Hello Gracie

On the road at 5.15am! Made great progress down the M6 until we had to crawl along at 10 mph for miles. A couple of stops and we were at our destination in London, the outskirts thereof. I must say, the sat nav was great, especially when we hit the M25, and were schooled to have to pay £6.40 for a few miles of Toll Road.

We've had a lovely afternoon/evening with Valda. She has given us lots of ideas for days out. She flies off to Poland tomorrow very early, so our job is to look after Gracie, the resident pussy cat (don't tell Archie!)

Cats are not as obliging as dogs in the posing for photos department. And they stand no nonsense. I had accidentally left my iPad on the chair that Gracie favours, so she had to squash into a corner until I noticed and moved it. She thanked me by biting my hand.

Extra: Archie making himself at home on Rufus's sofa. We have had regular updates, photos and videos through the day!