Ok, plan - The meal isn't booked till 7.30, so I'll swing by in the car and drop off the bike and mallets at 6, sound fair? I can get a wee game in too then ;)
Need to spend some time fiddling with chain/gears to see if I can get around this vertical dropout pain, got a new chain and half link in t'post. If I can get something working, I'm game.