1. The stripes of colour when John bends over to do his exercises – the green of his sweatshirt, the maroon t-shirt below, a strip of skin, then grey marl of his underwear and the grey-brown twill of his jeans.

2. The plane trials form a cross, white on blue like the Scottish flag.

3. Yes John, the slow cooked beef is nice, and the gravy incredibly moreish, but it’s the parsnips that have been cooked most perfectly.