Thanks for the good wishes everyone, I am doing exercises diligently so fingers crossed. Maybe I should think about different shoes, suzanne, but I already use supported ones and have used same make for years (although I have had Achilles problems for years too, just not as bad as currently). Physio is going to look at my shoes too so I will see what she says.
That sounds sore Louey, I hope your elbow is better soon. We were doing the tourist stop and gawp today, we were walking along the Embankment to Tower Bridge, but we did try not to get in anyone's way. I saw a lot of runners and was eyeing them enviously but it does look very difficult to get a decent run, I would have been cursing the bloody tourists within minutes I think!
Ouch for your clubmate too cinnamon, that sounds really nasty.
Brilliant result runtothehills, you should def go for Championships 
WhoWould I tried compression calf sleeves but didn't find they made much difference to be honest. I use them sometimes in winter but find them too hot in summer. There is some stuff in Runners World from a while back where the consensus was that they didn't seem to improve times but in some individuals they seemed to help recovery and reduce post race muscle aches but had to be put on immed after racing and kept on for quite a few hours I think. So they might be useful for calf pain post tramping. I will try and find the article once I'm back home, wifi is a bit slow here.