Not just any pedi though, this trip calls for a special, suped-up treatment. Step forward the brilliant David Barton (he works with nail icon Marian Newman and is a regular backstage at London Fashion Week so really knows his stuff) at gorgeous London salon Percy

Twenty minutes later and it’s all done, my toes are like individual tiny works of art and I can’t stop admiring them. So much so that I’ll be wearing sandals till I leave despite the unseasonal downpour.

Minx, from £35 at Percy & Reed, 157c Great Portland Street, London W1W 6QS, 0207 637 4634