But plans for flights to resume at airports in Northern Ireland and as far south as London look doubtful.
Since then, according to the Trading Standards Institute, it has appeared in 15 towns and cities across Britain, as far afield as London and Glasgow.
Vincent Miller, a barber at Ruff Cut, a popular meeting place for young black men, says most of his customers already come into Brixton by bus from as far away as Ealing in west London, for the company, music (often loud at his shop) and a good cut.
"As far as delivering for London is concerned I think it's utterly irrelevant, " she says.
The men came from as far afield as Bradford, Leeds, London and Slough.
Incidents had been reported as far afield as Warwickshire, Hampshire, Somerset, London and the Isle of Wight.
Buses replaced trains to London as far as Three Bridges and services from Lewes were also affected.
But some ask whether political independence could lead to doubt as to how far London would back Scotland financially.
Horrified onlookers watched as the helicopter hit the crane amid low cloud and fog near Vauxhall station, south of the river and not far from landmarks such as the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament, and came plunging to the ground.
But Mr Oswald described the tour of London as "very positive so far".
The Evening Standard, owned by Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, went so far as to hold a fashion shoot in the Occupy London camp, to celebrate the 'radical chic' of the protest movement.
Throughout most of its history, weather forecasting has been done by national governments, although, since any rain forecast for London incorporates data collected from as far away as Fiji, they have to co-operate.
"The announcement that the line from London will only be electrified as far as Cardiff has come as a blow to businesses and commuters in Swansea and the south west of Wales, " he said.
Nossel, who has worked in such far-flung spots as Dakar, Mombasa, Johannesburg, London and Cyprus, says he always keeps some American currency handy, just in case.
He points out that to travel 115 miles between Norwich and London takes one hour and 49 minutes, while to travel from York to London, which is nearly twice as far, takes just eight minutes longer.
He went so far as to install cameras to remotely keep an eye on things in his London offices as well.
Mr Chowdhry, who runs a security firm, said the Essex postcode is confusing customers as when they hear IG1 they presume the business is far away from London.
Knapp can see a time not so far in the future when even taxi drivers will take plastic, as they do in London, punching them into meters that double as a card-reading machines.
She has seen the show mainly in London, but also at Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and as far afield as Sweden and New York.
As far as this summer's target is concerned he says, "planting 100 pansies in London is possibly unrealistic, but it's good to have a goal".
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Things should improve next year, says Christine Whitehead of the London School of Economics, as new contracts have been signed, but it is far from certain how many homes will be built.
Helicopter pilots in central London are instructed to follow the Thames, to avoid flying over built-up areas as far as possible.
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