There won't be another one along in a minute...

Sad news for one who has long considered himself a Londoner-in-exile: the iconic London double-decker bus, the Routemaster, has made its last run. How these beautiful machines survived England's nanny-state safety regulations as long as they did was a mystery to me. Death, or at least serious injury, seemed to beckon to you with a bony finger from the bottom of their ladder-like stairs every time you alighted. Yet Londoners of all ages and physical conditions took it in their stride. If you share my love for this symbol of a wonderful city, look here.