A cloudless sunny morning and so inevitably the conversation started with the weather, before Ms J then confirmed she'd managed to "pop across the road" this week for a light trim, for which she was justifiably quite pleased.

Normal service has resumed on the list, and the world's politest supermarket was surprisingly quiet, so was an easy wander around the familiar aisles. First priority now is always securing the pork pies, noting the recent shortage mystery, and so each week it can feel akin to the start of supermarket sweep in aisle 4...but all good today on the supply side and no detectives were needed to investigate further.