You’ve seen (and possibly worn) the wristbands, now read the book. It’s short and to the point, explaining the aims of the Make Poverty History movement. It covers the causes of poverty, the action that a lot of people believe must be taken, and suggestions for what people in general can do to help.

It also gives some answers to the questions some people might have. I’m not going into the details here – you’ll find it all in the book, or on the website. Read it, and make up your own minds.

And just to clarify one thing – yes, that is an Amazon affiliate link. If anyone happens to buy the book, I will pass on the small amount of money I’ll get from Amazon to one of the charities involved in the campaign.

An interesting report in the Sunday Sun suggests that the UK is going to invest in Maglev trains. Not only would this cut journey times in half, but it would be incredibly cool. It’s only about 30 years late, but that’s pretty good going for public transport in this country.

But being a cynical old Les, I’m taking the “I’ll believe it when I see it” approach.

Hmmm, the usual after the weekend thingy. This morning’s weight was ever so slightly down at 203.4 pounds (14 stone 7.4 pounds, 92.3kg).

And once again, I got on the exercise bike for the usual 10km. Peak heart rate was 138, and I got the time down to 19 minutes. Puff, pant, sweat, gasp, etc