The mission briefing was a delight to read - it contained very specific items to obtain (including prices) and the best shop to pick them up from. So with that I set off for Morrisons in Chalk Farm, albeit somewhat dubious about my chances of finding any flour (which made up 2/rds of the items on Mr F's list) particularly after recent trips suggesting that flour was somewhat to gold dust these days.

After a brief queue to get in, imagine my delight to find the shelves extremely well furnished with the type of flour that Mr F wanted - Chapatti flour to be specific. They also had the specific brand of chicken drumsticks he was after so I hightailed it to the tills and was out of the store within 5 minutes of entering.

I strolled (as much as you can stroll when laden down with 18KG of flour and chicken) to Mr F's place, a mile or so down the road, and got buzzed in to deliver the goods and the good news that I had managed to get everything requested.

Both were well received and with words of gratitude ringing in my ears I cycled off home having gotten my weekend off to a most enjoyable start.