Last day in London. Jane and Bill are now in England - flew in yesterday - and she called today, so we know we each have the correct number for each other’s mobiles. So tube tomorrow to Liverpool St station. Have the tickets with seats reserved, so now only packing. The Chinese puzzle. Do the things that came out of the little suitcases, with a few inevitable additions, fit back in?
We’re lucky to be going by train and not flying out of Gatwick, now paralysed for about 24 hours by one or two unidentified drones. All flights disrupted, thousands of people affected, diversions to airports as far away as Manchester, Cardiff and Paris. Many kept on grounded planes for hours. Interview with one couple who spent eight hours in a plane on the tarmac, along with their 15 month old daughter. Still don’t have luggage with the Christmas presents. Multiply story many times over.