I was running slightly later than usual today, I hit town just after 9:30 this morning. Its remarkable how the place changes around this time. Everyone seems so much more relaxed, no one is panicking about getting to work on time - they're either already really late (in which case what's a few more minutes going to make - may as well stop off for a coffee and a muffin on the way) or they don't have to be anywhere in particular at any particular time. It brought to mind the feeling I used to get when rounding the chickens up at night as a young Doctor Magnetic, an insane half hour of running around and then silence.

All in all a much more civilised way of going to work - oh yeah, and off-peak fares are alot cheaper.