Not the clutch

The good news today is that we have had the clutch looked at by the ever knowing Kieth (KPM tyres) and it appears to be fine. He did give the car a quick look over and apparently thinks we might have a job on our hands getting it to Rome and suggested we bought a spare clutch cable
which is available from eBay at 8 quid plus post ( a good investment even if we don't use it I think!