Waiting for Russell

Just had word from Russell that he missed the first train and now expects to be at Ashford for 18:06. We'll find a coffee and figure out which ferry we might catch. TomTom tells me Dover is 26 miles and 35 minutes from here - I'm sure Phil will make better time than that.

We got a bit of a fright as we came off the Queen Elizabeth II bridge at the Dartford toll. Steam was rising from under the bonnet. All the indicators showed OK and, as there was nowhere to stop, we continued on carefully to Ashford. When we did stop and take a look under the bonnet all seemed fine. We're guessing that some of the rain we met around Cambridge had collected somewhere and had then poured onto the exhaust manifold when we were braking downhill. Let's hope so anyway!