well, I got to it late, but the answer was driving 270 miles home from Leek (exactly - where the **** is Leek?) to Livingston in time to look after the kids and cats so SWMBO could go out on t'piss.

Was alright - watched Barry and Carry, Green Wing and The L Word and had a couple of nice beers.

Sadly then had to write a proposal for a global multinational (I always do that better after a couple of beers...apparently) and I'm still working on it now.