We got up early, it felt really early, to beat the traffic out of Mumbai. In the end we were rolling by 6am, before the city wakes up.

It was still dark, and the nearly deserted streets made it a breeze to make our way northwards and leave the island.

As we headed up the northern end of the island we started to see Mumbai waking up - with a reasonable number of people out for morning runs or walks - including a bunch of women in sarees running down the side of the main road.

There were also a small number of cyclists, mainly riding slowly and on mountain bikes. This is no Beach Road!

Having got up so early, we made our destination before midday - a new record.