My final task was then to work out how to get to Euston train station with the Tube on strike!
It turned out that there was a very straightforward route (well a couple of changes but at least no buses nor walking from hither to thither) on the Silverline. P. dropped me at South Acton Station and I paid nearly £8! for a ticket to get me to Euston - that'd get me to almost to Edinburgh and back again! 
FFS.
Luckily we had set off at 9am so I was running half an hour ahead of my preferred time to arrive at Euston, since the first leg of my Silverline journey picked me up on time but dropped me at Willesden Juntion a few minutes too late for the the next leg and then
the next train due for the second leg was 10mins late, and also ran slow so I didn't arrive at Euston until just after 10am - with my train to Glasgow leaving at 10.28am - perfect timing. There were quite a few empty reserved seats so I think that quite a few people were not so fortunate.
Back in Glasgow mid-afternoon - and needing my jacket again 
- and then 
back to work the next day...
