You may recall that at the close of Charlie’s journal for yesterday he was worried that they may have over-reached themselves in this establishment – The Alexandria Hotel. It was a real luxury to find a jug of hot water outside the bedroom door at 7am, and a good breakfast didn’t reduce the foreboding! But in the end it all seems to have turned out well.

The journal doesn’t tell us, but one suspects they had a very good tailwind because of the rapid progress made on the homeward journey. All it needed to be was the prevailing wind direction. Charlie’s new friend Tom Idle was obviously a keen photographer, and despite stopping for photo opportunities, and a long conversation with Tom agreeing to see much more of each other, Charlie was still home for 5pm, a time which must have amazed his parents.