We spent yesterday evening in the pleasant company of The Bumpkin and his other half. Very nice too, having not seen him face-to-face for a while, and her ever before. We even escaped quite lightly with the taxi fare home (£9), which surprisingly didn’t involve a pony and trap or a flatbed transit (apparently the vehicle of choice in those parts).

We had a couple of pints at the very nice Minerva while there too, with the unusual option of a pint of heavy south of the border, which made a change.