I have woken this morning to face a new terror – I have a cold! As much as I pride myself on being extremely healthy (walk everywhere, plenty of fresh air and good food combined with regular vitamin supplements; indeed nothing goes into my mouth without at least a degree of due consideration) I have succumbed for the first time…

I have today been gently and politely (and not unexpectedly) prodded by my handsome accountant – it’s soon time to send in the figures! I am of course very meticulous, and have been quietly beavering away adding up totals and filling in little boxes for hours now. As you will know, I regularly enjoy whole weeks of flitting from place to place meeting exciting new…

I know I have neglected my diary a little recently; instead I have been traversing the country meeting lots of new friends and visiting new places, the last of these being an overnight assignation in Southend – up to press the furthest I have travelled to meet anyone and a charming town where I felt quite at home (like Scarborough…