1000km in a day

It's a while since I travelled a thousand kilometres in the same day without a plane. London to the Northeast and back is really too far to go for two meetings, especially when you're up against the unglamorous lot of the British commercial traveller - instead of exciting Asian cityscapes or smooth European roads, you've got my private hell of the Motorway Service Station. Not a bad lunch up north though, at a Michelin-starred hotel.