I dropped in to see my mum before shopping. That left me slightly later getting to the shop and I caught that tail end of the yummy mummies before they dashed off to collect their offspring from school. What is it with 20 something women trying to look like schoolgirls?

I was loaded down with our own little trolley (I take that even when I use the car) plus a 15kg bag of dried dog food. I had to smile, the lady on the till asked me if I had a dog! I was tempted to tell the joke about the Winalot diet but decided that I wanted to get home sooner rather than later.

On walking in, Mrs R was doing her nut at the dog. I have no idea what the poor girl had done, but she's been sitting very quietly and sleepily with me since I got in. I'll rouse her in a bit and we'll go for a walk before it gets dark.