"I foresee not just dogs getting married," he said, "but people getting married who meet while watching their dogs right here".
JMW Turner – Norham Castle, Sunrise (c1845) This is one of the most radical and tantalising of Turner's later paintings, which seem to foresee not just impressionism but even abstract art.
He looks back with horror and wonder: 'Quite how everyone's life would change was impossible to foresee, not least how our lives would be suddenly defined in terms of medicines and hospital appointments.' A great many of his friends died in the late 80s and early 90s.
Only a handful of riders have ever completed the ride, and they tell me the gradual but constant assault on mind and body is hard to foresee; not quite like an ironman triathlon or an ultra-marathon, but a slower, more drawn out exhaustion that requires constant attention.
"We foresee not just medicines, but delivering small amounts of food and water to people that are isolated in emergency situations," Greene said.
