Hurrah! I survived. And I even had fun and more amazingly am still awake. I'm not sure how many hours I actually worked but I was there for the whole day sitting at a desk with a computer, phone, paper, a multitude of information sources and some pens doing a very good job of looking like I was busy! I made sure I had a good hour for lunch and two other people from the office graced me with their presence as they don't normally take lunch. I was invited to a meeting in Manchester and a Christmas meal and also to a training event in Oxford. But I'm going to go now because I don't want to overdo as the real work starts tomorrow.