Well thank you very much Mervyn!!!
Talk about muddying the waters.
My immediate thought was that instead of travelling to London via Dubai as originally intended, now there is the possibility of travelling via LA with a quick trip to Laguna Seca for Aug 17-19 followed by a leisurely drive up the PCH and then Seattle or Vancouver to Barcelona then to London and Chichester for Sept 14-16.
If the dates didn't mesh so beautifully I'd have no problem, it'd be one or the other, but jeez look at 'em. Serious grovelling for treasurer's approval now required.
As I said mate, thanks very much.