But fortunately the office was just round the corner from the gallery@oxo where there was the "Blown Away" exhibition.
This showed the work of top photographer Robert Wilson who was commissioned to capture Britain's top Olympic sailors at the 2012 Weymouth and Portland sailing centre.
A good day to talk about the Olympics, and well worth dropping in for a viewing on the South Bank between now and Sunday.
For those for whom central London isn't convenient this weekend worry not - you can see it all on-line by clicking here.