Spent the morning working on the December issue of the Shanville Monthly. Broke for lunch at 11.30, and got a steak-and-guinness pie from the Square Pie shop in Spitalfields. Got most of the Monthly finished before setting off for Dulwich at 1.00pm. Visited the Bookshop Dulwich Village, on Calton Avenue, first, where I was just signing stock. Signed lots of books there, so if you're in the neighbourhood and fancy a signed copy, pop in quick!!!

Went to do my signing at Dulwich Books on Croxted Road at 4.00pm. Had a good turnout and was signing for nearly an hour. Afterwards I was interviewed by Cosmo, a kid from a local school. He asked lots of really good questions, and was better organised than many journalists I've met!!!

Back to Whitechapel after the signing. Bas was looking up tickets for the Rolling Stones Concert in Wembley Stadium next year. She found a site selling FRONT ROW tickets, at a truly exagerrated price!! We hummed and hawed, but eventually I said, "The hell with it -- let's go for them!!" I just have to try not to think too much about how much they cost, and keep my fingers crossed that it's a truly amazing concert!!!!!

Had a curry on Brick Lane, in a newish establishment called Chutney's. Very nice restaurant, with tasty, well-cooked food, though my main prawn dish was a bit on the tasteless side. But Bas loved all of hers, so I think I just chose poorly!

A day off from touring tomorrow -- we're going to see "Billy Elliot", and, later, The Proclaimers!!! All together now ... "I would walk five hundred miles, and I would walk five hundred more ......."