When Kateryna Gorodnycha and her 13-year-old son set off on their mammoth 10-day journey from their home in war-torn Ukraine to the UK, they didn't have any visas.
The day that she and son Timur said goodbye to their small town and packed their entire life into the car - including their two cats - was the day Russian missiles started falling on their home.
Travelling 1,800 miles from Kyiv, they passed through Poland into Germany before heading to Calais, uncertain at every juncture if they were going to make it.