Up early, though the two hour time change from Sofia to London makes this pretty painless. By tube to Guy’s Hospital, which has an excellent dental clinic, to consult on what I fear is a broken tooth. Reassured that it is a bit of broken porcelain on the cap, which is intact. Not urgent before return to North Cyprus. Was in this clinic once before, re a broken, filling, fifteen plus years ago. They were absolutely super then as well. Clinic opens at 8:30, registration (four page form, numbered in order of arrival) at 7:45. We’re there at 7:30 and collect form #12 to fill out before registration opens. Most interesting bit on the form is a carefully worded request for (voluntary) info on ethnic origins, which they want, they say, in order to make sure they serve people of diverse backgrounds. Three choices in the white origins section - British, Irish, and other (please specify). Check both British and Irish and decide not to bother with the genealogical distance which would add German and Dutch.
Then leave for coffee in the main lobby and back for 8:30. It’s a very efficient system. The waiting room is full, both of those without appointments who arrived before and after us and, as the registrar explained, of a number of people who have specific appointments and are not queue jumping. Several dentists (actually final year students) working in a fairly large surgery, and we’re out of there by 9:15.
Take advantage of our early start to go up Kilburn High Road and collect grapes and bananas from the street stalls and to look in the shops. Also hot cross buns and oat cakes.
Oh yes, re Brexit- final final date postponed, appropriately, to Hallowe’en, by which time we’ll probably be back in London. The melodrama continues.
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