If you're going to go, go dressed as a robotic drunk.

I think part of the research should contain the mobility of the robot. I'm going for pretty much full on body coverage but If I cant even make it out my front door I'm screwed.

Google Maps seems confident that it's exactly 11 miles to the destination, a figure I don’t doubt. What scares me is the ambitious '24 mins' journey time. They have clearly not taken into consideration that someone may be completing the journey in a cardboard robot suit with very little visibility. In fact, the more I consider the inaccuracy, the more I believe that Google thinks I can drive a vehicle dressed like this. So irresponsible - What with the beer and all.

No, I'm taking a tube and possibly a bus to really test my nerve. It might as well be an urban obstacle course with all those lifts, escalators, travelators and narrow tunnels to contend with on the tube. My biggest fear is gently bouncing down the 120ft escalator in Greenwich station or later, being plaited round the axel of a bus. I think I need some sort of minder to ensure none of the above presents its self on this journey.