Sitting in my kitchen having a blog and a chat - just the two of us.

Ham and I are sitting in my kitchen looking at the map of the world on the wall and pondering both the scale of our task 

and the Iranian embassy. Ham was 7 hours early for his scheduled visit whereas I was spot on for a three o'clock visit. 

Anyhow we can now both compare our Rohan clothing and the respective waist bands of our trousers. 

Roll on the 5th of September. 

The first thing that James could have done of any use on this trip was to tell me in time that our appointment at the Iranian Consulate had been delayed until 3.00pm this afternoon. Instead he told m at 20.00pm last night, after our visa advisers, Travcour, was closed and I could confirm one way or another. I smelt a rat this morning when I was clearly the only non-Iranian waiting outside the embassy. Anyway at 09.00am this morning I discovered that I'm not needed until 15.00pm this afternoon! If this is the extent of our organizational ability we are in deep trouble! 

JHBC and RHC