Last night in London

Well, we're all packed up, the house is all clean and tidy, and Claire and I are now sat on camping chairs in our front room making the most of what's left of our reliable broadband.

It's been a whirlwind few days since I left work - lots of catching up with friends, packing possessions into boxes, getting rid of furniture items via freecycle and scrubbing the house from top to bottom - positively exhausting and I'm now definitely ready for a holiday.

Tomorrow we'll do one last journey to the recycling centre, a quick whizz around with the vacuum cleaner, and then we'll hit the road - a relatively small drive tomorrow - only 90 minute or so to get to Canterbury - if we time it right Milly might sleep the whole way - strangers things have happened before.