Made it to Heathrow, all running smoothly so far. The benefits of Upper Class have become apparent to me and might actually just spend the next three weeks here. Allison just bumped into Ian Brown in duty free, and has just arrived in the Club House. Might suggest a duet and get my bongos out!

It's the day before we fly to USA and all appears well set. Flights, trains, taxis all booked, and accommodation in Williamsburg, Washington, Chapel Hill, Boston and Cape Cod all sorted, and old friend Martin E Silfen ready to look after us for a few days in Virginia Beach. Hopefully we will post regularly to this blog whilst we are away - it's the longest holiday we have ever been on (26 days!), centred around dropping Keir at University of North Carolina for he...