After a day of team meetings it was time to let our hair down. Dividing into two teams each group took on one of the Expedition Escape Rooms. My group tried to solve the puzzles in the Da Vinci room. We failed, but I think we did pretty well, considering that it was the first time in an escape room for three out of four of us. I was pretty pleased with my own performance, considering that such puzzles are usually not my thing.

Dinner was at Bent Spoke, a microbrewery whose menu ticked most of the hipster buzzwords. Only one person could finish their Texas chilli dish due to the heat. I had mild pulled pork tacos which were good enough but a bit insubstantial. Back late at the hotel, glad the car has a GPS to navigate around the dark Street.

The problem with driving a car is that you can’t take photos. And driving alone means nobody else can take them for you.

It was such a beautiful sunset this evening. Swirls of icy contrails in the sky, their parent planes long gone. Low cloud, grey, indistinct against the salmon, orange and gold glow of the sky.

Hills, trees, eventually Black Mountain Tower silhouetted black-grey against the colours of the sun and sky.

After this morning’s perfect weather and the evening’s perfect sunset I regretted not flying, though the bending of the branches and the light spatter of rain on the windshield suggested that my regret was a little misplaced.

Too late now. I have finished my longest drive alone yet. It was relatively easy, though I was racing the dark (but not beyond the speed limit).

The rooms of the Pavilion Hotel lack warmth and character. There is a tiredness here that reflects the way I feel after almost three hours at the wheel. The nasi goreng and satay special was also a disappointment, I should have got the steak. Silly me.

Anyway, I’m here for work. Extravagance can wait for another time.