Hey Don, you could have cadged a lift on the HMS Bark Endeavour which was sailing up the Thames at sunset last night... I thought there was a reason Manitas didn't mind leaving so early... it must be the only occasion when the last Woolwich Ferry was full up before the penultimate one had sailed!!

And yes, for you pedants, I thought it was spelled Barque too but that's what the AA put on their signs. Manitas reckons it's to do with the fact that they hadn't set the spellings back then. I think it's just the AA having no idea.

LTS