If I had my way on this glorious day, I'd be out there on your behalf, hitting the hard streets of London, bringing you reports from pavement cafes, uploading photographs of verdant Royal parks in the sun, of topless lads exposing their torsos to the rays for the first time this year. All this for your benefit, if I had my way.

But I don't, so instead, you will have to settle for the view from where I'm sitting.