Bad news - SmallestCub wasn't very well last night, on the hostelling weekend. He got up this morning after a good night's sleep but was still a bit wobbly. This was suboptimal when we were in a Northumbrian bunkhouse a long way from home with a long and complicated journey ahead. Which was a sightly stressful prospect.
Good news - Mcshroom diverted via Scotch Corner so that he could drive us halfway home, and CrinklyAuntie drove up to meet us there, arriving about 2 minutes before us, so the boy didn't even have to change out of his jimjams and had a very calm and peaceful journey door to door, and is now tucked up on his own sofa with childrens tv to watch and a self-prescribed medicinal jam sandwich for lunch.
Hooray for kind people going a lot of extra miles.