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I think this is my twelfth trip to Seattle and it is very likely my last ever. It is certainly my last free trip there and if I am paying to fly to the US I am not likely to choose Seattle as a destination. Not that there is much wrong with it, but I have a very long list of other places to visit first, plus my regular visits to Sunny Isles, Florida.

I will arrive back early on Friday morning, and after a nap will head into Slough for my last day at Amazon.co.uk.

It is a week of lasts.

I will be flying out via Vancouver and back via Toronto, both on the lovely Air Canada, which has always been quite kind to me with upgrades, so fingers crossed for a comfy seat. And I am armed with some quality reading - Roddy Doyle, Kate Atkinson, Howard Jacobson and Zadie Smith.

More on Seattle as the week unfolds.