Hi all,

Well, we have a flight booked at 17:15 on Saturday - but since it is a few-fare we can try for the earlier one.

Then our flight on the Sunday is at 20:15. So we have a whole day in London on the Sunday, plus - maybe - a good bit of a day on the Saturday.

So we have used Accor Happy Mondays to book into the Paddington Accor to get the HEX.

And looking at what is on on Saturday night we have got some sticker shock: i.e. Pirates of Penzance at £150 each for decent seats!

So it was either Sean Brosnan (James Bond's son) as Beau Brummell in Piccadilly - nice and warm - or the Chinese Lantern Festival in the grounds of Chiswick House - Freezing!

Forecast is now for clear skies on Saturday, so it looks like Chiswick. And then maybe Camden market and Regent's Park on Sunday. Used to live on the canal there.

The biggest problem is the return. If we could still through-check then we would just have left the winter case in the hire car for the holiday and then checked it in to Glasgow.

Now, it would mean hold luggage for it - since the rest is hand-baggage - and means collecting and rechecking in London, a hassle if the inbound is late.

It will also cost us £20 for an extra bag on an internal flight.

Now going to try the hotel and see if the will allow collection from them.