Hurrah! It cheered me up today to see the press release announcing 'London Overground' as the obviously-titled but gloriously integrated new brand for train services in London. This follows the axing of the ghastly Silverlink service I mentioned back in July, and comes into force from November 2007.

Talking of TfL, once I'm back at school (from tomorrow!) I should be able to apply for free bus travel for under 18s, which comes in effect this month. I'm sure it'll mean yet another new Oyster card, but oh well

Katie has her first day at Queen's Park today, incidentally, so for one year only it'll be all three of us trying to avoid each other in the corridors