Finally!

Yay! Here at last! Long journey, immeasurably eased by Cathay Pacific's business class, the nifty lie-flat herringbone arrangement of seats and the soothing Zen effect of the individual pods.

And here we are in London, nearly an hour early at 5.30am and the temperature a relatively balmy 14 degrees.

Now we just have the M4 into the city to tackle.