Thursday should be a breeze, really. Now I’d finished using sandpaper and making dust, I could get on with painting the woodwork: skirting board, door frame and my walking boot storage device (which I had cleverly remembered to primer yesterday).

That was soon done and I popped up to B&Q in MK to buy a battery-powered light for the cupboard so that we could make our booze selection even during a power cut. Contingency planning for the wine lake assault team. Being battery-powered, it’s not going to dazzle the neighbours with its brilliance but we should be able to tell whether we’re picking up a white, a red or a rosé.

Something wrong with the world: didn’t bump head!