Time to guess! London and North

Aimile turned a few heads in the London traffic. We got lots of friendly waves and toots, he had his photo taken many times and attracted a few curses when I got the directions wrong and we dithered in the traffic. You have to be decisive when driving in big cities...

So I've been parted from Aimile and Chris for nearly three weeks. He's been backwards and forwards between Shrewsbury, Hereford, Windsor and Wales and I've been to London and Devon, trying to sort some aspects of my life - mostly without much success. Tomorrow, Chris will collect me and we'll see if my chair will fit for the onward trip - the wine will be much reduced anyway! We'll drive north together for a couple of nights, then take a ferry from Birkenhead to Belfast, to start the next phase of our adventure. Aimile has had some attention, so hopefully it's going to be a smooth run.

It's not too late to join our 'guess the distance' competition to benefit Syros Cats. While I've been away, my volunteers have been working tirelessly, helping with sterilisations, rescuing cats in need and caring for around 100 cats at our rescue and in the local village. I hope many of you will want to support their efforts. For those who missed the earlier posts, you get 4 guesses about various aspects of our journey to win prizes, the main one being holiday accommodation and extras in Syros and Athens.

But 14th February is Valentine's day and your task is to work out the distance Aimile will have covered so far at mid-day on Tuesday of this week. To enter you need to pay your twenty Euros and start calculating... You can pay via PayPal syroscats@hotmail.co,uk or into our UK or Greek bank accounts, details on our website syroscats.com In either case send us a text, message or website form to register yourself and let us know how you have paid. The entry fee will give you four chances to guess about aspects of our journey - the distance on Valentine's day, the total distance at the end of the trip, the amount we've spent on petrol and the maximum altitude we reached.

The lucky winner, who makes the most accurate guess, will receive a piece of hand-crafted silver jewellery for themselves or their loved one - made and donated by SilverHind jewellery. You can see examples on the SilverHind facebook page.

Remember - guesses should be in kilometres and only distances Aimile has covered by himself are counted. That is - not while being transported by boat, train or towbar!

Hurry - only two days to go... Good luck!