1. I really, really want a cup of tea – then I remember that I made one: it’s right there in front of me and still warm.

2. “Is that a cement board?” I ask somewhat tentatively – hopeful more anything else: it would be ridiculously fortuitous if it was just what I needed, and going spare too. Luck is with me.

2b. The woods open out into grassland. Dark clouds and sunshine make the distant hills all the more dramatic.

3. We go into the office to play with the latest technology but I am distracted by old school Shelf Pottery-style pottery and bargello cushion covers (then I crash a big fake lorry).