Awoke this morning and prodded a few sensitive areas. Initial impression encouraging. Got up and feasted on bagel and banana and toast and tea. There followed a farcically disorganised few hours in which I drove round the countryside planting refreshment in ditches – like little prizes in a kiddies’ treasure hunt. Portable oases awaiting the thirsty traveller. After this act of selfish benevolence, I drove round, trying to work out a route of precisely 18 miles.… READ MORE.... …