Instructions were to not eat, and arrive early. Naturally this is the day the taxi is late, the check-in procedure misfires and the directions are wrong. However by 11 Nick is in the hospital bed, tubes and wires everywhere. Ever noticed how people instantly look ill when they're in a hospital bed?



Then he's wheeled round the corner. I can hear his voice. Silence. THUD - like a box being dropped. Then his voice again. Whole thing barely took 5 mins.

It worked!

By 1 o'clock we're out of there, and ravenously hungry. Celebrate with a late lunch in the sunshine, beside the river.