People have been asking me what the highlights of my holidays were. I’m hoping it’s not because I’m usually long-winded. I guess they’re still speaking to me so they can’t hate me that much.

There were a lot of good things and a few bad things. The bad things were mostly old people and old cats getting sick and trying to die. Fortunately none succeeded.

The very best part, for me, selfishly, was tobogganing. I’m sure you don’t think that I’m too old for it. I don’t think you’re too old for it. But do you know some people actually do get to old for tobogganing?

My sweetie’s sister has two young sons and when she was forty she was going to go down the hill. Her husband told her she was crazy and that people her age don’t toboggan. She tried anyway. Going down the hill, she thought she was going too fast and she tried to slow herself down by sticking her foot out. She broke her leg. Her husband said “told you so”, and she will...