and coming in through all the little nooks and crannies we always knew we had, just weren’t sure exactly where they were…. It’s incredible. And now, just as I started writing, the rain has started lashing against the windows.

Someone, somewhere is making it very difficult for me to get motivated to go outside to get to the gym…..