Because it's there

I was early for my meeting this evening, so what to do? Blip the Helios of course; it's ages since I've blipped it at night.

There was no intercambio this evening, as the bar is closed for holidays. A few of us decided to go out for a social drink anyway, at a different bar. There turned out to be only five of us, so we had a laid-back evening. Pinching myself that we were sitting outside on the seafront at the end of November, and it was still a perfectly comfortable temperature when we left at 10:30. Yes, we were wearing light jackets, but still ...