Where did I leave my car?

When people ask me to do an auction, I say my fee is £10,000 or a parking space - over a period of 30 years of auctioneering, I've never had the £10,000, but have had some fairly remarkable parking spaces. However, Vintner's Hall, where I conducted an auction for Barrett's Oesophagus Campaign last night, seems to have no solution to the parking problem. As Upper Thames Street is not only one-way and red-lined, it's also about a mile in length, so on a rainy evening, as it was last night, you have to park some considerable distance away. However, it's a beautiful hall, and the charity that is dedicated to the prevention of cancer of the oesophagus, was well worth supporting, and I was delighted that the auction put another £27,000 into their coffers. But when I next get an invitation to conduct an auction there, would someone please let me know where I can park? I was grumbling about this to Peter Bottomley at a reception at the House of Commons prior to the dinner, to which he smiled and said, "Wait until you get invited to do an auction at Draper's Hall, Jeffrey, don't bother looking for a parking space, just take a cab."