So we are on the way! Friday afternoon dash North. Thought that setting off at 1pm would make for a better journey – how wrong I was! We had our worst ever journey. 6 hours instead of the more reasonable 4. And periods of torrential rain. Still, we got there at 7pm, leaving time for something to eat and a few beers.

Sadly, the idea of putting the bedding in a waterproof bag on the roof proved to be a bad one. It turned out that although the bag might have been waterproof, the zip was not. Duvets survived unscathed, but pillows were damp. Luckily we were able to borrow some for the night while our dried.