8 and 1/2 hours to go!

The packing is finished.

The car, after having lurked in a BP past midnight is fuelled and the tires sorted. Thanks to the fine folk at Vulcaniza, the oil and filters have been changed and, thanks to the fine folk of miscellaneous eastern european extraction who work out of a shed down a backstreet, the interior and exterior are clean and gleaming, ready to be dirtied over the 340 miles that beckon tomorrow. I also have a handy reflective jacket, headlight covers and a warning triangle, in case the French police do their usual trick of stopping cars on the 'Autoroute des Anglais' in order to pick up money in bribes.

I leave at 8:30, I arrive, hopefully in one piece, at around 17:00 French Time. I can only hope that there are no problems with Eurotunnel or south London traffic.

The continent awaits...

Final preparations

It is now Wednesday afternoon.

I leave for France on Friday, starting in Provins and then Paris for a few days. After that I will head to chez Wareham in Les Issambres for a week before heading to Berlin via Augsburg for the week-long Somerville Chapel Choir tour. One week in Augsburg later and it all kicks off.

Thanks to having lived out of a suitcase at home, re-packing after university is minimal, but enough to cause minor anxiety.

Currently listening to: I sing the birth - New York Polyphony

Highly unseasonal.