Caroline is now able to offer overnight accommodation, so I spent Tuesday night in Regeena Road. We met in the Camel and Artichoke, Lower Marsh, Waterloo, near the Old Vic. It was an opportunity to get to know two networks: Book Crossing and Meetup, both great fun ideas I hadn't come across. I took three books from the music room shelves for Caroline to swap, and the meetup convener insisted I carried away a tourist guide to the Loire for leaving on Eurostar the following day.

Twenty minutes later the two of us caught the tube to Finsbury Park for a meal at Il Pappagone