to the sound of birds in flight.  Actually not really, got woken up by my alarm.  And my first thought was, wonder how people wake up when they don’t have an alarm (or children around bizarrely bursting with energy at 6am)?  Seriously. In that eerie silence, with no cocks crowing, and no natural light gently rousing you from blissful rest, how do people wake up?  This murmur was followed swiftly by a grunt, further burrow under duvet, and repeated hitting of the snooze button.

On a serious note, I reckon people are grumpier if they are woken up by an alarm, which explains the utter despair I see on the face of Londoners I encounter on my daily commute.  I am pretty sure the rare exception of happy, shiny people on the tube are the lucky buggers who do not own an alarm clock.  So I propose for all to have a “ban alarms” week, so we can all get to work late, get fired, and then no longer be able to afford an alarm clock, but we will be happy.  Until we get woken up by bailiffs pounding on our doors daily…..  Bit of vicious circle…. 

Wonder if you can have a vicious helix?