Thanks Norman for organising, thoroughly enjoyed the route including the "ad lib off piste" bit, courtesy of Dave E.

We managed to reach home about 2.00pm after encountering almost biblical rain on the M6 which started in earnest as we approached the Ship Canal in heavy traffic and continued with us until we decided to take the Scenic Route at J15 and travel cross country to the A41 towards home. For some time up to then we had been suffering shower symptoms due the rain coming in through the Roof vents which Carol tried unsuccessfully to cope with.

The scenic route was plagued with an abundance of standing water and still raining, but I can report that this did not cause any problem to the car, with no evidence of any water entering the area behind the radiator despite sending splashes as high as the hedges, and amazingly the shower syndrome stopped as soon as we were turning left and right rather than traveling in a straight line and at similar speed to the later part of the Motorway travel.

Just doing the washing ready for our trip on Wednesday, and for those who were there and may be interested, the Case is still somewhere in Paris !!!!! better source some disposable underwear.

Robin.