Well the day has finally arrived and we are off on the journey. We left at the crack of dawn (5:40) - it was not even light. Victoria got up and gave us a lift to Tonbridge in her pyjamas. On the train to London I had the 1st panic - hadn't got both sets of credit cards until I realised that one set was in the money belt - first 'senior moment' of the trip and we are not yet an hour into it! After a change at London Bridge, on to St Pancras. Eurostar check-in is ...