We waved Lucia goodbye from the train station as she left for Paris via Southport. Merseyrail were having delays so we decided to get an earlier train and make sure we got to South Parkway in plenty of time. We did !

Trip down to London was uneventful, smooth and quick and we arrived at the Pullman hotel at around 2pm. They tried to charge us £35 over some mistake with the pricing, but since it wasn’t our fault, and they didn’t really know what had happened we said we wouldn’t pay. They offered us free breakfasts, but we stuck to our guns and saved the £35. We took the bus and then walked around Green Park, The Mall and near Westminster Abbey before we were diverted away from an anti-Trump march by some friendly police. We decided to return back to the hotel then, stopping on the way for a couple of pizzas – just practicing for when in Italy.