The writer starts his trip early in the morning for the audit of his office in the UK. He is not particularly interested in going, as he will be audited instead of being an auditor. His wife drops him off and he picks up a Toyota Yaris with no sat nav. He visits a former colleague who lives near St. Helens in Warrington. He then goes to Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire, the place where the Scottish queen Mary was imprisoned and executed. The church there is a 15th-century church that was once the parish of the House of York, including King Richard III. The church has two House of York tombs or mausoleums.
He decides to visit more churches on his way to Warrington. He passes through Oundle and Titchmarsh. He takes shots of wall paintings inside the churches and snaps close-ups of the windows. Not much of interest is inside, so he hurries back to the car.
As he drives, he notices that it has started to snow. He drives through Coventry and a toll road where he stops for half an hour before continuing. He is delayed for an hour on the M6 before he reaches Teresa’s house on the other side of Warrington. She has two large dogs that love to be inside, and they take up all the floor space in the kitchen. After visiting for an hour, he drives through heavy snow to reach his resort – a golf resort – where he has dinner and settles in for the night.