When all this is over, I'm minded to ask Mr A if he wants to become a personal trainer as today he put me through a pretty decent workout. The straightforward prescription pick up and delivery was clearly only the warm up - when I got to his flat he asked if I could help bring some water bottles from his car and upstairs into the flat, which was a request he'd made the last time I'd visited (so I should have known what to expect...). 72 half litre bottles (each in packs of 6) later, I'd definitely earned a recovery period...